Sentence examples for humorously absurd from inspiring English sources

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While there are some predictions about the direction of future technology that, with the clarity of hindsight, seem humorously absurd (see: the illustration in Licklider's article of a man wooing a woman with a computer-assisted drawing of a heart), the respective gists of each man's predictions have largely come to pass over the last half of a century.

Then of course they veer into the humorously absurd:  "Joe Wilson Ate The Last Slice Of Pizza", "Joe Wilson Hit On Your Mom", and my favorite, "Joe Wilson Shit In Your Kitchen".

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Juster, the author of the classic "The Dot and the Line," humorously conveys the absurd specificity of a mealtime snit.

They typically present absurd or humorously exaggerated takes on current events against Stewart's straight man.

The show typically opens with a long monologue from Jon Stewart relating to recent headlines and frequently features exchanges with one or more of several correspondents, who adopt absurd or humorously exaggerated takes on current events against Stewart's straight man persona.

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It takes a highly developed sense of the absurd to write humorously about southern Thailand, which is what Colin Cotterill manages to do in GRANDAD, THERE'S A HEAD ON THE BEACH (Minotaur, $24.99).

She illustrates the continuing failure to recognize the connection between individual behavior and democratic ideals in a variety of ways, none more humorously than in her essay on bad teeth: "As absurd as it may sound, in the old days one could blame the Communist Party even for one's bad teeth.

He wrote that he hated Interscope for setting the price of the album higher than usual, humorously labeling the company's retail pricing of Year Zero in Australia as "ABSURD", and concluding that "as a reward for being a 'true fan' you get ripped off".

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