OK, It is Saturday night and anyone on the computer does not have a life anyway...and I rightly posted this under vanitywhatever, so here goes. In another thread the question was asked, What does it mean when someone says, "Mind your P's and Q's? So far we have two answers 1) Ale used to be ordered in either pints or quarts and you needed to be careful which you were given. That's the explanation that I've heard. 2) My understanding is that it refers to typesetters. Its easy to confuse a small case p or q when you're setting type...