# Poll: A little dab'll do ya' **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649 "2009-09-02T16:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/21 "2009-09-02T17:56:47Z")
Yes, Yes and 42 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/22 "2009-09-02T18:13:48Z")
1. Yes 2. Some sort of hair product for men, but can’t remember which one 3. 47 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/23 "2009-09-02T18:14:34Z")
answering without looking: 1. Have you heard or used this phrase before? – Yes 2. If yes, do you know, without Googling, where this phrase comes from? – Yes, a tv commerical for … haircream? 3. How old are you? – 42 eta: That’s really odd. I normally have a really good memory for music, and I have no memory of this ad jingle. I can hear a man’s deep announcer voice saying _A little dab’ll do ya!_, but no song. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/24 "2009-09-02T18:15:35Z")
1. Yes 2. Yes They’ll love to run their fingers thru your hair 3. 53 - I used to use the stuff. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/25 "2009-09-02T18:17:43Z")
1. Yes 2. Yes 3. 38 Now how about “Just a pinch between your cheek and Gum.” ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/26 "2009-09-02T18:19:48Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > At lunch just now, someone asked me to pass them the Tabasco, saying, “I only need a little bit.” I replied, “Yep, a little dab’ll do ya!” > > 1. Have you heard or used this phrase before? > 2. If yes, do you know, without Googling, where this phrase comes from? > 3. How old are you? > > For me: > > 1. Obviously > 2. Yes > 3. 34 1. yes 2. yes 3. 28 ETA: but I have no idea where I actually know it from, because I also know the jingle, though I doubt I’ve ever heard the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/27 "2009-09-02T18:47:17Z")
1. Yes. 2. It’s some sort of hair pomade for men, but I can’t remember the name. 3. 31 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/28 "2009-09-02T18:57:19Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > At lunch just now, someone asked me to pass them the Tabasco, saying, “I only need a little bit.” I replied, “Yep, a little dab’ll do ya!” > > 1. Have you heard or used this phrase before? > 2. If yes, do you know, without Googling, where this phrase comes from? > 3. How old are you? > > For me: > > 1. Obviously > 2. Yes > 3. 34 1. I have used this phrase before, when quoting _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_. 2. The aforementioned movie? 3. 1. **EDIT** : I’m the third person in their 20s to answer and I’m the only one who apparently got #2 wrong. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/29 "2009-09-02T19:00:19Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Answering without reading the responses: > > _Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya. > Brylcreem, you rub it in your hair. > Brylcreem, the girls’ll all pursue ya._ > And I don’t remember the last line of the jingle. Not quite… I believe it’s: _Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya. Use more only if you dare. But watch out, the gals’ll all pursue ya, They’ll love to run their fingers through your hair._ ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/30 "2009-09-02T19:22:10Z")
Without looking at any of the other replies: 1. Yes. 2. A Jimmy Buffet song (_Pencil-Thin Moustache_), where he says “Bryl (sp?) Cream, a little dab’ll do ya…” obviously referencing some hair-care product from back in The Day. 3. 1. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/31 "2009-09-02T19:38:00Z")
1. Yes 2. Ye 3. 1. Mom would put it in my hair on Sunday. The rest of the week I was allowed to be my unruly haired self. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/32 "2009-09-02T19:41:09Z")
Without looking at previous replies, 1. Yes 2. Yes 3. 52–female ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/33 "2009-09-02T19:46:37Z")
1. Yes 2. Some commercial or other- I think I read somewhere that the slogan influenced Fred Flintstone’s “Yabba dabba do”. 3. 20 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/34 "2009-09-02T19:57:23Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > _Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya. > Use more only if you dare. > But watch out, the gals’ll all pursue ya, > They’ll love to run their fingers through your hair._ When my mom used to sing it, she sang line 2 as “you’ll look so debonair” but yes, yes, and 35. I’ve never actually seen a commercial. But like “Libby’s Libby’s Libby’s,” I know the jingle, through my mom. Come to think of it, my mother sung a lot of commercial jingles for a woman who is relatively anti-materialistic. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/35 "2009-09-02T20:04:30Z")
Yes Yes Yes. But does anybody remember the 70s commercial for this goo that showed a guy before using Brylcream with flat, lank hair, and after Brylcream with that ridiculous 70s perm? It was so universally derided, mocked, and just plain laughed at that they pulled it quickly. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/36 "2009-09-02T20:07:06Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > 1. Have you heard or used this phrase before? > 2. If yes, do you know, without Googling, where this phrase comes from? > 3. How old are you? 1. Yes 2. No. My guess? Old people’s Hair Commercials? 3. 24 Nice to see the 20 year olds are the only ones really unsure about the origins. Though my guess was closer than Cuckoo’s nest! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/37 "2009-09-02T20:09:03Z")
1. Yes 2. No 3. 24 **Ro0sh** , we match! ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/38 "2009-09-02T20:25:11Z")
Yes Yes 35 The radio station I listened to as a young teenager played the clip as a funny. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/39 "2009-09-02T20:27:14Z")
Without reading the thread 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. 45 ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/40 "2009-09-02T20:45:07Z")
1. Yes. 2. Yes. My dad sings the jingle around the house, and there was an ancient tube of it in the washroom cupboard when I was a kid. 3. 36 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649.md?page=3)