"This fine is pathetic and will not act as a deterrent for any bankers who have shown, time and time again, that they ignore such penalties because they don't hurt.
Marcus Christenson The racism in itself in first place and then the pathetic fines that came with it.
""Any fines you get from magistrates can be written off as a business expense … We were let down by the courts, who didn't seem to be interested in levying even the pathetic fines they had at their disposal; we were rather let down by parliament in the end, with no legislation; and we were let done by the newspaper groups, which didn't take it seriously," he said.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet The guinea fowl were outside, drenched and pathetic, but apparently fine — they were running around in their usual state of hysteria, which I took as a sign of their wellbeing.
The guinea fowl were outside, drenched and pathetic, but apparently fine — they were running around in their usual state of hysteria, which I took as a sign of their wellbeing.
After all, her "30 Rock" character straddles a fine line between role model and pathetic stereotype of single womanhood.
Paul Struthers, the chief executive of the Professional Jockeys Association, described the stewards' decision to fine someone in these circumstances as "pathetic".
I have single friends who are older, and although they're not fucking thrilled about it, they realise they're not a pathetic disaster and they're fine".
The divergent fortunes of Merlin and the unloved Robin Hood are proof of the vanishingly fine line between the mythopoetic and the merely pathetic.
Wait 'till you are fine so you won't look desperate or pathetic in front of him/her.
