"Join the army they said. It's a man's life they said" - Numerous Roman legionaries throughout all the Asterix stories. Along with "my caligae are killing me".

"Join the army they said. It's a man's life they said" - Numerous Roman legionaries throughout all the Asterix stories. Along with "my caligae are killing me". So it's been around for at least 2,000 years. I bet that alongside Ea-nāṣir's tablet there are some complaining about the quality of the food in the Akkadian army.