Everything has an end–except a sausage, which has two.

Understand the thought

Meaning in plain English

Everything having an end interrupted by a sausage having two turns a statement about finishing into a joke about physical ends. The saying plays on two meanings of end.

What the words are saying

The humour does not establish that every situation has a predictable conclusion or provide guidance about mortality. A useful reading can enjoy the wordplay or reflect on endings without treating its universal opening as a demonstrated rule. The precise traditional setting remains unverified.

Everyday example

A conversation lightens a discussion of a task’s conclusion with a play on the word end.

When to use it

Use it primarily as wordplay rather than a universal prediction.

Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.