Sentences with phrase «on absurd»

Some of us made a lot of money based on this absurd rule.

It's still stuck on this absurd question.

However, many questions seem to border on the absurd.

On the tenth year anniversary of the decision, after reflecting on the decision and the scholarly writing in its aftermath, it is clear that his assessment on this point does not «border on the absurd» [7].

According to Justice Paperny, «It is highly unlikely, bordering on the absurd, that a woman would consent, in anticipation of her pending unconsciousness, to two men exposing and fondling her breasts on a public street in broad daylight in downtown Edmonton» (at para. 38).

At times, the government's obsession with security borders on the absurd: When defense lawyers work on detainee cases in their own offices, they are supposed to draw the shades.

what about the community choice like NOT burning that gas into the air, like NOT going on those absurd floating hotels just for petty LEISURE.

Of course, given that the whole point of CCS is to reduce carbon emissions, the idea of using CO2 from coal - plants to pump out more oil - and so produce more CO2 - is fundamentally flawed, and bordering on the absurd.

The real flat - earthers have more than doubled - down on their absurd notion that a paltry percentage of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has more power to influence daily weather and hence climate than the protons, electrons, and photons Earth is immersed in from the sun, solar system, galaxy, and universe.

Another author of the study noted that, «Using these preliminary findings to refute or even question global warming borders on the absurd».

So were the deer in Princeton, N.J., where I reported back in 2002 on an absurd situation in which some homeowners were putting out sacks of corn to feed the animals while others nearby were hiring sharpshooters to cull herds.

«Using these preliminary findings to refute or even question global warming borders on the absurd.»

His works present a blend of readymade material and minimal artistic intervention, achieving unexpected, humorous outcomes that often verge on the absurd and challenge our aesthetic sensibilities.

Humorous and verging on the absurd, the ceramic sculptures of Bruce M. Sherman are anthropomorphous forms which are rooted in modern spiritualism and old - fashioned Surrealism.

An iPhone advert displaying the date of «Dad's birthday» reads «remind me I'm dead», a message that not only plays with the spelling of «dad», but is also a comment on the absurd extent to which we allow digital devices to manage our lives.

Furthering Nanashe's efforts to catalogue modern American simulacra, the art presented in his solo show suggests a socio - political climate so dire as to be teetering on the absurd.

That said, there is a strain of dark humour verging on the absurd in a number of the works, whilst in others, a real concern with materials and the process of making is to the fore.

With its overabundant bird motif, the work appears whimsical, and even bordering on the absurd, but ultimately, it unfolds as a critical analysis of the arts» current creative ecosystem.

An artist talk by duo Pil & Galia Kollectiv who are currently showing in PROJECT 02: Verging on the Absurd, the second in our new series of displays showcasing work by our Artist...

This figure, often fragmented, sometimes even completely abstracted, takes on various forms, from the human face, at once raw material and object of symbolic representation, as with Benglis's objectifying caresses, to the full body as place and tool of the trial and pleasure of repetition, as with Nauman's amateur choreography, bordering on the absurd, to the traces and physical prints left by the artist - creator (or the «art worker» in his service), as with the irregular random geometry of LeWitt, to the peers (Donald Judd) and tutelary figures in the history of art who inspire Flavin's evanescent structures... Now a disenchanted statement «Double Eye Poke» offers a challenge to the being of perception and thought.

Aid & Abet, Cambridge, 2013; Verging on the Absurd, Contemporary Arts Society, London, 2013; PLAY, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2013; LOCO Film Festival, BFI, London, 2013; The Space between Words: Filmic Expansions, Camden Arts Centre, London, 2013; EYE MUSIC FOR DANCING, Flat Time House, London, 2012; The Dan Cox Library for the Unfinished Concept of Thingly Time, Cubitt, London, 2012; London Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2012; Performing as Publishing, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, 2012.

An artist talk by duo Pil & Galia Kollectiv who are currently showing in PROJECT 02: Verging on the Absurd, the second in our new series of displays showcasing work by our Artist Members and guest artists.

Verging on the Absurd examines the use of the absurd and surreal in contemporary art with works by artists Suzanne Mooney, Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Francesco Pedraglio, Heather Phillipson and Samara Scott.

Some of the selections border on the absurd, like Joel Shapiro's contemporary Cubist assemblages of sharp - cornered pieces of painted wood.

Spanning painting, sculpture and works on paper, Foster's practice borrows from the traditions of British Romantic painting while touching on the absurd with one fanciful brushstroke and then flitting forward to an uncertain, sinister future.

