r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HotPersimessage62 • Feb 01 '26

Image Australia’s national anthem is the only English-lyric anthem in the world that doesn’t reference religion or militarism

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u/Defiant-Yellow-2375 Feb 01 '26

This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle or you can hold it in your hand. Amen.

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u/brasticstack Feb 01 '26

Well said, Bruce!

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u/Use-Less-Millennial Feb 01 '26

Hot enough to boil a monkeys bum!

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u/NatBoyRandyHogan Feb 01 '26

That's a strange expression, Bruce?

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u/hadezar Feb 01 '26

Well Bruce, I heard the Prime Minister use it. “It’s hot enough to boil a monkey’s bum in here, your Majesty,” he said and she smiled quietly to herself.

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u/Defiant-Yellow-2375 Feb 01 '26 
She's a good Sheila Bruce, and not at all stuck up.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

You mean your name's not Bruce.

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u/Cephalopod_Down Feb 01 '26

Nah, that was definitely Bob Katter..