Mr. Torricelli, the Democratic Party's chief fund-raiser in the Senate, said through a spokesman that any suggestion that he was part of an effort to threaten Mr. Chang was "wrong, ridiculous and preposterous". Asked whether anyone on Mr. Torricelli's staff contacted county officials while Mr. Chang was in custody, the spokesman, Eric Shuffler, said he would have to check.
"It was supposed that after his defeat it would be preposterous to ask him to sit," Brady said later in an interview.
There's something fantastic and, to me, funny in this catalog of items, in the same way that it seems preposterous to ask a six-year-old child to confess her sins.
Gordon needs to find his stroke, that much is clear, but it's not preposterous to ask whether or not he could find more of a rhythm if he were to be given the autonomy of captaining the team's second unit, rather than being force-fed into a starting rotation that evidently operates better without him.
To anyone with even the most minuscule shard of common sense and decency, it would be fucking preposterous to ask a sexual assault victim why she didn't think to stop her attacker by biting his penis.
Although it'd be preposterous to ask (or expect) that individuals always be able to connect the dots and think in time, it makes little sense to argue that our analytical capabilities are sound if a prediction that we make over and over again eventually comes true.
The slightly longer answer: While I always thought it was preposterous to ask what would Jesus drive, it does seem reasonable to ask what would Jesus listen to, which is what Hillel Tigay asked when he started on a journey to create a modern album of ancient music that could have been used as part of second temple services, the period when Jesus was alive.
What would be more preposterous than asking city voters to decide a major constitutional question all because their Mayor did not want them to vote on the location of a baseball stadium?
This can happen in trades too, as someone can start high and then come down to appear more reasonable, but if the initial ask was preposterous then is the second offer truly worth it either?
Fuller has adapted himself so well to the extreme mobility of his present life that he considers it preposterous to be asked where he lives.
