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Originally Posted by yesman
Post some of your interesting facts or trivia.
Here is my first.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's."
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just an added bit
the beer was bought "on tick" it was written down on a chalkboard how many
"P's and Q's" you owed
If you didn't behave no more beer
where does "on tick come from anyway??
