Sentence examples for missing the joke from inspiring English sources

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"Really?" he asked softly, missing the joke.

"You'd have to do that," she smiled without missing a beat, "otherwise you'd be missing the joke of the century".

Chinese officials, completely missing the joke, thought that this was a great idea and installed similar benches in Yantai Park of the Shangdong province.

If that name doesn't tip you off that something is afoot (say the two words fast if you're still missing the joke), then Walter's sudden preoccupation with the book should do the trick.

(For those missing the joke, Shubaly is explicit elsewhere. The prologue opens with a quote from his father, Murray: "People misremember things. Even if I remember it wrong, this is how I remember it").

The parents Sledge upon welcoming a scrubbed-up Sid into their home Father (attempting Dad humour): "Now who the hell is this standing in my hallway!" Mother (clearly missing the joke): "It's Sidney!" Pork chops in a bucket.

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The girls miss the joke.

And if you missed the joke the hell with you.

Ms. Coy, whose goal is 75 fledglings, missed the joke.

Nearly 90percentt of them missed the joke and deemed the site a reliable source.

Oh, this is awkward -y ou missed the joke, I'm afraid.

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