Quora is a peer-based question and answer platform that from time to time yields some interesting stories.

Like this, for instance:

And sometimes, Quora answers are good enough that even locals have the opportunity to learn a thing or two about their own country.

In a post last updated on May 30, Singaporean actor/producer Michael Chua answered the question "What do the people in Singapore do that is different than the rest of the world?"

In a series of 38 statements, Chua gets increasingly acerbic in his observations about Singapore.

We pick out some of the more interesting ones.

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About 50 shades thrown

It starts out light and fun with this idiosyncrasy:

•  We reserve tables at hawker (cooked food) centres using tissue paper pads. This very local act is called "chope".

And some cheeky ones:

• The woman folk wear micro short shorts. Thankfully, usually only those with nice legs.

Even heartwarming ones (although we're not quite sure we agree):

• Chances are that you will get your lost wallet back with all the contents and money intact.

But it slowly becomes snarkier:

• We do not have cock-ups, only honest mistakes. Nowadays, we call them "signalling problems".
• We call foreign workers "foreign workers", but white foreign workers "expatriates".

Still funny, though:

• Adultery for very important persons is called "personal indiscretion", not "f*cking somebody else’s wife, or husband". For very impotent persons, it does not matter.
• There are no floods in Singapore, only "ponding".

About 50 shades were thrown:

• If you have to steal from the church, spend the money on your wife. She will get away scot-free, but you will go to jail.
• It is not uncommon to find locals that cannot speak English well and Mandarin worse. They also do not speak their real mother tongue. This baffles me a lot.
• There are so many foreigners in the country that even foreigners are complaining that there are too many foreigners. 

Of course, even if these statements do apply to Singapore, they may not apply exclusively.

Interesting observations, nonetheless.

You can read Chua's post in full here.

Top image from bvi4092/Flickr