“A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer”

“A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer” is a jocular saying that has been Twitter printed on many images. That is, everything that had been on top of the desk is hidden in the desk drawer.
 
“A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer” was posted in the newsgroup alt.tv.x-files on January 31, 1995. 
 
   
Google Groups: alt.tv.x-files
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Matthew Mccallum
1/31/95
(...)
.. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
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Google Groups: alt.dreams.lucid
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SHAWN GILCHRIST
2/12/95
(...)
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
 
Google Books
Modems for Dummies
By Tina Rathbone
Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide
1996  
Pg. 62:
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
 
December 1996, Training & Development (Alexandria, VA), @ work by Sacha Cohen, pg. 13:
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
 
Twitter
Twila Marie
@twila_zoned
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
11:54 PM · May 22, 2007·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Jen Smith
@PhillyChic5
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. #sotrue
5:10 PM · Sep 10, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
     
Sunshine Coast Daily (Australia)
INSIDE BUSINESS: $21,000 raised for local children’s charity
by Inside Business
20th Nov 2014 2:11 PM
(...)
THOUGHT FOR WEEK
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
   
Google Books
Title A Clean Desk Is a Sign of a Cluttered Desk Drawer.: A Wide Ruled Notebook, Journal
Author Asek Journals
Edition illustrated
Publisher Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us, 2018
ISBN 1792049528, 9781792049521
Length 102 pages
 
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A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
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