Sentences with phrase «much as a joke»

It was a warning as much as a joke, a threat of political euthanasia for a colleague if he stepped out of line.

As much as I joke about my fashion regrets, this earthquake is a catastrophic reminder of how lucky I am to be able to love fashion and share it with you all here.

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«This election hasn't so much appealed to our better angels as it has groped our better angels, mocked their weight, and called them «sixes at best,»» Oliver joked, alluding to a handful of Trump's scandals.

Fast - food employees have been the butt of jokes for decades, and with good reason — with annual turnover for the industry topping as much as 50 percent, running a shift can be like monitoring an unruly detention hall.

Travelers sometimes joke that you should «pack half as much stuff and twice as much money» for a trip — advice Russell says could also apply to mini-retirements.

After the workout was over, I wobbled off the machine and guzzled as much water as I could — doing modified squats for 10 - ish minutes is no freakin» joke.

Much of the early coverage of Trump, and even well into his campaign, treated him as a joke, as entertainment, as a sideshow.

(Because Google's advertising network relies on people voluntarily giving it as much information as possible, chairman Eric Schmidt has joked that the company's policy is to «get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.»)

They joke about not knowing the business as much as making an investment in the quality of the management.

All jokes aside, I know it sounds like a broken record but the dimension that matters is not intermittent collateral problems so much as the greater intensity to them and in a condensing timeframe.

Like biblical Hebrew, Atwood's witty prose is thick with double entendre and allusion, including hidden puns whose meanings dawn on us only later, and outrageous jokes that don't so much dawn as «bomb» (one of the book's metaphors and an effect of Atwood's powerfully laconic style)

After all, it is argued, the Romans themselves did not appear to take it seriously (Vespasian's famous deathbed joke, «I think I am becoming a god» seems to indicate as much): it could only be believed by those who were either insane, such as Caligula, who went so far as to sacrifice to himself daily and made his beloved horse a high priest of his cult, or irredeemably barbarian and by implication, stupid, such as the Britons of Colchester who built an enormous temple to the Divine Claudius.

You got ta understand, and I don't say this as much in my defense as I do so much to just clarify, I think sometimes joking, which is what I do a lot of, is being provocative.

As much as I find myself grinning and groaning at Kerensa's humour, there are almost too many jokes shoehorned into each page at timeAs much as I find myself grinning and groaning at Kerensa's humour, there are almost too many jokes shoehorned into each page at timeas I find myself grinning and groaning at Kerensa's humour, there are almost too many jokes shoehorned into each page at times.

While much of his «ladies» man» behavior was written off as a joke (such things often are) Irin Carmon and Amy Brittain — the two reporters who broke this story for the Post — say they've been attempting to substantiate the rumors for years.

By that I mean that the common habit of treating robots as people — however much it seems like a joke or a shorthand or a metaphor — could erode our already diminished sense of the human person as uniquely special.

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

Rev. John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham and one of two bishops assigned by the Anglican Communion to provide pastoral care for traditionalist Anglicans worldwide, noted as much in an interview with London's Daily Telegraph this week, arguing that «Anglicanism has become a joke because it has singularly failed to deal with any of its contentious issues....

Weather you believe or not (I open my eyes every day) so it's not hard to All will stand before the lord on the day of reckoning which man will no doubtedly usher in and those who don't believe or against god will try to wage war on the almighty to no avail, only to be left in ruins... the great Satan (adversary) will be all who oppose god in battle, that serpent of old is still here today, we live in the middle of a brood of vipers and this website is part of the venom aimed at distorting the faithfuls belief as well as a an agonist for those who wish to continue to disbelieve... CNN is anti god To my brothers and sisters who truly live in Christ Peace be with you and never forget your path despite the darkness that is trying to consume you, bring enough oil for your lamps to live in this darkness and bring extra in case of a delay, he will not abandon you... we will not be forgotten Amen To those who don't, I know the myth of Santa and the easterbunny really choked up your insides to find that they were not real, but childhood is over and it was a cruel human joke designed to make it that much harder for you to believe in that which visits you and you can't see, no matter you have life so is it too much to ask for a little belief?

And I freely admit I sometimes use too many extraneous, space - consuming, overly - descriptive, qualifying, words or sentences written quickly and in a stream - of - conscientiousness, run - on sort of fashion with occasional typos mostly due to fatigue of being up way too late (which also explains this post in general) after a long day of political discussion which refreshingly had little religious content though of course there is often much overlap between the two but posting is barely a hobby but more of an occasional passtime so now i wonder if what I write could be considered abuse as I've can't really recall seeing much if any sorrt of «text filibustering» not that this is exactly filibustering more a spontaneous text performance response joke and meant in jest to be absurdly long and useless so of course i hope you appreciate the spirit.

