A black tuxedo jacket and a pale lace bra hang side by side on wooden hangers against pink.

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Paul

If I have to wear a tux, she has to wear a bra.

— Playing by Heart ‧ 1998

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A grumbling bargain about fairness in dressing up: if the speaker has to put on a stiff formal tuxedo, then she must wear a bra. It's a quid-pro-quo joke where discomfort is treated as something everybody should share equally, with the two garments oddly set side by side.

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