"can't say crap w/mouthful"

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/24/06 8:47:30 PM, hwgray at GMAIL.COM writes:


> Not only have I not seen it in print before, but I've also only
> extremely rarely heard it in speech. What kinds of books do you read,
> Jon? ;-) But, seriously, folks, my WAG is that the expression is just
> not used in BE, for whatever reason.
>
How about "Don't put anything in your mouth that you wouldn't put in your
hand?" This was the wisdom of my great-grandmother (born in 1860).

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