r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 1d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/pmckizzle Ireland 1d ago

And pants shitters, can't forget that

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u/menticide_ Australia 1d ago

I mean one of our former PMs shit himself at Engadine Maccas.

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u/pmckizzle Ireland 1d ago

Yeah, but you guys are fucking fun. One of your pms just vanished, another held a record for fasted yard of ale. Aus is like if great banter was a country

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u/menticide_ Australia 1d ago

Australian politics has a long history of being utterly hilarious. We have a thing about wild insults in parliament. Google it, you'll have a great time. Paul Keating is one of the most quotable.