Famous Newt Sayings?

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I was having lunch just a few days ago with a group of people and the subject of newts came up. One of the folks (from the UK--though he'd spent most of his adult life in Asia and Africa so no telling what his colonial/ex-pat language experience was like) said that the only reference or saying he was familiar with was: "Pissed as a newt" (in this context, "pissed" meaning "drunk"). That got me thinking: is anyone familiar with other jargon, sayings or cultural references to newts?
 
funny you should mention that....here is a current item on ebay (i cant afford it right now...sigh)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3289779445&category=118&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1
i tried to put the pic here since the ad will expire in 90 days but the pic is too big and adobe photoshop doesnt recognise the format....
as to your question, yes that expression is english -but in Douglas Adams book 'the Resturant at the End of the Universe" he americanises the expression to 'as drunk as a newt'
 
For some reason I could just download the picture; here it is:
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I like it a lot btw
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