“Home is where the free food is”

“Home is where the heart is” is an old saying. “Home is where the free food is” is a jocular variation.
   
“Home is where the free food is…ask any stray cat” was cited in 2007. “College students: Home is where the free food is” was cited on Twitter on October 8, 2015.
 
     
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Ugi
‏@rLfNowhere
@NYdelight home is where the free food is.
6:59 PM - 1 Jul 2009
 
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ME
‏@justacloserriot
Homeward bound! I heard home is where the heart is. I also heard home is where the free food is.
6:35 PM - 14 Oct 2009
 
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Anthony Sheedy
‏@anthonysheedy
Home is where the free food is.
1:58 PM - 14 Mar 2010
     
Ranal.ca
The Lakeview Quotes (Page Updated: June 21, 2010)
The following quotations are some of thoughts I shared with the staff of Lakeview Manor over my last five years there.
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Other Thoughts
Home is where the free food is… ask any stray cat. (9-Mar-2007)
   
Tony Lives Here
Yea I am on this DNA thing again, sort of…
Posted on December 28, 2010
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Pigeons have markers encoded in their DNA indicating where they were born and they stay there. They are not into this migration business. As a kid I raised pigeons, we had some for racing and some for eating. Home is where the free food is.
 
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Home is where the free food is.
May 26. 2011
 
Funny Status
Home is where the free food is.
October 23, 2013
 
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Drake O’Bryant ⚾️
‏@DrakeD27
College students: Home is where the free food is.
8:01 PM - 8 Oct 2015
Oklahoma, USA