Moving Furniture - AIBU to think everyone says this?

[RabbitintheHeadLamps]

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.

I say that but I also say ‘PIVOT!!!’

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'?

And this is what I signed up to Mumsnet for!! Thank you @RabbitintheHeadLamps, made me giggle 😁😁

Its the law!

This has just made me LOL on a bus!

I was divvying up dominoes to teach DS how to play it yesterday and said "to me, to you, to me, to you..."
DS is six.
He laughed.

Because the characters were incompetent removal men who could never coordinate properly.

Also I've been watching the Madame Blanc mysteries on Netflix and Paul Chuckle has a recurring role. I know Barry's no longer with us but I keep half-expecting him to appear from somewhere and do "to me, to you".

I am an OT and have done this when assisting patients to eg roll from one side of bed to face someone on the other side of the bed, or when passing equipment to someone. It's not possible not to. It is indeed the law. Patients have said it to me also!

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

We also use owl-bum here too

It is a directional instruction. So two men, holding one end of an item each, would say ‘to you’ meaning he would move towards the other person.

To me, to you, to me, to you would be like a tug of war.

Does that make sense? It’s hard to describe.

I just say "Fuck" multiple times, it really makes things easier...

Both ‘to me - to you’ and ‘pivot’ get honourable mentions on the Cultural references the young uns don’t get thread, @RabbitintheHeadLamps.

I alway used to think “One each end and steady as she goes - tried to lift it, couldn’t even shift it” when moving furniture. .

Also "is it on the trolley?" whenever choosing a dessert.

And Garlic . . .Bread!!?

Absolutely.

Yes!!!

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

@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

@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.

In my mouth?!

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

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

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’ 🤣

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.