A dented yellow toy car on a stack of four mismatched keys against a grey-lilac background.

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Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila.

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The speaker narrates a founder's death in deadpan absurd terms: a fatal 'overdose' of brick wall, taken with a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila. The joke dresses a drunken car crash as a drug accident, while Dennis Hutch casually inherits the top job.

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