And, lo, I chatteth on ICQ and verily, the respondant came up with the following pithy saying, neither which of us can make heads or tails out of, but it sounds like it’s saying something :
“I found the grass is greener elsewhere. It just depends on what kind of shit causes it.”
Please … discuss.
Hmmm, I always heard it like Soundgarden sang… “The grass is always greener where the dogs are shitting” which makes sense in my workplace anyway 
The allure of greener pastures always comes at a price. Many times, Person A’s opportunity is caused by Person B’s misfortune.
Another caveat is in order, though…
“Sure, the grass may be greener elsewhere. But it still needs to be mowed.”
Sounds like a pH problem. Call your county extension agent; they can hook you up with a good soil tester who should be able to fix you right up.
If I’ve told you once I’ve told you 2849 times, Euty. You gotta teach the livestock to shit in the BACK yard, not the front.
And I don’t care what the ewe says, shit really DOES roll downhill.
Dunno about grass. All I know is I never eat yellow snow.
It means, “Things frequently look good from a distance, but that’s superficial. Upon closer inspection, the shit over there might be worse than the shit right here.”
Or it means something else. Or nothing.
Perhaps “The grass is greener elsewhere, and that’s because they use better fertilizer”?
Somebody who appears to have a better life has suffered more (i.e., gone through more shit) to have it?
Perhaps the dude you were chatting with was drunk?
“I had sex outside of the shackles of my marriage. I can justify this because my wife used too much starch on my undies, which displeased me greatly.”
Or mayhaps he just discovered the joys of 16-16-16??