Two Bits include Gator legends Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Cris Collinsworth. The supposed value of the bit is twelve and a half cents, eight to the dollar. Two Bits to honor Edmondson by doing his iconic cheer. Since 2013, UF has anointed a celebrity Mr. 'Two bits' or 'two bit' continues in general use as a colloquial expression, for 25¢, or a quarter dollar as in the song catchphrase 'Shave and a Haircut, two bits.' As an adjective, 'two-bit' describes something cheap or unworthy. He would continue the routine until retiring in 2008 - three years after the school named Edmondson an honorary alumnus. Two Bits during the 1949 season opener against The Citadel. It bears images of a common loon, a bird. Loonies The Canadian one dollar coin was introduced in 1987. Unrelated to your post is two bits quarter, if memory serves me its by. He always insists on putting in his two bits whether we want his opinion or not Heres my two bits. I find Jeffs husband a bit trying at times. Ones opinion or point of view, for whatever it may be worth, generally when it is unasked for. Im somewhat younger (30yr old) and never heard it used much but apparently two bit/four bit/six bit were used more commonly in speech up till the later 20th century. Back when I was a kid, you could get a 2. So, two bits equaled a quarter of a dollar.
Two Bits,” Edmondson’s unique routine became a pregame ritual at home games for more than half a century and made him a veritable Gators institution.Įdmondson, who resided in Tampa and sold insurance, did not even attend UF, but he was a diehard Gator football fan dating to the post-World War II era. these coins were known as quarters or two bits. The Spanish dollar coin (worth 8 reales) was sometimes cut into 8 wedges to make change and each wedge worth 1 real was called a 'bit'. George Edmondson, the Florida Gators’ ultimate football fan, has passed away at age 97.īetter known as “Mr.
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