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foxycat | 14:51 Sun 09th Sep 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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were does the saying peeing in the wind come from
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I think generally it means that you are wasting your time, therefore there you are peeing into an oncoming wind (getting rid of what you don't want) and the wind is blowing it back onto you viz. wasting your time
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It's an old sailors expression - when they peed over the side of the boat.

Whistling in the wind means the same thing.
I believe it is originally a Latin quote:

homo sapiens non in ventum ******

The wise man does not pee into the wind.

It's the best way to get your own back.
dont know the answer to you're question but what Bellringer wrote just cracked me up!

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