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Forgive me, I'm catching back up.
It may be apocryphal, but I remember hearing something about the practice of tipping originating in Colonial coffee- and chocolate-houses, where a box was mounted on the wall with a sign reading To Insure Promptness. Then the verbing of an acronym, blah blah blah, and here we are. Anyone confirm this?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bistro of troy 02/28/03 01:33 PM Re: bistro or bistrot emanuela 03/01/03 06:25 AM Dragging this one back up... Fiberbabe 02/08/04 04:41 PM Re: Dragging this one back up... Faldage 02/09/04 01:38 PM Re: towing this one back up... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/09/04 01:44 PM Re: towing this one back up... Zed 02/10/04 01:04 AM Re: towing this one back up... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/10/04 01:19 AM Re: towing this one back up... wwh 02/10/04 02:00 AM Re: towing this one back up... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/10/04 10:27 AM Catching back up... Sparteye 02/14/04 02:51 AM
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