new excremental proverb

[Charles Doyle]

And interesting sudden-onset phenomenon, Jonathan, but I wouldn't call the statement a PROVERB: it has no general (or wider) applicability.  I would probably designate "pick up a turd by the clean end" as a proverbial phrase.

--Charlie
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>Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:20:15 -0500
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject:      new excremental proverb
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>The earliest appears to be on Usenet from mid 2005: "Political correctness is based on the principle that it's possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
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>As of today, 120,000 raw Googlits (I searched under the principal phrase). News travels fast.
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>JL

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