On Sunday, October 23, 2005, at 11:26  AM, graywolf wrote:

Which brings up something I have been worrying about since early childhood, just what in the hell are "P's and Q's"?


Here's some info:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/psandqs.htm

Seems like nobody really knows the origin, but the bit about pints and quarts has particular appeal for me!! ;-)

Bob

"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." -Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)


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