Sentences with phrase «as practical joking»

As practical joking has been ingrained in the Dementia family persona for generations, one never knows what lighthearted prank the Dementias will pull next.

Brandon Cole shares some of his own blind gaming anecdotes, like how gaming for him began as a practical joke, and how he blew the minds of friends and family alike playing a certain tricky bit of Metal Gear Solid.

As a practical joke, I weaved a spoof maxim into one of my judgments a decade ago — Equity does to a cream trifle what cheddar cheese never did to clean hands.

Not exact matches

Sometimes people say something as a joke, but when you think about it for a while, there may be a practical application for your business.»

There is a dramatic word in Colossians that Christ «disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it [the cross]» (Col. 2:15).15 The astounding paradox, or we might even call it, reverently, God's practical joke, is that it is precisely in offering himself as Victim that Christ becomes Victor.

Maybe they know the person, as in Te'o's situation, and the prankster thought it was a funny practical joke.

With a commanding officer who is slightly off the wall to begin with, when the crew of the South Pacific cargo freighter decide to alleviate their boredom with practical jokes, usually at their captain's expense, tit for tat becomes the watchword as the captain decides to get even.

When one of them (Christian Cooke) takes a job selling life insurance, his under - achieving buddies (angry young troublemaker Tom Hughes and doofus Jack Doolan) see this as some sort of betrayal, which apparently justifies their continued campaign of petty vandalism, practical jokes and bar fights.

Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd, at their peaks, star as the victims of an unfortunate practical joke played by Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy.

A natural leader, he questions every request made by Hundert, targets the man as the brunt of practical jokes and uses rude hand gestures in class to the amusement of his fellow students.

It looks like vintage Hitchcock at first, with the socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) playing a practical joke of sorts on mysterious attorney Mitch (Rod Taylor) when she visits his home in Bodega Bay, but things soon turn strange when Melanie is attacked by a seagull, and then the children at Mitch's sister Cathy's birthday party (Cathy is played by Veronica Cartwright, of «Alien» and «L.A. Law» fame) are attacked as well.

We laugh as Mark pulls a practical joke on his friend by stealing his tape of him having sex with his girl.

Maybe you don't want to devise an elaborate hoax for April Fools» Day (see: Google as «Topeka»), but there is another way to get in the spirit of practical jokes — reading, of course!

I suppose you could even use a practical joke as part of your marketing strategy.

However, if they do tag along, it is best to keep them on a very short leash and harness to keep them from fighting with other animals, eating the treats, becoming victims of practical jokes — as black cats often do — or biting strangers they encounter.

As a child I had a huge marmalade cat called Nutkin who was always playing practical jokes, so I know how much happiness cats can bring to a family.

Join us as we explore the French Fête des Lumières, the all - night Spanish celebration of Christmas Eve, and the practical jokes of the Day of Innocent Saints — Spain's version of April Fools» Day.

No wonder, then, that an outraged critic, no worse than most, exclaimed before Le Bain, as the Dejeuner was known in 1863: «This is a young man's practical joke.»

I think Salby is playing a practical joke on the skeptics as his presentation is quite inscrutable to anyone except possibly himself.

Not so practical as a marketable design, but a great in - your - face practical joke on the auto industry's cheap - gasoline - fueled frenzy, in which «retro» means urban commuting in a pickup truck.

The issues to be addressed were listed as insubordination and unproductive work environment, and it listed several behavioral issues regarding leaving work without prior approval and playing practical jokes.

While April 1 is not considered a national holiday, it is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.

My family and friends often joke that my home is so organized, but I love reading about organization, and keeping our home as organized as practical.