Where does the phrase "kiss the baby" come from?

[XingTheRubicon]

You know when someone thats suspected of a crime gets the results of the DNA test and it matches. Then some detective says "you can kiss the baby."

Where did this saying come from and what is a good website to look up the origin of phrases and what not.

[Mjcpr]

I think it's "baby arm".

[Okieflyer]

In other words "You are definately the father", it's yours.

[sooner_born_1960]

I think it's more along the lines of "Kiss the baby goodbye. You're never seeing him again."

[StuIsTheMan]

you sure you don't mean "kick the baby?"
http://images.southparkstudios.com/media/images/704/704_img_02.jpg

[XingTheRubicon]

Like Hector before he left to get chopped into pieces by Achilles? He kissed his newborn baby for what he knew would be the last time then left toward his fate.

I thought it might be from something like that, but I want to know it's origin, if it has one.


BTW, the movie Stir Crazy has this line in it as well.

[TUSooner]

I never heard it said like that. I always thought it referred to politicvians kissing babies. But now I'm curious.

[XingTheRubicon]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kiss+the+baby

Thanks a pantload, Chet. That was disgustingly no help.

[XingTheRubicon]

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