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<p>[QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1374990, member: 29581"]I remember seeing these in England many years ago when I took a long overdue vacation and went to Europe, U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Greece. </p><p><br /></p><p>I forget the story behind it but, I do remember it had some relation to an English pub. They use it much like bars here in the U.S. use a token or shot glass to indicate you have another drink coming that someone bought for you. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another English jargen in their pubs is the bartender's warning to patrons to mind their Ps&Qs. Meaning to tend to your own Pints and Quarts and stay out of a debate between two other patrons. Over there, they don't go for other people butting into a debate or dispute between two people, and the bartender actually grabs a wooden stick and will start sweeping it down the bar and warning patrons to mind their Ps&Qs, and if you don't, you might find those pints and quarts knocked off the bar and you'll be out a drink.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1374990, member: 29581"]I remember seeing these in England many years ago when I took a long overdue vacation and went to Europe, U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Greece. I forget the story behind it but, I do remember it had some relation to an English pub. They use it much like bars here in the U.S. use a token or shot glass to indicate you have another drink coming that someone bought for you. Another English jargen in their pubs is the bartender's warning to patrons to mind their Ps&Qs. Meaning to tend to your own Pints and Quarts and stay out of a debate between two other patrons. Over there, they don't go for other people butting into a debate or dispute between two people, and the bartender actually grabs a wooden stick and will start sweeping it down the bar and warning patrons to mind their Ps&Qs, and if you don't, you might find those pints and quarts knocked off the bar and you'll be out a drink.[/QUOTE]
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