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Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off
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A classic Clarke and Dawe sketch from 1991 in which an Australian senator evasively discusses an oil spill, famously saying the front fell off.
Used almost entirely as a joke reference when HN threads involve accidents, failures or evasive official statements.
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