> > > > Why's it called Pips?
> > >
> > > "Pips" are what they call the dots on a die.
> >
> > It's also the term used to describe the suit symbols on playing cards. So "Pips" handily refers to cards, dice, *and* dominos, which is exactly the kind of word I needed.
>
> Aren't pips also a term for the decorations indicative of rank on a naval officer's collar? Or was that just on Star Trek: TNG?
>
> Gri"reformed Trekkie"shny

And so it would seem that I am the only one who remembers Gladys Knight and the Pips. So I won't even mention the Ink Spots or the Mills Brothers.

I think I remember "the Great One" saying, "You're a pip, Alice. You know that don't you?"
Howard