Shits and Giggles Origin and Meaning

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Does anyone know the origin and meaning of the Phrase "For Shits and Giggles"?

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[nq:1]Does anyone know the origin and meaning of the Phrase "For ***** and Giggles"?[/nq]
Austin Powers, I believe.

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[nq:1]Does anyone know the origin and meaning of the Phrase "For ***** and Giggles"?[/nq]
STFW. For the origin, use "Austin Powers";
for the meaning, use "***** and giggles".

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[nq:1]Does anyone know the origin and meaning of the Phrase "For ***** and Giggles"?[/nq]
I just means, "for the **** of it", implying whimsey.

Don
Kansas City

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[nq:1]The origin of this "for ***** and giggles" has a history of erudite discussion: http://snipurl.com/d0vx[/nq]
As to the date, the now defunct gay magazine Bear had a department called "***** and Giggles: Items of interest" so long ago as 1990, so the phrase must have been in wide enough circulation to be available for allusion by that time.

Joe Fineman joe (Email Removed)

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[nq:2]The origin of this "for ***** and giggles" has a history of erudite discussion: http://snipurl.com/d0vx[/nq]
[nq:1]As to the date, the now defunct gay magazine Bear had a department called "***** and Giggles: Items of interest" so long ago as 1990, so the phrase must have been in wide enough circulation to be available for allusion by that time.[/nq]
The first (misspelled) Usenet hit is 10/18/88 in comp.sys.ibm.pc:

I was running my computer with a TRS-80 PC2 Pocket Computer this way just for ***** and gigles.

"***** and grins", surprisingly, doesn't show up until a bit later, on 3/25/89 in rec.music.gaffa.

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