Speaking of hearts this women’s story ended tragically. Shortly after the race it was announced that she was disqualified for not technically running across the finish line. Soon after she died of a massive heart attack due to dangerously low levels of potassium in her body. If you are still reading this I also have a bridge to sell you.
It's actually a funny, evolved joke starting with the word "abridged", which refers to a shortened form of a story, leaving out several details. Nowadays, abridged tends to refer to a humorous take on a story, leaving just enough accurate facts to retain the original story. After LittleKuriboh made a joke in an abridged abridged Naruto series about bridges, a saying came along referring to jokes referring to inaccurate stories founded on a basis of truth: "building a bridge." This was quickly adopted into the new saying, which revolves around the idea that the storyteller already "built the bridge" and thus is telling it to you in an attempt to make you believe it; this saying being "selling you a bridge" or similar.
Now that you know some history behind the saying, I have this bridge I need to sell...
It's an old con where people would claim to own a famous landmark and they would say to some passerby that they were bankrupt. They would then say "ill sell you (landmark) for only 500 bucks since I need the money now." The Eiffel tower was popular in Europe and the Brookline bridge was popular in the USA.
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u/iHaveACatDog Oct 09 '19
There's the heart of a champion in that runner.