Which one is the correct phrase?

[brewer]

I won't go into details of how it all started but a wonderful gentleman told me to fuck off and die in the parking lot at the market. I know exactly what he meant but I had always heard the phrase as eat shit and die, which makes more sense to me. Eating shit could actually cause death where fuck off (go away) and die is just wishful thinking, unless my going away includes walking in front of a bus or something similar.

So when you're pissed which form of the phrase do you use?

Yeah I know, over thinking. I could be having a 37 moment.

What did you do to the poor bastard? I bet you said "Hey fuckwit, d'ya forget your mask again?"... lol
Then his reply would make perfect sense ... considering he's an imbecile.

Nah, pedestrian/driver altercation. He thought he and his car had the right of way. I let him know that was incorrect and that he had diminished mental capacity.