It's titillating and even borders on absurd in some ways, but I actually enjoyed the motivation system — and no, that's not because I'm a guy.

One day, you discover something weird and have to sneak away and go on an absurd adventure full of puzzles and riddles and varying levels of humour, though...

The amount of money that these companies make off of these subsequent purchases is a lot, bordering on absurd at times.

While the Source engine might be showing its age, Team Fortress 2 still provides a ridiculously fun multiplayer experience with an emphasis on the absurd.

You won't want to miss our discussion on the absurd situation in Wisconsin — the only state in America that doesn't criminalize first - time drunk driving offenses, and what that could mean for you.

Designer litter boxes fill a need, some bordering on the absurd.

Also agree that a Vanguard «total market» type ETF is enough to cover US stocks, the lists of funds I've seen in target date products boarder on the absurd.

Banks by definition are amoral, asking Dan to treat his loan the same as if he borrowed from a friend boarders on the absurd.

Amazon is a house of cards built on an absurd P / E ratio which can only stay up if people believe in Amazon growing 100 fold from where it is, or increasing its margin 100 fold, or just growing 10 fold AND growing its margin 10 fold.

You my little troll are a blatant liar with no evidence to back up your ludicrous verging on the absurd claims in light of the fact that Uruguay has no auto industry.

Ripley claims American schools differ from their purportedly successful foreign counterparts, focusing on the absurd claim that teachers should be less empathetic towards their students.

A leak of thousands of SAT questions, a stunning expose by Reuters News about myriad of problems associated with the standardized testing scheme, an FBI raid and now a broadside posted by a former SAT executive is focusing attention on the absurd use of the «NEW» SAT to evaluate Connecticut's public school students, teachers and schools.

Fellow blogger and public education advocate Wendy Lecker, has used her latest column in the Hearst newspapers to blow the whistle on this absurd, even revolting, proposal.

Connecticut must re-do its education funding formula and develop real and effective teacher professional development programs rather than rely on the absurd notion that you can use test scores to force teachers out of the teaching profession and pummel those teachers who decide to remain.

Two months after parents in Washington State and Oregon were informed about how their state's children did on the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC tests, Connecticut will finally get the news today about how our children «performed» on the absurd testing fiasco.

Conversations about performance on individual «indicators,» as they are called in my jurisdiction, often border on the absurd because most of us realize that reading skills are not something that can be separated out cleanly into discrete abilities.

The plaintiffs in the case, Vergara v. California, argued that the tenure system for public school teachers in California verges on the absurd, and that those laws disproportionately harm poor and minority students.

13 Days (Roger Donaldson) Rules of Engagement (William Friedkin) The Patriot (Roland Emmerich) Or American Psychosis: a hokily exciting re-creation of the Cuban missile crisis as Clintonian mettle - test (JFK's Bill, Bobby's Stephanopoulos, O'Donnell's Al Gore); a noxious Giulianian concoction with a slippery POV that cheats on an absurd «moral dilemma» (whether or not to slaughter a crowd of Yemenites); another cultural hash from Emmerich, who recasts the British in the mold of his homeland's military circa 1940.

But Boynton BeachClub is more a series of anecdotes than an insightful dramedy and relies too much on absurd coincidences and needless sitcom - style lying.

Midnight Special is far from impossible to follow; it's more ambiguous in the manner of a Lost episode, where the characters» resistance to asking normal questions borders on absurd.

After heralded speeches on the absurd gender gap in Hollywood (which has spawned a Federal investigation) from the likes of Academy Award - winning actresses Patricia Arquette and Meryl Streep and the Sony hack revealed drastic pay gaps (which Academy Award - winner Charlize Theron successfully used as a negotiation tool) another Oscar - winning actress has a few things to say about the gender...

The pacing suffers from the disconnection that can occur when far too many flashback sequences interrupt the flow of the main storyline, and the dramatic twist and eventual resolution border on absurd.

McDonagh's writing has always leaned on the absurd but the heartfelt truth is never far from the insanity.

The climax leans heavily on an absurd public fight, the kind of spectacle that undermines the adult New York realism the movie otherwise maintains.

THE TOOTH FAIRY is one half a cute movie built on an absurd but competently executed premise, and one half a hackneyed family flick complete with cute kidlet, sullen teen, and a harried but good - hearted single - mom hoping she's finally found Mr. Right.