So how does strangulation by one’s own bra even come into play? Fisher went on to explain just that. “What happens is you go to space and you become weightless,” she wrote. “So far so good, right? But then your body expands??? But your bra doesn’t – so you get strangled by your own bra.”
Armed with that logic, Fisher came up with a perfect pitch for her eventual obituary: “Now I think that this would make for a fantastic obit – so I tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.” Obviously, this is not how Fisher shuffled off this mortal coil, but in the years since her passing, this particular line has been fondly remembered as an example of the actress’ brilliant wordplay and quick mind.
How did the bra debate between Lucas and Fisher end, then? As she reveals in “Wishful Drinking,” Fisher used gaffer’s tape underneath the dress to help give her some support while she was pretending to be in space (and operating under the normal rules of gravity, despite Lucas’ argument). “I used to think there should have been a contest at the end of the day for who in the crew would get to help remove the tape,” she quips in the book. “Well, I was just thinking of others. Even then, I was just giving, giving, giving.”
