Sentences with phrase «by poking fun at»

Samsung starts out by poking fun at iPhones running out of space over the years, thanks to Apple's constant use of 16 GB of storage.

These courses will allow you to release all your driving frustrations by poking fun at the often ridiculous driving system.

But the Guardian has managed to get a laugh out of me by poking fun at the recent Twitter obsession in the media (represented in the Globe by stories like Margaret Wente's «Ego Tweeto, Ergo Sum» and Ian Brown's musings that twittering is motivated by a fear of death) with their story:

Posada's images of calaveras amused the public by poking fun at politicians.

The aim of the revisionist production is to restore Trumbo's reputation posthumously by poking fun at HUAC and other self - righteous bullies who had taken delight at ruining him, particularly John Wayne (David James Elliott) and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Mirren).

He seems to have made a game out of staying out of the spotlight, though, as evidenced by poking fun at himself via Simpsons cameos.

In terms of quality, Weinstein, Craven and the crew pulled off their return to Woodsboro, but not as an honest sequel; it was more of a cheap shot, scrambling for laughs by poking fun at itself.

The aim of the revisionist production is to restore Trumbo's reputation posthumously by poking fun at HUAC and other self - righteous bullies who had taken delight in ruining him, particularly John Wayne (David James Elliott) and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Mirren).

After the Duplass brothers» no - budget 2005 debut feature The Puffy Chair put them on the map, they followed up by poking fun at their own DIY aesthetic in Baghead, which follows four friends who want to make a movie, but are creatively bankrupt.

Ford began by poking fun at the technical language Lucas wrote in the scripts, noting how he would need multiple takes during filming.

Mr Cameron responded by poking fun at Mr Gapes» earlier mistake, before calling for a positive message to be sent out from the House of Commons.

The Prime Minister began his statement by poking fun at Mr Corbyn's party management problems — while also acknowledging his own.

But the pace of play and commentary in a match thread is too quick to really engage in the dialogue, so I was just ending it by poking fun at myself

By poking fun at itself, the company's team keeps the account promotional while still being human.

One night after reuniting Jon Stewart with his former Colbert Report alter - ego, Colbert opened Tuesday's show by poking fun at Melania Trump for cribbing pieces of her convention speech from Michelle Obama's 2008 speech.

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When Erik passes by those Apple disciples lined up outside, including one fanboy who has a haircut modeled after the infamous «notch» of the iPhone X, Samsung pokes fun at what many have referred to as the cult of Apple — those consumers who must have the absolute newest Apple products, right away, no matter the cost.

«It's something that, in a way, you can kind of poke fun at yourself by dressing up as the colonel,» McEntire said.

Kazakoff and Rose have poked fun at business schools» growing acceptance of the GRE exam (dismissed by them as a ploy by schools to compete for more female applicants) and donned powdered wigs, ruffled shirts and tailored Victorian jackets, bantering in British accents for a recent segment on the invention of capitalism.

The World Trade Francs is a fictional «stablecoin» invented by Buterin, most likely to poke fun at the idea of creating a cryptocurrency that isn't subject to the extreme volatility that cryptocurrencies have become associated with.

NBC's «Saturday Night Live» poked fun at the recent advertiser boycott of Fox News host Laura Ingraham led by Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg.

In a video parody of capitalism by Hello Generic, actors poke fun at what makes capitalistic currency so principally ridiculous.

By wondering if Korean Jesus cares only about Korean problems, Hill pokes fun at the issue which was made a media spectacle in 2008, when the Rev. Jeremiah Wright could be heard preaching that «Jesus was a poor black man» as part of his support for Barack Obama.

Amazing, such rationality presented by you... oh wait, not really rational to poke fun at your human being unless your own self esteem is so low that the only means to feel superior to your fellow human being is to belittle them for their beliefs... kinda like what the religious do to you.

Indeed, Campbell would often poke fun at Baptists who talked about «getting religion» or being convicted of sin and drawn to Christ by the work of the Spirit.

