Sentences with phrase «reached farcical»

These divisions have at times reached farcical levels.

Both teams were docked points, and a glorious rivalry was born — one that would rumble through much of the 1990s and 2000s, taking in Martin Keown and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira, before reaching a farcical nadir (or zenith, if you're that way inclined) when Cesc Fabregas allegedly lobbed a slice of pizza at Alex Ferguson.

Not exact matches

The legislative scandals have reached almost farcical proportions: a senator from the Bronx, Pedro Espada Jr., stands accused — perhaps not coincidentally by Attorney General Cuomo — of spending $ 20,000 in state and federal grant money on takeout sushi that was delivered to his house in Westchester County.

«I believe this whole farcical inquiry, which has used up an incredible amount of public resources, has been orchestrated and influence by the powerful reach of the Murdoch empire and I believe I am the victim of a witchhunt from the Murdoch empire.