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Sorry, bland humour aside, news of the hard fork really does seem to be pushing up the price of Bitcoin Cash, just since the 18th of April we have seen Bitcoin Cash move from $ 755.00 up to $ 995.00, with the current value of Bitcoin Cash sitting at $ 980.18, up 10.44 % at the time of writing.

Is it because of the humour and humanity of LVG, the awful run of injuries, the difficulty of changing from the SAF old guard to a new MU filled with exciting attacking intent (that is a joke) or just that it is an unpleasant trait to laugh at those who are going through tough times?

i thought this one was funny as a plea in mitigation anyway we've had a good pitch from John Rentoul; my usual foe Tory Bear tweets that he is «lmao at the last two paragraphs of this», which I understand denotes humour.

As for Eric Pickles, activists who met him at the Crewe Campaign HQ liked his good humour and respected the fact that he understood that to win the by - election was going to be a team effort from everyone, not just the party staff behind the laptops.

«We Tories look at him, with his pint and cigar and sense of humour, and instinctively recognise someone fundamentally indistinguishable from us,» London Mayor Boris Johnson in 2013

man after God's own heart from great family, like sport and movies, time at the beach, easy going, good sense of humour, honest, caring and genuine.

i am an easygoing man with a simple attitude towards life and enjoy quiet and cherishable moments, i have an 11 yr old son who is my world and my all even though he lives a bit far away from me with his mom.I possess a good sense of humour and love to have a good laugh at periods when i am off work, fo...

Some might take offense at that lighter touch, but far from trivialising or glamourising, Noxon's sense of humour instead humanises her characters.

Three slices of daily life: Ann Hui's Tao jie (A Simple Life) is at its best when it finds quiet humour in domestic moments, and elicits strong, dignified performances from Deanie Ip and a low - key Andy Lau.

There's also a bit of goofy and more subtle humour from the girls, but that's not at the forefront of this movie.

There is a consistent thread of humour throughout that pokes fun at both the genre itself, as well as the ride from which it originates.

Just look at how Meryl Streep brought the yuks in The Devil Wears Prada or how Cate Blanchett wrings the humour from her role in Blue Jasmine.

Other highlights in this section include: Pablo Larraín's THE CLUB, a mordant morality tale set in a sleepy Chilean coastal town, which won Berlin's Grand Jury Prize; CHRONIC, Michel Franco's uncompromising study of grief and isolation, featuring a revelatory performance by Tim Roth; brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser's feature directorial debut, DÉGRADÉ, a smart drama that moves seamlessly between humour and despair, set in a women's hair salon in Gaza; the European Premiere of George Amponsah's intimate documentary THE HARD STOP, revealing the story of Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death after being shot in a «Hard Stop» police procedure in 2011; Jonas Carpignano's engrossing feature debut, THE MEASURE OF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?»

On paper, the jump from an emotional funeral scene to a frantic attempt at shower sex during a party might seem like a shock of humour, but on - screen, it's rather unbalanced.

Comedic looks at westerns have been done before, from the all - out humour of Mel Brooks» Blazing Saddles to Quentin Tarantino's darkly satirical Django Unchained, efforts A Million Ways to Die in the West tries, in its own farcical way, to emulate.

A warm, gorgeous reflection of the off - the - wall, very British sense of humour that suffuses all of Paul King's work, from The Mighty Boosh to Bunny And The Bull, there were great visual gags (Matt King's petty thief is pursued, literally, by bear) and jokes about London life (Matt Lucas» kidnapped cabbie advising Nicole Kidman not to take the Westway at this time of night) and British life (a recorded message tells Hugh Bonneville that his phone call is «moderately» important).

There's a lot, yet still too little, made of a fake breast that Robert De Niro's character has fashioned from his daughter's breast so that he can approximate breastfeeding (though the film balks at actually paying off the sight gag with the sight of him doing it) and a bit of unkindness towards southern policemen (Tim Blake Nelson, deserving better), and a good eighty - percent of the alleged humour of this stillbirth is invested in «Focker» sounding a lot like «Fucker» and people at a Focker family reunion having names like «Dom» which sounds like «Dumb,» «Randy» which sounds like «Randy,» and «Horny» which sounds like someone's already run out of ideas for how to stretch a one - word punchline into a feature - length film.

Thankfully, there's a recurrent streak of black humour which stops Green Room from getting too bogged down in the misery and emotional (plus very physical) torture, not the least one recurrent gag which earns the film a deep belly laugh, right at the best possible moment.

Seyfried and Harris feel like a moustachioed Barney Stinson married Karen Smith from Mean Girls (which is awesome), Neeson is clearly having a whale of a time chewing on the scenery as he growls at everyone, and Theron turns out to have a wicked sense of comic timing perfect for MacFarlane's brand of snarky and irreverent humour.

Argo mixes in an uneasy balance of drama and humour as the introduction of the fake film («Argo») is brought in and the Get Shorty - style set up takes away from the serious threat Affleck showed in the opening scenes, taking the audience away from the threat in Iran at a crucial time.

He is boyish and good - humoured, at one point jumping from his seat to point out when a bus advertising his latest film passes by.

There's a lot more humour and quirkiness in this game, going from the cinematic heavy reveal, but expect there to be plenty of FPS action as well, as Bethesda throw more resources at the project.

