The question that Carrie would be typing, as she sat smoking in her underwear, would be: "When does a relationship become 'a relationship'?" Mr Laws has been far too apologetic about breaking this preposterous rule against "renting accommodation from a partner", which is a meaningless sentence when nobody knows what a "partner" really is.
It is preposterous because the rules are so complex, having been continually tweaked since the invention of the forward pass in 1905 – introduced to open up the game and reduce the death toll of 19 that season.
The idea is preposterous to the ruling elite, who point out that few people seriously long for a return to British colonial rule.
It actually sets up a situation whereby American diplomats must interact with foreign counterparts who may be better informed than they are.The rule is preposterous.
with that of the increasingly powerful conservative media (the Journal editorial page, the Weekly Standard, The American Spectator, etc)., it is preposterous to say that the rules of the game are the same.
The rule suggests a preposterous scenario in which a Catholic hospital avoids paying for sterilizations and the morning-after pill by closing its doors to atheists and Muslims, and hanging out a sign saying "no Protestants need apply".
"It's preposterous that Freddie Gray's death was ruled a homicide, but not a single person has been held responsible.
Experts at a German-language society run a helpline offering advice to puzzled parents (at a cost).Governments argue that these rules prevent children being saddled with preposterous names (Sinbin) that may cause them problems in later life.
There are -- at minimum -- a handful of societal rules and rituals that I find preposterous, puzzling or both.
The surgeons also mentioned the regulation that parents have no economic right to be with their sick children unless they are dying, which they thought was preposterous, and they therefore tried to bend the rules.
