If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you is an English idiom suggesting that the listener is gullible. It’s widespread throughout the United States. On our Facebook group, listeners shared other versions, including one that involves the sale of swampland in Florida, and the George Strait song “Ocean Front Property,” which invites similar skepticism about a tract of land in Arizona. This is part of a complete episode.
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