The BBC did an April Fools day joke along these lines too. Perhaps one is based upon the other.
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Jerkface@lemmy.world 10 months agoThis commercial had people thinking spaghetti grows on trees.
whelks_chance@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Agent641@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Reminds me of the prank where Australians tricked foreigners to believe that kangaroos keep their offspring in a fucking pouch.
Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Australians make up bullshit all the time about their animals though. Look at the platypus (otter with a beak strapped on), quokka (it’s a kids plush toy), and the “drop bear” (not actually a bear but a carnivorous marsupial).
Jerkface@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well you’d have to be fool enough to believe Australia is a real place to begin with.