[Ads-l] dab

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sun Sep 4 13:04:54 UTC 2016


I ran it back several times on the TV, on various audio settings, and it
was "dab" every time. Unmistakably.

Yet online it is unquestionably "dabs."

JL






JL


JL

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 4:18 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> << With just a few dabs, it's clinically proven ... >>  Az ah heered it.
> Personally, I woulda cribbed the Brylcreem jingle.  "A little dab'll do ya,
> Granny! Yabba-dabba-doo!"
>
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