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I asked if you are from NZ because of your username

I was actually quoting Elaine from Seinfeld

In the Seinfeld episode "The Stranded," Elaine Benes delivers the iconic line "Maybe the dingo ate your baby" to mock a woman who was repeatedly and obnoxiously referring to her missing fiancé as "the poor baby."

The quote is a reference to the infamous 1980 Azaria Chamberlain case in Australia, where Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton claimed a dingo took her infant daughter, a story popularized by the 1988 film A Cry in the Dark starring Meryl Streep. Elaine uses the line with a fake Australian accent to shut down the woman's dramatic complaining, leveraging a well-known pop culture reference to highlight the absurdity of the situation.

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Did a dingo eat a baby?

Yes, a dingo killed and consumed Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old Australian infant, on August 17, 1980, during a family camping trip at Uluru (Ayers Rock).

While her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was initially wrongfully convicted of murder after authorities rejected her claim that a dingo took the baby, she was exonerated in 1986 after Azaria’s clothing was found near a dingo lair. The legal saga ended in 2012 when Coroner Elizabeth Morris officially ruled that Azaria’s death was the result of a dingo attack, confirming the truth of Lindy Chamberlain’s original statement.

I know, I was just teasing. I didn't know Lindy was born in NZ.
It was big news, I remember it as a kid, and we still say it in a fake Aussie accent.
The movie was called Evil Angels in NZ and Aus.

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Lindy's husband was also born in NZ

I hate to admit this but I had no idea until Seinfeld

Typical American high culture

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Lindy was also born in NZ

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