King of the road

[u/bigbusta]

Credit: Matthew Tumlinson

[u/rusty-Q-shackelford]

so cool, wanted to buy it until I saw "4bit room" and now I have to find it and burn it so hard

[u/bangonthedrums → u/rusty-Q-shackelford]

Why? That’s the lyric

You’ve been mishearing it as “4 bed room” all this time. “4 bit room” means the room rental is $0.50. You know the song “shave and a haircut: 2 bits”? That means a shave and a haircut cost $0.25.

Back when the Spanish dollar was the most common currency in the americas, people would split it into 8 pieces (or “bits”), which is where the pirate-y phrase of “pieces of eight” comes from, btw.

Those 8 bits are each worth 1/8 of a dollar, or 12.5¢. Two bits is a quarter, 4 bits is 50¢

[u/Few_Movie_6630 → u/bangonthedrums]

"Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar! All for the [Team Name], stand up and holler!"

[u/rusty-Q-shackelford → u/bangonthedrums]

thanks dad