As for your washer dryer, my latest load is on its way as you're enjoying it so much (sorry, bad joke, and I'm sure I'm not the first...) Have a great weekenAs for your washer dryer, my latest load is on its way as you're enjoying it so much (sorry, bad joke, and I'm sure I'm not the first...) Have a great weekenas you're enjoying it so much (sorry, bad joke, and I'm sure I'm not the first...) Have a great weekend!

I worked in the forest industry for twelve years and it was a running joke to consider how much people pay for cedar cut into small grilling planks when it's the same thing as the boards in the lumber yard.

I met a colleague of mine whose name is Hannah (and as some of you may know, my middle name is Hannah) and she was joking that we pretty much have all the biblical names in the office.

My favourite pepper is the adjuma pepper, I loved this pepper so much that as a kid I'd even put it on my sandwiches, my stomach must be lined with iron because these peppers are no joke, they are feisty!

Perhaps Wayne should take what was intended to be a joke and use it as inspiration for a career in which he is probably much better suited nowadays!?

We were in the player's room, getting all this food, as much as you could possibly eat, and we were joking that it's not what we're used to.

I joke about us missing out on some top class managers, also as free agents, but to be fair, pretty much any manager out there could do what Wenger's doing.

Agree with everything you said but I'm not joking as in my opinion debuchy is not «that» much of an improvement on jenks..

like there are people including athletes such as Floyd himself, that have made / are making so much money that Conor's wealth is just a joke to them.

it was just a joke Anyone would score as much as giroud for the french national team.

If he spent half as much time trying to put our joke defence right as he does pontificating about other clubs business we might not be in the defensive plight we are in.

As for Englebert i reckon his cheese factor will see us win it, which if happens will be as much of a joke as that Bahrain resulAs for Englebert i reckon his cheese factor will see us win it, which if happens will be as much of a joke as that Bahrain resulas much of a joke as that Bahrain resulas that Bahrain result.

As is the running joke around here, there are a decent amount of games where Juventus» goalkeepers don't have to do much of anything to pick up a clean sheet.

While you may not be traveling as lightly as you used to, and I often joke about my mammoth packing list, the reality is most parents are wise enough to choose a few select items for baby that truthfully don't take up too much room.

So with the newborn I had no clue it is just all left off my brain as to how to do a latch correctly and all that so that was a little surprising with having a second one but I kind of [inaudible] goals out the window with my second because I knew I had gone three years at that point was my first that it was just like you know I would just nurse as long as she wants to nurse and you know whatever happens, happens, I'm fine and we joked because my second was much more independent we joked that she would've wean more sooner than her older sister which almost happened because my oldest nurse for almost 5 years.

My younger one is a bit of an enigma, but maybe was partially due to being a bit of an introvert so loves the imaginary world of books, and maybe partially due to neglect parenting — we weren't reading to her nearly as much as her sisters, so she had to figure it out on her own (joking — kind of — we obviously don't neglect her, reading just took a backseat, but hey it all worked out in the wash so am not sweating it).

I have been joking that for as much troubleshooting and question answering I have done since I published that guide last May, I really should be on the Pinterest payroll.

It was as much the fallout from this ongoing joke which makes it the best insult of 2010.

For as Littlejohn points out, much of the sheer craziness that has happened has come after he joked about it in his own column.

It would also make prosecutions such as the Twitter joke trial, where a man was charged for joking he would blow up an airport, much less likely.

Mr. Cuomo himself said as much during the news conference, joking that he was «not a pressure kind of guy,» to laughter from the crowd.

Bunny also joked that he had raised almost as much campaign cash as Collins spent on legal fees while facing an ethics investigation tied to his investments in an Australian biotech firm.

If that is the price we pay for party unity, should we be surprised that party politics is becoming the butt of the joke and an object of scorn to an increasing number of Americans, much as it was to my countrypeople in the last days of the Soviet Union?

Since I started doing jokes about Gillian, she hasn't been on telly as much, has she?

In all seriousness though, she can enjoy the joke in this as much as we can:)

I usually celebrate my «birthday week» which has pretty much turned into a «birthday month» as my family jokes.

The outfits roll perfectly to occupy about as much room as a pair of socks, no joke.

Teigen is known for sharing her jokes, recipes, and political opinions on various platforms, along with photo and video snapshots of her family life — including her husband, her mother, and her various employees as much as (if not more than) her daughter.

Stay Positive This is much different than joking as it pertains to the tone of your profile.

The women were much friendlier, joking that they'd been teasing him about my existence as he'd been talking about me without me joining them for drinks at any point.