The news brought chuckles from some amused by Grand Canyon's name, bemusement from others unsure of its pedigree and a seeming nod of approval from the stock market.
Toward the end of his comment, the former Fed chairman chuckled as if still amused by the idea that this was ever taken seriously.
But now? "I think he was amused by it," Mr. McCain said amid chuckles.
He grabbed Celtic player Eboue Kouassi's private parts MacLean said it was "just a laugh" and Hearts manager Craig Levein admitted he "had to chuckle" but Kouassi was not so amused.
They may make English speakers chuckle, but Chinese officialdom is not amused: When major international events come to China, the state tries to clean up the most egregious ones.
The Graham Norton Show 9pm, BBC2 More staccato chuckles and strangulated gurgling noises from the unfathomably amused Irishman.
'Last time I was here at the Savoy,' he chuckles, 'they put me in Richard Harris's suite, which amused me because he and I had a very turbulent relationship.
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The only one of the Kardashian-West entourage who looked mildly amused by the spectacle was Kardashian's bodyguard Pascal Duvier, who could be seen chuckling on the sidelines.
They say this with half a chuckle, half a grimace, as if unable to decide whether to be amused by, or sympathetic to, someone who travels outside the secure, no-surprises cocoon of standard or luxury hotels.
Manuel chuckled ever so slightly after he said it, perhaps suddenly aware of what he had just referenced, or perhaps amused with himself for his subtlety.
