"Don't shit where you eat"

[Doug Harris]

Is that the same Halliburton who instructed his contractors division to "put
it where you twist and I don't mean your wrist to the US government"?
(the other) doug



Thanks for that.  I just thought to search Google Books, and lo and behold,
the erliest(short of an unsearchabe, probably false hit) is Thomas Chandler
Halliburton, 1838.
http://books.google.com/books?q=%22dirty+bird%22+fouls+own+nest+date%3A1600-
1839&btnG=Search+Books

OF course, it was no doubt an older proverb.  But I find the Halliburton
connection interesting, considering how many early sayings/words seem to
come from his works.

Sam Clements

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