CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridgeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkTIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridgeswww.theguardian.comCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDamn, They are stealing them to sell for scrap. I was so hoping the “I have a bridge to sell you” joke was actually based on a real event,
minus-squareGamers_Mate@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThis post made me curious to search it myself. Turns out there was a conman who repeated scammed people into thinking they bought the Brooklyn Bridge. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I_have_a_bridge_to_sell_you
Damn, They are stealing them to sell for scrap.
I was so hoping the “I have a bridge to sell you” joke was actually based on a real event,
This post made me curious to search it myself.
Turns out there was a conman who repeated scammed people into thinking they bought the Brooklyn Bridge. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I_have_a_bridge_to_sell_you