This is 2003, I think, so we were talking about the increasing burdens of US airport security
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Someone pulls out their tiny keychain pocketknife to demonstrate that even this would no longer be allowed on flights
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And the Australian girl straight up says "What's the point of even having a knife that small? You could barely cut anything with it"
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And PULLS OUT A LARGER KNIFE and says "This is my knife I never go anywhere without, it's been helpful on a number of occasions"
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And I swear honest to God did not know the movie or why people suddenly started laughing
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He probably isn't. I have an online Aussie friend who had never heard of Aussie shampoo ("put some Roo in your doo!") before I mentioned it.
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The idea of "a tube biscuits," like those Pillsbury makes, was also foreign to him...On the other hand, I knew nothing of
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Culture shock, thy name is Pop Culture.
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Wait is the Tim Tam an American thing I'm supposed to know about
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Anyway I thought it was accepted that those movies were seen in Australia as Australiploitation for foreigners
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"Australiploitation" is my new favorite word.
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