Sissyfoo said:I'm guessing it is from the book Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. But then you have to wonder, which came first - the phrase or the book? Oooo!
I guess it must have been the phrase because without it there couldn't have been a book but without the book it wouldn't have become a popular phrase unless it was already a popular phrase to begin with. Oook, too much caffeine.
/edit Better get out the collander just to be safe. And wrap tin foil around your feet to keep out the mutant cockaroachios!