Netanyahu could do much more to tamp down those in his own government who consider it amusing sport to criticize the U.S.
According to Ann Wright, the couple's daughter, guests like Amy Vanderbilt and the Rockefellers considered it an amusing lark to help with the dishes.
Consider it an amusing interlude to my day and hopefully, yours.
By contrast, John Voorhees of The Seattle Times commented that, though he thought the show was amusing, he considered It's Garry Shandlings Show to be better, and the Houston Chronicle's Mike McDaniel referred to the pilot as "a not-as-good Garry Shandling-like show".
"If you have ever seen a man die, remember that one day the same fate awaits you". "Foolish are you who promises to live a long time when you cannot count even on one day". "Happy is he who always has the hour of his death before his eyes and is ready to die every day". "Upon death, you leave everything". Certainly young people, presuming they are immortal, consider it all rather amusing.
Now, reflecting on the incident, Plokhii considers it fodder for an amusing travel tale.
"When he wasn't the governor, it was considered harmless or amusing, but now it's not".
Elsewhere, personalised car number plates are considered an amusing accessory or a mark of distinction.
Why this was considered so amusing I really don't know.
In another era, it might have been considered amusing.
It is something that Rachel Donadio considered in this amusing essay for the New York Times a couple of years ago, in which New York literary types discussed the awkward relevance of reading material:"I did have to break up with one guy because he was very keen on Ayn Rand," said Laura Miller, a book critic for Salon.
