But not as laughable as it once might have seemed.
The notion that representatives and senators don't need experience and knowledge of government affairs is as laughable as so many of the Tea Party candidacies.
Any attempt to claim green credentials on their part would be as laughable as oil companies putting pretty mountain-scapes in their adverts.
The trunk is not as laughable as that of the Pontiac Solstice, yet a wheeled carry-on suitcase barely fit with the top down.
Today this theory sounds about as laughable as chemtrails, but in the 1870s it was considered firm science.
Kermit the Frog denied it, while Miss Piggy added that Eric Bolling's accusation was "almost as laughable as accusing Fox News as, you know, being news".
Campaigners dismiss it as laughable.
Zolotussky described this as "laughable".
That claim was dismissed as "laughable" by campaigners last night.
He dismisses as "laughable" the idea that he bought the store for Lisa.
Stewart described that as "laughable", saying: "Only a judge-led inquiry will do".
