Sentences with phrase «practical jokes to»

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Would you be willing to be stoned to death or crucified for a lie, prank or practical joke?

He refused to become an altar boy, was fond of practical jokes and toyed with agnosticism before becoming a Jesuit.

Giving orders, and obeying them — Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements — Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)-- Reporting an event — Speculating about an event — Forming and resting a hypothesis — Presenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagrams — Making up a story; and reading it — Play - acting — Singing catches — Guessing riddles — Making a joke; telling it — Solving a problem in practical arithmetic — Translating from one language to another — Asking, thanking, cursing.

Truth be told, I have no idea if this is a real thing, or if I happened upon a practical joke, but regardless, this taking - salami - to - the - next - level challenge has been a blast.

Barely two weeks ago, I used the following phrases to describe soup: «vegetables boiled to death,» «assaulted with too much cream,» «whatever healthy things in there can not be tasted,» and even «what must have been a practical joke» about an especially awful one I'd ordered recently.

Once, while teeing off, Jordan swung so hard that he exploded the shaft of Love's favorite driver, a traumatic occurrence that, to this day, Jordan believes was a practical joke.

But in the bullpen, pitchers, catchers and coaches are free to swap stories, play games and practical jokes, grow gardens, banter with fans.

Joey Austin Thees Whatever happened to practical jokes, like drawing on someone when they fall asleep?

He also had a wicked sense of humour and was not adversed to playing the odd practical joke on his colleagues.

Where Gazza was limited to sometimes crude practical jokes, and Rooney has none of Best's charm and fluency.

Unlike present - day viruses the Elk Cloner wasn't created to be destructive or criminal it was more of a practical joke.

You would probably not guess by her quiet demeanor, but Corie loves to play practical jokes on people!

But then when I really thought about it, I concluded that was a pretty elaborate place to go for a practical joke, so I opted to scrap the idea altogether.

Starting on 1 April, the day traditionally devoted to clowning and practical jokes, many holders of federal fellowships find themselves caught between two conflicting governmental definitions of their professional status — and suffering the disadvantages of both.

A Taxing Question on Postdoc Pay 1 April 2005 Starting on 1 April, the day traditionally devoted to clowning and practical jokes, many holders of federal fellowships find themselves caught between two conflicting governmental definitions of their professional status — and suffering the disadvantages of both.

Practical jokes and pranks serve to both test social bonds and bring groups together, researchers find

Starting on the day traditionally devoted to clowning and practical jokes, many holders of federal fellowships will find themselves caught between two conflicting governmental definitions of their professional status — and suffering the disadvantages of both.

With regard to the third question, participants were required to answer the question about Anne's emotional status after she completed the practical joke.

To clarify, I'm in my late 40's, so it's Nature's little practical joke, «Adult Acne» I'm managing, but I believe wholeheartedly I would have benefitted immeasurably had I begin a similar skincare regimen in my teens or 20's.

A few practical jokes may be fine every now and then, but doing them all the time is not exactly a wise thing to do.

With a commanding officer who is slightly off the wall to begin with, when the crew of the South Pacific cargo freighter decide to alleviate their boredom with practical jokes, usually at their captain's expense, tit for tat becomes the watchword as the captain decides to get even.

In fact, he did everything he could to fit in and earn the respect of tough jock Rex Reavis and his friends, including dismissing all their cruel practical jokes with a shrug and a laugh.

But there is one thing I do grasp: when New Line Cinema puts Dwayne Johnson and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a movie where giant mutated apes who like to play practical jokes fight giant flying wolves and enormous armor - plated crocodiles, it is entitled to no less than three hundred million of your box office dollars.

Tracing inspiration to a yarn from one of Giovanni Boccaccio's collected 14th century novellas in The Decameron, the new ensemble film from Jeff Baena wraps it religious habit up with wit, erotica, and practical jokes from Italian prose translated into a modern vernacular.

She is short on free time to spend with him and practical joke - loving Winfried causes her much embarrassment when she brings him along to a work conference.

Other features: the Fox special «Mutant Watch», a fairly routine making - of structured around a Kelly hearing; Hugh Jackman's screen test (notable for unused conversation between Logan and Rogue); brief clips of Bryan Singer on «Charlie Rose» (more, please); Animatics (or, X-Men meets «Reboot» — computer - generated storyboards for a couple of action sequences); a very extensive gallery of costume and production designs; two trailers and three TV spots (none of them, disappointingly, the mock - campaign ad that ran on late night cable); a promo for the soundtrack CD; and two easy - to - spot Easter eggs (in one, an outtake, we're made privy to a hilarious, Marvel - centric practical joke) within underimagined animated menus.

