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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•edit-22 months agowhat am i supposed to do with a bridge edit: oh i think i get it now. very clever
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agoIt’s a reference to someone “selling” the Brooklyn bridge to someone else for scrap long ago. I think so anyway.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI thought it was about selling the bridge as a toll bridge.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker You are correct
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoWhich wouldn’t be a bad investment if they could prove your buying the right to toll the bridge.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoi thought it was something something “that’s a bridge too far”, and so they need exactly one bridge
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilink4•2 months agoIt’s a saying that he’ll sell you a bridge that he doesn’t own because you’re gullible.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoooh that makes a lot more sense than what i was thinking
what am i supposed to do with a bridge
edit: oh i think i get it now. very clever
It’s a reference to someone “selling” the Brooklyn bridge to someone else for scrap long ago. I think so anyway.
I thought it was about selling the bridge as a toll bridge.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker
You are correct
Which wouldn’t be a bad investment if they could prove your buying the right to toll the bridge.
Woosh goes the joke
i thought it was something something “that’s a bridge too far”, and so they need exactly one bridge
It’s a saying that he’ll sell you a bridge that he doesn’t own because you’re gullible.
ooh that makes a lot more sense than what i was thinking