A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)

Thu Mar 24 15:43:08 UTC 2005

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 10:38:47AM -0500, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 7:07 AM -0800 3/24/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >"Flunk now and avoid the June rush!" was scrawled on a wall at NYU in 1971.
> >
> >JL
>
>
> speaking of wall scrawls, and bathroom graffiti in particular, whence
>
> Here I sit, broken-hearted
> Came to shit and only farted.
>
> ?

1928 in A. W. Read _Lexical Evidence from Folk Epigraphy_ (1935)
50 Here I sit all broken hearted Came to shit and only farted.
[Editor's note: "Very popular"].

Jesse Sheidlower
OED