Two teacups at opposite ends of a small table with a tiny paper sailboat between them.

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Winston Churchill

My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A dry joke about how a shared morning meal could nearly sink a marriage. The humour comes from the huge word 'wrecked' being applied to something as small as eggs and toast, suggesting two people can love each other yet still need breakfast apart.

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