"Fold, Spindle..."

[Fred Shapiro]

Can anyone supply any early documentation of usage of the punch-card
phrase "Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate"?  I would also be interested in
early documentation of usage of the later slogan, "I am a human being: do
not fold, spindle, or mutilate."

Fred Shapiro


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