Brain Teaser

[red750]

Give a hoot, don't pollute.

 

 

[Chris Tarran]

A penny saved is a penny earned

[red750]

Correct.

 

[Marty_d]

Walk this way, talk this way 

[red750]

Correct.

 

 

[pmccarthy]

Folsom prison blues

[red750]

Correct.

 

Hint - American expression.

 

[onetrack]

Possibly very obtuse to most Aussies, but it's a well-known phrase to Americans - "Shave and a haircut, 2 bits".

 

The saying originated from a 7-note musical rhythm pattern (5 knocks, pause, then 2 knocks), which first appeared in the 1899 tune, "At a Darktown Cakewalk" by Charles Hale.

 

The musical rhythm pattern was later aligned with the commonly repeated phrase, "Shave and a haircut, 2 bits" (2 bits being the American quarter dollar, or 25c), which was the standard cost of a shave and haircut for many years in the U.S. in the early 20th century. The "riff" of the 7-note musical rhythm is identical to the word pattern in the barbershop saying, so it was soon used to align with the note pattern.

The most commonly known tune to use this musical rhythm pattern is at the very end of the "Looney Tunes" cartoon music.

 

Now, "the Darktown Cakewalk" is a whole 'nuther American story in itself.

[red750]

Very good.

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Don't call me baby.. ?

Edited 8 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick

[red750]

Not quite.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Sweetie?

[red750]

Think Leslie Neilson.

[facthunter]

Stop calling ME please.  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

Oh, I give up 😉

[facthunter]

I won't be right. Nev

[red750]

Don't call me Shirley. In the movie Airplane! (Renamed Flying High in Australia), when someone said "Surely ..... " to Leslie Neilson's character, he would reply "Don't call me Shirley."  The girl in the quiz is Shirley Temple.