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re "I can't seem to figure out the pun ... is it a British-ism"?
Yes, it is a British-ism.
There is an old North of England saying:
Where there's muck there's brass
Don't know what "brass" means, but the saying must be well known if a twist on it became the Guardian's most admired pun in 2003.
From this Guardian story, introduced by the headline "Where there's muck there's brass", I take it that "brass" is "money" or "cash".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1232057,00.html
Yep, that's it: "money".
This from:
A dictionary of slang - "B" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.
...brass Noun. 1. Money. 2. Prostitute.
The "prostitute" undertone makes the "bras" substitution all the more clever.
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