"If one has a one-and-a-quarter pint tankard, sometimes one can get lucky with that, too."

For similar reasons I always go for the pint glass option rather than the more popular half pint'er at beer festivals. Although the 1/2 is clearly marked the over-worked girls behind the bar never fail to give a larger measure and I've often had shorter pints in city boozers than a festival 'half'.

An old drinking buddy of mine thought it a national scandal the day H&S insisted pubs supply a fresh glass with each drink. He thought it took a few to 'warm the glass up'. Any other drinking folklore?