Sounds pretty grim, right?
That outlook comes with news from the casinos this summer that, while not exceedingly grim, is not good.
Belying his, er, grim appellation, the good lord's "last urgent words" to his wife, Holroyd says, "were reported as being 'We are low on marmalade.' " Thus the tone was set for his nephew's less than distinguished career of a little of this and quite a lot of that.
There is something inherently comic about the stream-of-consciousness rant; and while there are some good grim jokes here, one doesn't have the sense of controlled style found in other writers who have used similar techniques – Apollinaire, Joyce, Beckett, Bernhard, etc. (This might be down to the translator, but I doubt it).
Listen to Paris Hilton's grim new single 'Good Time'.
The room was grim, and for good reason if the filmed flopped, their careers might follow. .
Either way, with the news so often grim, it's good to leaven it with a little laughter.
Inciting patrons as the undertaking charges along, it's all in good, grim fun and works well--with one major, and I mean truly major, drawback that'll be dealt with farther down.
The grim details, as well as his good conduct, make a prison sentence both redundant and inhumane.
But amid those grim findings was some good news for former smokers.
