Where did the phrase "wouldn't throw him/her out of bed for eating crackers" come from?

[arcadian]

Was there an uncontrollable cracker eating problem at some time that i missed?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Yes, it was me... that damn Claudia Cardinale

(google her if you are a younin)

was eating crackers in bed, and I had new sheets

well, I let her stay.

and the saying was born.

1971

[Left Is Write]

2. Eating crackers in bed causes crumbs in the sheets.

Crumbs in the sheets are very uncomfortable - a real irritant.

A person's got to be pretty special if you wouldn't kick him out for eating crackers!

[arcadian]

4. Uncomfortable?

There is probably a fetishist subculture that loves the feeling of cracker crumbs all over their naked bodies.

[Left Is Write]

7. Probably, but I would suggest they are the minority.

:)



Edited to add that this is funny, because I am eating a few Ritz right now.

[Connonym]

3. wasn't it a lyric from a country song?

or maybe it's been around longer than that

[harmonicon]

5. it was invented on political websites on the intertubes...

... back when people, apparently, used to sleep with their beds next to busy bus routes.

[elshiva]

6. My name is elshiva and I am a cracker crumbler.

[last_texas_dem]

8. The other day someone on here credited it to the "Cliff" character from "Cheers"

It may have been around long before that show, though, for all I know...

[conscious evolution]

12. Older than Cliff and Cheers.

I remember it from my teenage years though I don't know where it originated.

[Archae]

9. Crumby sex?

:-)

[Skittles]

10. I'm pretty sure it's those f***ing Canadians

they are into geese and crackers

[pokerfan]

11. eating "quackers" in bed?

[zanne]

13. That one is really old...

I remember that one from the 60's. It was usually said when people were talking about how "hot" somebody was. In other words, "Well, I wouldn't throw her out of bed". Yeah, it was disgusting.