# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/41 "2009-09-02T20:49:05Z")
Not having read any of the replies: 1. Yep. 2. It’s an old Brylcreem slogan. Or if not Brylcreem, some closely-related Greasy Kid Stuff. 3. I just turned 48. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/42 "2009-09-02T20:54:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > 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. I remember “The Wethead is Dead” campaign around that time. Dad being a cop had both short hair _and_ Brylcreemed it. I guess it was used on me for special occasions, too. I haven’t smelled it in 30 years (he died when I was 18), but I bet if I did smell it, I would be mentally transported back like Proust and his madelaine cookies. I recall jingles for local Canadian businesses back in the '60s–usually pretty simple, with acapella singing and one guy whistling the melody at the end. “Dollar forty-nine day, Wood-ward’s! Dollar forty-nine day, to-day!” ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/43 "2009-09-02T21:31:14Z")
NO GOOGLING HERE … I KNOW IT FINE … A FEW WEEKS LEFT … OF 39 … Burma-Shave. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/44 "2009-09-02T21:39:19Z")
> [@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? 1. yes 2. I believe so. I believe it was the slogan for an old Brill Creme (sp?) ad campaign. 3. 35 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/45 "2009-09-02T21:42:29Z")
Yes Yes 60 But “only your hairdresser knows for sure.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/46 "2009-09-02T21:43:22Z")
1.) Yes 2.) Yes 3.) 20 I will admit, however, that the first time I tried to say ‘Brylcreem’ I pronounced it horribly wrong. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/47 "2009-09-02T21:45:20Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > NO GOOGLING HERE > > … > > I KNOW IT FINE > > … > > A FEW WEEKS LEFT > > … > > OF 39 > > … > > Burma-Shave. ouch ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/48 "2009-09-02T21:46:43Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Now how about “Just a pinch between your cheek and Gum.” Skoal, of course ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/49 "2009-09-02T22:51:24Z")
Unrelated, but speaking if jingles, I grew up in SoCal and still can sing the jingle from Stanley Chevrolet Stanley, Stanley, Stanley Chevrolet Two blocks of the Santa Ana Freeway ??? East Firestone Stanley Chevrolet Ta Da 200 points for anyone who can fill in the Street Address… ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/50 "2009-09-02T23:03:27Z")
Yes No 27 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/51 "2009-09-02T23:04:39Z")
Yes Yes 51 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/52 "2009-09-02T23:20:47Z")
Yes Yes 55 ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/53 "2009-09-02T23:28:50Z")
Yes Yes (my Dad used to use it) 43 ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/54 "2009-09-03T02:17:20Z")
> [@Rodd\_Hill](#): > > …“Dollar forty-nine day, Wood-ward’s! > Dollar forty-nine day, to-day!” Aww. I miss Woodwards. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/55 "2009-09-03T03:20:05Z")
1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Well into my 50s. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/56 "2009-09-03T04:17:12Z")
Yes, yes, 32 ---
**Author:** ![Sebastienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Sebastienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sebastienne)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/57 "2009-09-03T04:28:22Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Yes > Yes > 27 > > No clue _why_ I know it, since I’m guessing it was a slogan long before I was even born, but I know it! All of the quoted is exactly true for me too. May have picked it up from my dad singing the jingle, but that’s mostly conjecture. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/58 "2009-09-03T04:45:59Z")
1. Yes 2. No clue. Just another phrase of old that’s trickled down through the ages. Never cared much about its origin. 3. 28 ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/59 "2009-09-03T04:49:51Z")
1. Yes (heard) 2. Yes. Mickey Mantle was in the ad I remember, though I’m sure it was not new then. 3. 44 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/60 "2009-09-03T04:50:31Z")
1. yes 2. kind of. I know it was for some stuff men put in their hair before gel existed. 3. 32 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649.md?page=4)