Sentences with phrase «poking fun in»

Making a game or a joke out of everything can be annoying, but playful teasing, poking fun in a gentle way at your partner, or making an inside joke can make a grumpy afternoon into a playful time.

Pretty much every line of dialog spoken in the game feels like it's poking fun in one way or another at how most kids, teenagers and even adults today speak.

is the best example of the actress» interest in poking fun in service to big laughs.

pokes fun in various different ways, thus indicating its sense of humor.

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In August 2016, Zuckerberg announced the rollout of Instagram Stories on the app, a feature strikingly similar to that of Snapchat's, which the media and even designers at Snapchat noticed and poked fun at.

In September 2017, Jimmy Kimmel poked fun at Trump giving his wife a firm handshake at a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Air Force.

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

Longtime Tonight Show host Johnny Carson — along with his chief heirs in late night, Jay Leno and David Letterman — poked plenty of fun at political figures, but mainly for their personal foibles, both real and comically exaggerated: Gerald Ford's clumsiness, Ronald Reagan's age, Bill Clinton's appetites.

He also poked fun at Gilbert's massive real estate investments, which will appreciate in value dramatically if property values in the city continue to climb.

The show poked fun at the tropes used to hide pregnancies in the «Christmas Attack Zone» episode in which Avery (Elizabeth Banks) holds giant potted plants and a ham with a top hat to hide her baby bump.

In early 2014, it spent $ 4 million on a Super Bowl commercial that poked fun at itself for not adapting to the shift in technology early enough, but it was an expensive effort that may have been too latIn early 2014, it spent $ 4 million on a Super Bowl commercial that poked fun at itself for not adapting to the shift in technology early enough, but it was an expensive effort that may have been too latin technology early enough, but it was an expensive effort that may have been too late.

The comedian Jon Stewart, more apt to poke fun at people on the right of the political spectrum, spent a good five minutes at the top of The Daily Show last month gaping in disbelief at the Obama administration's favours to the company.

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.

That column, which Franklin published in The American Weekly Mercury under the heading «The busy - body,» poked fun at differences between the sexes, at businessmen and at community leaders.

Others — including actress Rosie O'Donnell, who has criticized the Trump administration in the past — took issue with the fact that Sanders would poke fun at Ryan at all.

Who will join you in discussing favorite TV shows or poking fun at the new, aggravating work assignment?

Ingraham, a conservative host and author, in a tweet had poked fun of outspoken Parkland student David Hogg being...

«So, let's say your friend is testifying in Congress,» Zuckerberg joked, poking fun at his own recent two - day appearance on Capitol Hill to explain to the House and Senate how Facebook does business and protects its business information.

It's always good to poke fun at yourself once in a while to stay grounded.

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

In an interview that featured both Fallon's lighthearted bantering style and strikingly low - key candidness from Trump, the Republican candidate opened up about his motivation for running for president and was not afraid to poke fun at himself and some of his trademark campaign behavior.

To be sure, Musk has joked in the past and poked fun at critics.

Ingraham, a conservative host and author, in a tweet had poked fun of outspoken Parkland student David Hogg being rejected by four universities.

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.

I don't «poke fun» of people but I do challenge Young Earth Creationists in matters of science.

Of course they won't admit it in public and love to poke fun whenever possible, but deep down they believe, even if it's when they have their first child, or when they reach old age and start to hope that there is more than just this.

I'm surprised she concludes this way, because the early chapters of her book poke fun at her family and church's frequent involvement in protests against abortion and homosexuality.

Or, Pat, is NP poking fun at those who talk about the Bible as a dangerous weapon and making fun of Canadian Hate Laws the prohibit its use in some circumstances.

Nevertheless, understanding the words of Jesus in the Gospels will be much easier if we presuppose that Jesus may be telling a humorous story to poke fun at the religion and theology of His day, rather than the traditional idea that a dour - faced Jesus is telling a serious story about how to live and behave to truly be His follower.

The female relatives poke fun at the couple and the in - laws while singing songs.

He revealed to us in the clown's inimitable way certain truths about ourselves; he poked fun at our pride and pretension and reconciled us to one another and to a common humanity.

Charlie revealed to us in the clown's inimitable way certain truths about ourselves; he poked fun at our pride and pretension and reconciled us to one another and to a common humanity.

If the article is written in the same style as almost every onion article, it is poking fun at religious people.

Sure, I've poked a bit of fun at this, but in no way associate it with mainstream Christianity.

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.

They would rather poke fun, put down, and bring up every evil deed somebody has done «in the name» of Christ, in order to shatter your faith and make you feel worthless.

@ grassroots: I would like to believe that you were sincere in claiming that atheists have a ``... duty (as if being responsible to some authority) to debunk...» (I presume you to mean a belief in God) ``... via the Internet... [etc]», but when you mix sarcasm with rationality, then you lose creditability with me because you join the ranks of those who just want to poke fun at believers for entertainment and invite a heated argument with no intentions of converting such people.

I'm just here to poke fun at athiests who attempt to claim their belief in the non-existence of a deity doesn't qualify as a religion.

However, when we do it in love and they want to poke fun or mock you or Jesus the Lord already told us the world will hate us because they first hated Him.

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.

So poke fun at religion, please do - I will join in with you where it deserves it.

She was poking fun at this language, but her point was serious: if even immunizing kids has to be defended through market language, the progressive idea is in deep trouble.

In the Student Review, an alternative and unofficial school paper, Brooks poked fun at university policies, interviewed polygamists, wrote about gay issues and simply didn't shy away from matters most people were afraid to talk about.

Even though I poke fun at the idea of «sheep» being an analogy for church people, I still find lots of value in it.

Stop criticizing, poking - fun or feeling like this woman is trying to throw the LDS church in the spotlight.

Focaccia is really easy to make, I think the easiest of all the rising breads that I've made and you get to poke fun holes in the top!

Whether it's implying a particularly embarrassing fetish shared between members of the party or poking fun at the bald guy at the table, it's all in good fun.Once everyone is sufficiently stuffed with food and cocktails, they're treated to a classic rock band at most locations every night of the week depending on the time of year.

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

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

While it didn't take this one long to come true, in 2014 the show poked fun at widespread corruption inside FIFA that would bring down the organization's leadership.