P & Q

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/23/2009 04:17 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 11:08 AM -0400 4/23/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>1612 S. ROWLANDS Knaue of Harts (Hunterian Club) 20 Bring in a
>>quart of Maligo, right true: And looke, you Rogue, that it be Pee and Kew.")
>I like that "Pee and Kew", a.k.a. "Pee and Queue"--opens up a whole
>nother range of etymythologies relating to proper behavior while
>waiting in those interminable lines to use the facilities.

"S. Rowlands" -- the pseudonym of some female attendee at an FA Cup
match at Wembley?  But why isn't it "Queue and Pee"?  Or were the
male fans too rowdy?

Joel

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