Sentence examples for ludicrous joke from inspiring English sources

The ludicrous joke here is that Alex Rodriguez, who on Wednesday was baseball's No. 1 egomaniac, groveling back to the Yankees, has now become baseball's great clean hope.

Treating the job almost as a ludicrous joke, Patton threw every kind of vocal gimmick – from New Kids On the Block-style rapping to lounge-singer parodies – over prerecorded tracks that would become the platinum-selling album The Real Thing.

The federal government -- this includes the Obama administration along with the EPA and the Department of Interior -- clearly understand that when disaster occurs as a result of Mountain Top Removal Mining death is assured; resistance at that point futile, contingency plans a ludicrous joke.

(There are lashings of ink at what Mr Wolfe calls "the ludicrous practical joke" of contemporary art).

On behalf of all his friends and colleagues here at the Guardian, I'd like to thank Boothy for a little shy of seven years' worth of typographical errors, unamusing jokes and ludicrous predictions that Ian Bell will finish with a career Test average of 45 and 8,000+ runs, and wish him all the best in his new career as a Hollywood stuntman.

The audience in attendance at the Comedy Central Roast were both shocked and amused by the preposterous nature of Gottfried's joke which seemed more ludicrous each time he repeated it.

John Leland's suggestion that moviegoing audiences didn't "get" "This Is Spinal Tap" in 1984, thus necessitating its rerelease, is ludicrous ["The Heavy Metal Joke Not Everyone Got," Sept. 3].

The idea that no one else would show that is a joke, it's ludicrous, it's obviously nonsense".

Another implied joke is the ludicrous notion that a squeaky-clean pop anthem like "Hip to Be Square" could incite murder.

I nearly laughed at first, it seemed so ludicrous, but this is no joke.

These performances, packed with ludicrous digressions and mixing silly jokes with moments of awkward bleakness, have made this impressively bearded North Carolinan a cult favourite among comedy fans on both sides of the Atlantic.