Equally - annoying, are the colorful supporting characters displaying an array of increasingly bizarre behaviors, ranging from Sheeni's uptight, Bible - thumping parents (M. Emmet Walsh and Mary Kay Place) to her rebellious big brother (Justin Long) whose idea of a practical joke is to lace Thanksgiving dinner with hallucinogenic mushrooms which cause their father to smear mashed potatoes on his own face.

A natural leader, he questions every request made by Hundert, targets the man as the brunt of practical jokes and uses rude hand gestures in class to the amusement of his fellow students.

A single Easter egg is found on the Special Features menu, taking one to a clip (2:55) in which Peter Farrelly reveals the best practical joke he's ever pulled on his father.

I know my «near» students used to play practical jokes on my «far» students by putting signs up in front of the camera and making faces at them.

Maybe you don't want to devise an elaborate hoax for April Fools» Day (see: Google as «Topeka»), but there is another way to get in the spirit of practical jokes — reading, of course!

But he also loved to play practical jokes on his students and to buy large sacks of confetti which he would strew about liberally, with the slightest excuse.

The tone is personable, with jokes and asides, plus lots of practical knowledge you don't see elsewhere — like when the winds pick up, what side of the plane to sit on when flying into Kona and Hilo, where to eat, how to access remote black beaches, etc..

Meanwhile, in the cluttered back office, junior clerk Vladimir Girshkin - the immigrant's immigrant, the expatriate's expatriate, enduring victim of every practical joke the late twentieth century had to offer and an unlikely hero for our times - was going at it with the morning's first double - cured - spicy - soppressata - and - avocado sandwich.

A slew of posts have hit the blogsphere following more of the anti-Amazon campaign coming out of the NY traditional media (which reached orgiastic levels this weekend with a Patterson ad and a NYT hatchet job), and volleyed by Amazon calling on indie authors to email Hachette's CEO in an emailed missive I first suspected might be a practical joke.

Once the province only of marketing mavens, now simply to be effective on Twitter, you need a practical bio, not a joke; a good picture, not a greasy - faced party shot; a professional handle, not that silly thing you did in college.

A cat leash is practical (and not a joke), allowing you to enjoy the fresh air with your favorite feline.

However, if they do tag along, it is best to keep them on a very short leash and harness to keep them from fighting with other animals, eating the treats, becoming victims of practical jokes — as black cats often do — or biting strangers they encounter.

Unsupervised outdoor animals are susceptible to stress, inhumane practical jokes or theft.

As a child I had a huge marmalade cat called Nutkin who was always playing practical jokes, so I know how much happiness cats can bring to a family.

David's verbiage is so pretentious, in fact, that I am now going to call his bluff and announce that I think it is a practical joke.

Employing parody, satire, slapstick and practical jokes, they use the leveling power of comedy to break down barriers of taste and to question authority at every turn.

Accompanying this relic from the annals of art history is an artifact that has been transported to the museum from the New York of the future: a $ 25 coin, representing the inflated worth of a contemporary quarter by the year 2027, that has been glued to the floor in reference to a classic practical joke.

Two of the most memorable include a letter to Robert Smithson, casually addressed «Hey Bob,» and a shattered glass Coca - Cola bottle, allegedly left over from a practical joke once played on Robert Irwin.

This isn't the sort of thing artists kid about, not Don's idea of a practical joke; still, I clung to a small shred of doubt.

What kind of company invites you to be part of a bold new television station and then, a few months later, shrugs and mumbles that it was all a practical joke?

I think Salby is playing a practical joke on the skeptics as his presentation is quite inscrutable to anyone except possibly himself.

ccpo (379), I hope I'm not falling for a practical joke or satire, but I'm a bit perplexed with your response to FurryCatHerder.

These two «red herring» examples, and his earlier «cart before the horse» indicate to me that Postma either does not properly understand the Atmospheric «greenhouse effect» - or - that he is misusing his knowledge of physics to «pull our leg» in a practical joke.

All joking aside, the review does show just how practical a modern electric car can be for most day - to - day driving, and also includes a strong argument why battery vehicles trump hydrogen every time.