The expression “fight dirty” means to engage an enemy using questionable tactics. It doesn’t usually involve dirt, but there are jokes.
“The first rule of mud wrestling is fight dirty” was posted on Twitter by juicymorsel on September 2, 2011. “FIRST RULE OF MUD WRESTLING - FIGHT DIRTY” (shown on a sign) was posted on Facebook by Indian Hills Community Sign on December 8, 2022.
Twitter
juicymorsel
@juicymorsel
The first rule of mud wrestling is fight dirty.
11:19 PM 路 Sep 2, 2011
Twitter
The Senate
@KaoticXIII
RT @funnyoneliners: The first rule of mud wrestling is fight dirty.
RT @juicymorsel
9:16 AM 路 Sep 3, 2011
Twitter
@FTWes馃馃嚭馃嚫馃嚭馃嚘
@FTWes
That’s the 2nd rule. The 1st rule is fight naked. RT @funnyoneliners: The first rule of mud wrestling is fight dirty.
10:16 AM 路 Sep 3, 2011
Twitter
Wrestling Authority
@NorvFernum
Some lady asked me for advice on becoming a wrestler. I told her “The first rule of mud wrestling is fight dirty.”! #ItsTrueItsDamnTrue
10:38 AM 路 Sep 30, 2012
Twitter
Susan Dey
@susandeyka
The first rule of mud wrestling is fight dirty.
4:56 AM 路 Nov 26, 2013
Twitter
Daniel Dickel
@1861_again
The first rule of mud wrestling: Fight dirty…
8:35 PM 路 Sep 3, 2017
Facebook
Indian Hills Community Sign
December 8, 2022 at 3:15 PM 路
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
FIRST RULE OF
MUD WRESTLING -
FIGHT DIRTY
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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