Analysis of ezine article, written by Daniel Browning entitled, Indigenous Anzacs: Letters home from Aboriginal WWI diggers reveal humour, sadness, posted at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation News site.

From the first song and the lyrics «Once a year at the end of term, the teachers are in a flap» humour pervades this nativity whilst not detracting from the importance of the Christmas MessFrom the first song and the lyrics «Once a year at the end of term, the teachers are in a flap» humour pervades this nativity whilst not detracting from the importance of the Christmas Messfrom the importance of the Christmas Message.

But the humour of the series does nothing to detract from its plot, which is truly romantic at heart.

At least Saints Row made them interesting through its humour but due to Agents of Mayhem's seemingly focus on a somehow more serious tone, the open world suffers from the same problems as the main campaign.

It's a good analogy of a typical GTA game: a raucous mix of crime - caper thrills, cinematic set - pieces and pop - culture humour culled from the team's collective psyche that also gives the player the option to ignore the tightly woven story if they so wish and venture off - piste at any time.

Worse, it made me groan to think that somebody, somewhere thought it was hilarious It was meant to be a parody of what guys are like in high - school now, but really it just felt like a cheap - ass attempt at humour, like it was trying too hard to stand out from the crowd.

Butt as an entire package, from start to finish, the humour does come off as feeling somewhat forced at times, like somebody sat there trying really hard to make it funny, but found themselves having to rely on cheap gags too often, almost covering up entirely the moments of genuine humour that are to be found.

The developers have mentioned that there will be some humour throughout the game to contrast the bleakness of the subject matter, and of course at the centre of it all is a hopefully touching character - driven story, but I hope they don't stay too far away from the horror of the war.

The UI is very clean and perhaps overly utilitarian but is propped up by some clever idle animations that have some of the same oddball humour the movies would throw at you from time to time.

Soane's paintings include: works by Canaletto entitled View of the Riva degli Schiavoni painted (1736) purchased in 1806 from William Thomas Beckford for 150 Guineas [30] plus three other works by the artist, [31] and paintings by Hogarth: the eight canvases of the A Rake's Progress, purchased from the collection of William Thomas Beckford, at auction for 570 Guineas in 1801, [32] the other Hogarth paintings Soane purchased were the four canvases of the Humours of an Election bought at auction at Christie's from David Garrick's widow for # 1,732, 10s in June 1823.

For a start, how about teaching art history in art lessons from the point of view of the artist, tell them Francis Bacon hung about with the Krays, or that Caravaggio murdered someone, let them know that the stuff about the vanishing point and composition are tools for conveying aspects of life, death, fear, sex - god forbid, humour - and those po faced dullards with posh voices that stand in front of great works pointing at background views of Tuscany are no more to do with painting pictures than I am an art historian.

The new works by McLean at Bernard Jacobson Gallery combine virtuoso technique and dramatic use of colour with a large dash of humour - as one might expect from the artist who proclaimed «I like the idea of Barnett Newman in collision with Liberace».

At the age of one, an infant will seek more independence, discover the world from an upright position, find their sense of humour, and start to develop their own little personality — something that will endure a lifetime.

If there was at least humour in Wolfgang Tillmans's placement of a high - viz Nike hightop in a vitrine next to a wall text from the permanent displays on «Cultural Change through European Influences», it was nevertheless facetious.

This major solo exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie, bringing together loans from museums and private collections elsewhere in Germany and Europe, will be the first to address all aspects of an opus rich in splendour, humour and the erotic, shifting the focus again to one of the most unusual female artists of the 20th / 21st century.

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Although it was a serious debate, there were jokes all around at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law's Grand Moot on Oct. 6 — especially from Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Abella, who is known for her humour.

Defuse Juror Anger at Corporations With Humor, Michael D. Jones (May 2009, Texas Lawyer) Rediscovering Rhetoric: Law, Language, and the Practice of Persuasion, Justin T. Gleeson, Ruth C. A. Higgins (2008, NSW Bar Association) A Voice for the Write, Richard Brust (May 2008, ABA Journal) A View From the Bench (June 2006, Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast) So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says..., Adam Liptak (December 2005, New York Times) Humor in the Courtroom, Michael P. Kelly (Summer 2005, Delaware Lawyer) A Serious Look at Humour in Litigation: What's so funny?

One of the most famous victims of digital public shaming is Justine Sacco, whose 2013 tweet from Heathrow Airport before she boarded a flight to Cape Town, an inept attempt at irony and humour, was interpreted as racist by some («Going to Africa.

The Modern World — Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt — Umberto Eco — Speaking of fascists, here's an Eco piece from 1995 that, in his typical fashion, is a mix of humour, profundity, and muddle.

From my family, and from this city, and this country I learned three very important things: looking at the world with a sense of humour, high standards in whatever you attempt in life, and above all, that you're only as good as your wFrom my family, and from this city, and this country I learned three very important things: looking at the world with a sense of humour, high standards in whatever you attempt in life, and above all, that you're only as good as your wfrom this city, and this country I learned three very important things: looking at the world with a sense of humour, high standards in whatever you attempt in life, and above all, that you're only as good as your word.

Humour often helps us to step back and look at our current situation with new (and hopefully more open) eyes — to see things from a different perspective.

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