"Don't shit where you eat"

Wed Jul 4 09:20:51 UTC 2007

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:16:25 -0400, "Sam Clements" <SClements at NEO.RR.COM> said:

> Sorry for the crude title. =20
>
> Has anyone searched to find out what the earliest version of this must =
> have been?  I would doubt that it was that phrasing.
>
> Anyone suggest what the original sentiment might have been?
>
> Sam Clements

Google Books gives this citation from 1965, though the phrase ought to be a older than that:

http://tinyurl.com/2p4722

Paul

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