I only paid half attention to the Polish elections this year, despite being there 14 years ago when the first democratic elections were held, when folks loved or hated Lech. But skimming through the parties vying for a place in the proportional representation of the Sejm, the lower house, I knew I would miss the old PPPP or Polska Partia Przyjaciól Piwa - the Polish Beer Lovers Party. In the October 27th election, they got 16 seats in the legislature. From this brief reference, the PPPP appears to have been a cross between the Canadian Rhino Party and simply a celebration that in democracy if you want a beer lovers party, well, you can have a beer lovers party.