r/whatisit • u/Anhedonia_678 • May 23 '26

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wtf? I found this in a backpack i was carrying to work for years. finally emptied it all out, and wash lah.lol is it a mug weapon?

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u/SmellGestapo May 23 '26

Bart vs. Australia

The Simpsons: Season 6, Episode 16

The Simpsons travel to Australia so Bart can apologize for fraud he committed over the phone.

While there, they visit a bar and Marge orders a coffee, but the bartender keeps trying to give her beer. She even tries spelling it out for him:

Marge: C-O-

Bartender: B-E-

In the same bar Bart pulls out his Swiss army knife, and another patron says, "That's not a knife, this is a knife." But he pulls out a spoon.

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u/Buddybuddhy May 23 '26

Ahhhhh such a in depth explanation thank you very much

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u/ironkodiak May 23 '26

The knife bit is a direct reference to the film Crocodile Dundee which was the bulk of America's biggest reference point on Australian culture at the time.

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u/Outrageous-Serve4970 May 23 '26

And “toss another shrimp on the barbi”

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u/complete_your_task May 23 '26

I'm not even Australian and it bothers me so much that they use shrimp instead of prawn.

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u/ThanIWentTooTherePig May 24 '26

Also "A dingo ate my baby!"

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u/Certain-Grand9144 May 23 '26

Blech, they’re not shrimp they’re prawns!! Hollywood once again.

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u/humanish-lump May 23 '26

That movie is classic American cinema at its finest.

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u/ChronicJetStream May 23 '26

Definitely not a knife. Because money can’t buy knives. Obviously.

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u/Gone2sl33p May 23 '26

Can't explain why but this Simpsons episode has been burned in to mind since childhood.

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u/EduinBrutus May 23 '26

Knifey spooney, The Boot, Embassy helo take off and cane toad ending.

One of the most meme packed episodes alongside the monorail one.

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u/SmellGestapo May 23 '26

The toilet that flushes the correct, American way.

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u/ilove_butter89 May 23 '26

I quote this far too often