Wordplay/ What's fun about the HPs?

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 152599

Steven1965aaa:
> 
> One prior use of "Hogs Head" I can think of, just for fun:
> 
> "Over men and horses hoops and garters
> Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
> In this way Mr. K will challenge the world!"
> 
> "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", the Beatles.

Ceridwen:
Oh, you just kick-started my memory.  A hogshead is a unit of 
measurement.  Wikipedia link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogshead  A 
hogshead of something was an exact measurement, like a gallon or a 
dram.  In the song, they are going through a particular size of fire.  
In the pub, they're consuming liquid, a valid item to be measured by a 
hogshead.  (Holy mackerel!  A hogshead is 63 gallons!  That's a lot of 
ale!)

Ceridwen.