This is not a national thing at all lol. This is one weird person. I refuse to entertain "lol sometimes our countries are kooky!" for one weird person.

it was on the tonight show

Johnny Carson was a real psychic too. Nothing from 1970s television should be taken seriously at face value. Lol

Lol I'm trying to help you. I don't want you to roll up to any American house and start talking about dishwasher fish because they are going to think you're insane. It's just not *a thing*. It sounds like something a college kid did once and didn't get food poisoning so now they joke about it.

Oh dont worry I'm not insane or stupid, I dont remotely think it's serious