• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 month ago

    “Bread and butter”, said to your partner when they’re about to split a pole while you’re walking.

    What? I understood close to zero of the meaning of anything in this sentence.

    • bizarroland@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      Say you and your significant other are out walking, and your significant other is about to walk around a pole, allowing the pole to come between you.

      That’s called splitting a pole and it is considered bad luck as a portent of something coming between you in your relationship.

      Bread and butter is just the older way of saying don’t split the pole.