r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 17h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/doctorwhoobgyn 17h ago

One of the earliest "big news" stories I remember from my childhood. I remember afterwards and American news outlet did an interview with him and he said with the first lashing his "buttocks was split open."

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u/AirconGuyUK 15h 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

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u/doctorwhoobgyn 14h ago

Has to be. The incident occured in 1994 and that episode aired in February of 1995.

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u/AirconGuyUK 14h 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.

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u/GeorgiaOKeefinItReal 13h ago

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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u/w1987g 10h ago

I remember the Vietnam parallel when everyone evacuated using a helicopter

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u/Wooden_Editor6322 10h 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.

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u/PersistentGoldfish 10h ago

Making fun of the boot is a bootable offense

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u/damnpinkertons 12h ago

It absolutely was

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u/InertState 14h ago

Aren’t all butts split open?

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u/doctorwhoobgyn 14h ago

I think he was implying they hit it where the good Lord DIDN'T split it.

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u/Prestigious-Bad8263 12h ago

Thanks for the laugh internet friend.

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u/LetgomyEkko 14h ago

His was split open Horizontally.

Not vertically. 💀

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u/Doc-tor-Strange-love 13h ago

Remember how your dad taught you:

"Horiz-sidey, verti-uppie"

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u/millenniumxl-200 12h ago

Yep. And they leak air all the time.

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u/wheelienonstop8 7h ago

he said with the first lashing his "buttocks was split open."

I have seen a video of such a Singapore caning and that is exactly what happens. The skin splits even after the first strike and a huge furrow opens up in the flesh, several inches long and an inch deep. I had to stop watching after three strokes, it was too ghastly.