Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off
Why Hacker News recommends it
Used almost entirely as a joke reference when HN threads involve accidents, failures or evasive official statements.
What it is
A classic Clarke and Dawe sketch from 1991 in which an Australian senator evasively discusses an oil spill, famously saying the front fell off.
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What Hacker News said
Cites michaelt · 2019-11 · on “Singapore issues first correction order under 'fake news' law”
What about parody that a reasonable person would recognise as such, but a small number of fools might not? For example [1] or [2] [1] [this video] [2] [LINK]