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Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Text and reference copied from Kiss up kick down to Fit in or fuck off. See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:59, 14 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

Cycling, etc.

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I don't know if that fits in the article and if so where, but in any case, Germans call that "cycling" (Fahrradfahren): kicking downwards, humping one's back upwards. Smart bosses are said to have painted a crosswalk in front of their office so that pedestrians too would stand a chance, not only cyclists; at least it says so in a joke, I don't know if any boss who was ennerved with this behavior (they exist) actually did that. (Another proverb in the direction is: "The shit always flows from up above downwards.")--2001:A61:20A3:BF01:5D87:4E71:7ABF:4E07 (talk) 17:32, 27 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Origin

Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

The expression was used by legendary Swedish punk band "Ebba Grön" in the song "Slicka uppåt, sparka neråt!" (litteraly "Lick up(wards), kick down(wards)" as early as 1979 - way earlier than 1993. Should this be considered original research or could it be added to the article somewhere?

Album release for the song: https://www.discogs.com/Ebba-Gr%C3%B6n-K%C3%A4rlek-Uppror/master/26549

Song/expression first mentioned in Swedish newspaper article from 1979: https://tidningar.kb.se/?q=%22slicka%20upp%C3%A5t%20sparka%22&sort=asc Lawrence Heap (talk) 16:09, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

There are even mentions of this expression in Swedish newspapers as early as 1972:

https://tidningar.kb.se/?q=%22slicka%20upp%C3%A5t%20och%22&sort=asc Lawrence Heap (talk) 17:01, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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