Sentences with phrase «laughing at the idea»

People laughed at the idea of GPS in the 1970s.

One young professional who works for a Toronto TV production and distribution company and asked not to be named laughed at the idea of an office that prohibited dating.

Both companies are betting that the same customer base who would have laughed at the idea of paying $ 6 for a cup of coffee 20 years ago but now does so daily can be persuaded to do the same for a carefully steeped cup of Jasmine Oolong.

You may be laughing at that idea — in a mad maniacal way — or you may be horrified at the thought, but bear with me for a moment.

It's what makes you get up and do it again when customers say no, when investors laugh at your idea or when your rocket fails to make it to space.

A significant number of goldbugs laugh at the idea of investing in something that you don't necessarily physically hold in your hand and a unit that isn't backed by anything.

I laughed at the idea of having to be dragged to a resurrection mass.

Believers laugh at the idea the universe could come into being out of nothing, but have no problem with the idea of a magical being for which there is no evidence creating it out of nothing.

Nobody is laughing at the idea that Jesus will return.

It angers me when people laugh at the idea of sex and porn addiction, saying thoughtless things like «that's an addiction I'd like to have».

«We've all been taught to laugh at the idea that some people were «born criminal,»» said Stark to a packed room at the Religious Research Association meeting last month in Houston.

We are laughing at the idea that people can predict when He will return... and make money off it in the process..

Once upon a time, people laughed at the idea that microscopic organisms would cause disease, disfigurement and death because the things could not be seen.

We laugh at the idea that the many Greek gods ever existed, but for some reason Christianity is totally unquestioned (by Christians).

(And by the way — it did take me a while to stop laughing at the idea of your free time with a newborn....

I know, got to laugh at the idea any Arsenal player would be cheesed off by what Santi said, it's all bang on the money.

I just signed in to laugh at the idea of Gael Clichy being one of the best left backs to have played in the Premier League.

Folks in Denver were laughing at the idea of this kind of deal, but look how the Chiefs made an even better version of it happen.

Yandle laughed at the idea that the Boston Bruins» Brad Marchand, who is a vastly talented yet a constant nuisance on the ice for opponents, is the NHL's version of The Miz.

So the lesson to be taken away from this match was that she's ready to participate in a division that laughed at the idea of having her.

Now even the Gunners fans in the tavern have to laugh at this idea although as you can imagine, they have a rather different idea of which shirt should be used on the floor to wipe dirty feet on!

These dolls are so terrifying and wonderful, I can not stop laughing at the idea of presenting one to my adult child and saying it was made of their baby teeth.

She laughed at the idea and reassured me I would be there in time.

Mark R. Anderson, the developer responsible for much of the massive amount of construction taking place in downtown Arlington Heights, laughs at the idea that potential profit had anything to do with his decision to spend $ 19.7 million of his company's money on the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre.

She laughs at the idea, however, that female politicians are shy.

If they can outflank the Tories on these millions of people, many of whom earn much less than the minimum wage and would laugh at the idea of a day of work sick or taking a real holiday, then they would have a credible platform to attack big business.

This large grow tent is a great choice for bigger growing setups - if you laugh at the idea of a small grow tent, you're in the right place.

«Ten years ago, people would have laughed at the idea of bacteria with such a small gene set.»

People here just laughed at the idea,» said a BT spokesperson.

Steve: One of the things that you talk about — I am just laughing at the idea of [a] Neandertalin a suit and a top hat, [a] little like Young Frankenstein.

Defying his last name, the astrophysicist laughs at the idea of relaxing.

We now look back and laugh at the idea that smoking is completely safe and laugh... perhaps that is how we will think of plastic in just a couple of decades.

We laughed at the idea of paying a good portion of our monthly rent to sweat in a tent, but serendipity intervened during a stop at an organic juice shop, where the barista promised that for just $ 100 total she could score us a sweat - lodge session that included a shaman named Julio and two shots of locally made artisanal tequila.

I had to laugh at your idea of it making you look chunky or it rucking up around your middle - sweetie, you're tiny, yes a size 8 is tiny!

I laugh at the idea of me free handing a pumpkin, but yours is amazing.

Sorry I laughed at your idea.

For her part, Ronan laughs at the idea she got through the whole shoot without questioning why her character had the name Lady Bird (but click on the video above for our conversation and you will see Gerwig explain it).

This is no glib gag laughing at the idea of a man / machine romance, however, but an earnest inquiry into what makes relationships tick.

In 1991, Saturday Night Live laughed at the idea through a parody commercial for a beer called Schmitts Gay.

Tessa Thompson laughs at the idea of herself as a «rising star».

When our class laughed at the idea of replacing a book of Ansel Adams's photos with one that included «Table 925.

When a caller to «Autoline After Hours» asked Juechter what he would do with Corvette if he had «carte blanche,» Juechter laughed at the idea of a billions - of - dollars budget.

For those who laugh at the idea of buying a Suzuki truck, ask yourself if you'd rather be driving a Ridgeline and riding a Honda dirt bike or in a real truck with a Suzuki dirt bike in the bed.

I think that if we had all sat around a table in mid-2013, and asked ourselves if PC sales would stabilize as quickly as they have, and tablet sales growth would slow as quickly as they have, we would have laughed at the idea.

As our hero ponders: Brunetti had spent much of his reading life amidst the minds and convictions of people who had lived thousands of years ago, and he had learned not to laugh at their ideas but to try to understand why they thought the way they did.

Industry practitioners on the other hand, laughed at the idea.

Some might laugh at the idea of having Mario and Sackboy or Link and Nathan Drake playing on the same system; but honestly, I don't think it's a bad idea.

Then laugh at the idea of when someone told them they were reported.

I laughed at the idea of a game concept involving rocket - propelled RC cars trying to kick an exploding soccer ball into a goal, but after playing Rocket League religiously at launch, I can honestly say this is my favorite «sports» game so far this gen.

Spence says that he stopped laughing at the idea after the third misfortune fowl met their demise against the fenestration.