Several of the allegorical stories are from the my own life, but I also poke fun at some of the popular evangelistic techniques and strategies endorsed and practiced by many Christians in today's churches.

Adventures in Fishing (for Men) pokes fun at some of the popular evangelistic techniques and strategies endorsed and practiced by many Christians in today's churches.

A great deal of fun has been poked at the method of deciding historical matters by majority vote of a select conclave, although that is how the church has usually decided matters of dogma.

This joke has more critical bite; one imagines it being told (by an alienated conservative, say) as a way of poking fun at others, not oneself.

The Washington Post: «Dr. Schnoz» drops plans for another video poking fun at Jewish noses The Jewish doctor from Miami who was scolded by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for producing a music video that mocked Jewish noses has canceled a contest for another music video based on the same theme.

Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker has poked fun at Arsenal by claiming that the Gunners have stolen the wrong scout from their surprise Premier League title rivals.

The oft - injured superstar poked fun at himself for getting hurt a lot by bandaging himself up like he was healing in the game.

Those who, in this enlightened age think it appropriate and clever to poke fun at a minor and totally unimportant speech impediment (which many Gooners players of recent times also have by the way) belong in the nineteenth century.

Rooney poked fun at the furore caused by the video when he followed his goal up against Tottenham with a shadow boxing celebration that ended with him falling to the deck.

People are becoming increasingly disillusioned by the buzz surrounding the launch of new products, and here Samsung's witty advert pokes fun at the cult status of some of the trendiest new products on the market.

If accused of being self - centred, he is not above gently poking fun at his parent friends about the giant carbon footprint left by their minivans equipped with car seats shipped from China.

He poked fun at his opponents and aired a spoof version of his TV ad (the first aired by any of the would - be AGs).

Lazio started by riffing off the e-mail scandal of his other primary opponent, Carl Paladino, releasing a host of his own fake messages that gently poked fun at reporters and detractors like state GOP Chairman Ed Cox.

But there was still some levity, which came when Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson poked fun at his GOP counterpart, Dean Skelos, for seeming to endorse the reforms proposed by AG Andrew Cuomo in his gubernatorial platform.

I have to admit, I think this new widget by the Labour party poking fun at Tory hypocrisy is rather amusing (via Tom Miller).

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has poked fun at the Daily Mail by posting a photo on Twitter of what he is wearing today.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg poked fun at the newspaper by tweeting a picture of what he was wearing, while Green MP Caroline Lucas said the headline was an «all time low».

Roskoff poked fun at Quinn's relationship with Bloomberg by serenading the fake mayor with «As Long as He Needs Me.»

Later, Cuomo poked fun at the idea of Nixon running by quipping he hoped celebrities like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn't get in the race, if name recognition was as important as reporters suggested.

put on by the Albany Capitol press corps at The Egg Center for the Performing Arts in Albany, delivering a zinger - filled rebuttal that poked fun at herself and the second - term Democrat she is looking to unseat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The show kicked off with Alec Baldwin once again assuming the role of Trump to poke fun at the indictment of former campaign advisor Paul Manafort, played by Alex Moffat.

I'll throw my support behind a power - hungry dame who shamefully told relatives of four people murdered at diplomatic compounds in Benghazi, Libya, that the killers were not terrorists, but ordinary Muslims driven to an uncontrollable rage by a stupid Internet movie that poked fun at the Prophet Mohammed.

Cruz poked fun at the climate researchers aboard, saying with irony that they were marooned by the same ice they claim is shrinking.

The report, which pokes fun at 20 studies funded by NSF, the National Institutes of Health, and other agencies, is the latest in a barrage of attacks from Republicans in Congress against individual federal grants.

Paul poked fun at several grants funded by NSF — a time - honored practice going back at least 40 years, to Senator William Proxmire (D — WI) and his «Golden Fleece» awards — and complained that the problem is not «how does this happen, but why does it continue to happen?»

anna5, I was poking fun at the idea that anyone will be forced to do anything by Obamacare, or any other socialized medicine program.