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Lee B.'s avatar

I always heard the line as "don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining". Maybe it's a regional difference, or a class joke in the Midwestern version.

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TW Falcon's avatar

The way I always heard it was "don't piss on my head and tell me it's raining."

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M. Trosino's avatar

I think down Texas way it's 'Don't piss on my boots...' Never been to Texas. Base this on the fact that I heard Dan Rather say it that way. ;-)

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Cindy's avatar

Yup, thatтАЩs what I grew up hearing. And I was born and raised in Texas. Somehow, boots make more sense. Backs and eyes are difficult targets, or at least they would be for me.

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Rick R's avatar

Interesting. My dad used to say "don't piss in my eye and tell me that it's raining," for as long as I can remember.

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Lee B.'s avatar

Hmm that's certainly an eye-catching variant! May I ask what region he grew up in?

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Rick R's avatar

South Dakota...but he might have learned it in the Navy!

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Lee B.'s avatar

Missouri here. Come to think of it though, I heard it from a sailor too.

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Jonathan V. Last's avatar

I only know the phrase as something Dragon says in Layercake.

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