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Moving Furniture - AIBU to think everyone says this?

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RabbitintheHeadLamps · 26/08/2025 16:53

I was moving a small wardrobe earlier and it got me thinking - does any British person ever move a piece of furniture with someone else and not say “To me, to you”.

The Chuckle Brothers are truly ingrained in British culture.

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AngelsWithSilverWings · 26/08/2025 22:15

We don't do duvets is big in our house. We were both big Trevor and Simon fans.

PIVOT! For moving furniture.

And if DH and I have a nice treat that we don't want to share with the kids we tell them it's too orangey for crows.

Teamonkey123 · 26/08/2025 21:46

@freezation yes!!! Me too!! 😂😂😂

KeepDancing1 · 26/08/2025 21:05

TheOtherAgentJohnson · 26/08/2025 17:31

Much more obscure, but does anyone else when they're washing a duvet always think, "we don't do duvets!"?

Yes! And in a dry-cleaners the other day, with a stack of boxed duvets waiting to be picked up, I found myself thinking, ‘they do do duvets’!

rubrikscube · 26/08/2025 20:24

Also “4 candles/ fork ‘andles” features a lot!

rubrikscube · 26/08/2025 20:23

I’m of an age where we are more likely to do the “Er dad, do you know the piano’s on my foot?”, “You hum it son, I’ll play it” routine

ArtesianWater · 26/08/2025 20:19

Yes. I particularly enjoy doing this with my old dad. He always appreciates it.

Goatblu · 26/08/2025 20:15

Yes. Every time. Also use Pivot 😁

Thispupsgottofly · 26/08/2025 19:53

This is so weird that you've posted this today - I was just reading a Bob the Builder book to my daughter and in that they where moving a plank of wood and saying "to you, to me" and it got me thinking about how it's so ingrained and the massive cultural influence of The Chuckle Brothers!
Edited spelling mistake (although engrained is not technically wrong)

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/08/2025 19:16

@Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr yes it is!

I'm quite excited now. I feel seenGrin

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/08/2025 19:15

@Silverbirchleaf excellent! I have finally found a kindred spiritGrin

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 26/08/2025 19:15

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/08/2025 18:18

@TheOtherAgentJohnson yes! I do!

I also say Just the one, Mrs Wembley; and nobody knows what I'm on about but I can't stop saying it after so many years.

I say this too! It's from On the Up, right?

MagpiePi · 26/08/2025 19:12

RuthandPen · 26/08/2025 17:00

I'm a foreigner, and have come across this all the time in British novels without understanding it. I knew it was a Chuckle Brothers phrase because I googled it, but I don't actually understand what it means? They are handling furniture, but why are they saying 'To me, to you'?

As far as I remember, they didn’t actually co-ordinate their efforts with the ‘to me, to yous’, they just kind of bumbled about in a useless way while saying it.

Silverbirchleaf · 26/08/2025 19:02

Also, ‘ It’s hot, hot, hot’ after ‘Big Cook, Little cook’.

Silverbirchleaf · 26/08/2025 19:01

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/08/2025 18:18

@TheOtherAgentJohnson yes! I do!

I also say Just the one, Mrs Wembley; and nobody knows what I'm on about but I can't stop saying it after so many years.

Me too!

CallingOutRider · 26/08/2025 18:32

RuthandPen · 26/08/2025 17:00

I'm a foreigner, and have come across this all the time in British novels without understanding it. I knew it was a Chuckle Brothers phrase because I googled it, but I don't actually understand what it means? They are handling furniture, but why are they saying 'To me, to you'?

It’s referring to which way to move the furniture you’re holding.

Like if you are trying to get a couch through a small gap you might say “to the left a bit” and “lift it up a bit at the back”.

”To me” and “to you” just mean move the thing towards me or towards you.

SoScarletItWas · 26/08/2025 18:31

We had tripartite law in our house, where my dad couldn’t move furniture without ‘to me, to you’, ‘right said Fred, all of us together’ and ‘coo-ee Mr Shifter’, ‘you hum it son and I’ll play it’ 🤣

TheNightingalesStarling · 26/08/2025 18:26

Saw the thread title and thought To You, To Me before opening!

We can't say basil... its always BaaaSSIILLL!!!

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 26/08/2025 18:21

ScurryHurry · 26/08/2025 17:45

And Garlic . . .Bread!!?

In my mouth?!

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/08/2025 18:18

@TheOtherAgentJohnson yes! I do!

I also say Just the one, Mrs Wembley; and nobody knows what I'm on about but I can't stop saying it after so many years.

CMOTDibbler · 26/08/2025 18:12

@ScurryHurry our local Thai restaurant has a dessert trolley they bring round to you, and even though their desserts are out of the 80's we always have one just to do the trolley sketch.

Back to the Chuckle brothers though, and like @SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius tend to do Right Said Fred for furniture moving

freezation · 26/08/2025 18:03

I always carry a tray of drinks/food etc like Mrs Overall. Two soups!!!

freezation · 26/08/2025 18:02

TheOtherAgentJohnson · 26/08/2025 17:31

Much more obscure, but does anyone else when they're washing a duvet always think, "we don't do duvets!"?

Yes!!!

Y2ker · 26/08/2025 17:56

TheOtherAgentJohnson · 26/08/2025 17:31

Much more obscure, but does anyone else when they're washing a duvet always think, "we don't do duvets!"?

Absolutely.

ScurryHurry · 26/08/2025 17:45

And Garlic . . .Bread!!?

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