The first time I encountered something like this phrase, circa 1950, it took the form of
Don't get into a pissing match with a skunk! I suspect that the phrase and its variants have multiple etymologies, with much semantic cross contamination among them. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
