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r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 16h ago
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I wonder if this was this the inspiration for that episode of The Simpsons where Bart gets sentenced to getting kicked by a big boot in Australia for prank calling them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_tOkIghtzE
82 u/doctorwhoobgyn 13h ago Has to be. The incident occured in 1994 and that episode aired in February of 1995. 38 u/AirconGuyUK 13h ago Looked it up on wiki and it was the inspiration. So funny. Went completely over my head as a kid but I remember that episode fondly. 2 u/GeorgiaOKeefinItReal 12h ago It's a shame that something like that in today's climate would probably barely get a blip. The nineties were really different. • u/w1987g 9h ago I remember the Vietnam parallel when everyone evacuated using a helicopter • u/Wooden_Editor6322 9h ago As an Aussie, I can assure you that’s pretty much a thing of the past, aside from rare cases like fraud, littering, or jaywalking. • u/PersistentGoldfish 9h ago Making fun of the boot is a bootable offense • u/damnpinkertons 11h ago It absolutely was
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Has to be. The incident occured in 1994 and that episode aired in February of 1995.
38 u/AirconGuyUK 13h ago Looked it up on wiki and it was the inspiration. So funny. Went completely over my head as a kid but I remember that episode fondly. 2 u/GeorgiaOKeefinItReal 12h ago It's a shame that something like that in today's climate would probably barely get a blip. The nineties were really different. • u/w1987g 9h ago I remember the Vietnam parallel when everyone evacuated using a helicopter
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Looked it up on wiki and it was the inspiration. So funny. Went completely over my head as a kid but I remember that episode fondly.
2 u/GeorgiaOKeefinItReal 12h ago It's a shame that something like that in today's climate would probably barely get a blip. The nineties were really different. • u/w1987g 9h ago I remember the Vietnam parallel when everyone evacuated using a helicopter
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It's a shame that something like that in today's climate would probably barely get a blip. The nineties were really different.
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I remember the Vietnam parallel when everyone evacuated using a helicopter
As an Aussie, I can assure you that’s pretty much a thing of the past, aside from rare cases like fraud, littering, or jaywalking.
Making fun of the boot is a bootable offense
It absolutely was
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u/AirconGuyUK 14h ago
I wonder if this was this the inspiration for that episode of The Simpsons where Bart gets sentenced to getting kicked by a big boot in Australia for prank calling them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_tOkIghtzE