Sentence examples for pretty farcical from inspiring English sources
The Treasury select committee did not use the old gag about the private finance initiative being a Pretty Farcical Idea, but that's a rough summary of its view of the policy launched by Norman Lamont in 1992, embraced with enthusiasm by Gordon Brown in 1997 and still being deployed by George Osborne.
And perhaps they are good-enough reasons, too, to watch the fight: the buildup has been an absurd but entertaining farce, and there is a chance — and, among some of us who will be watching, a perverse hope — that whatever happens on Saturday night will be pretty farcical, too.
"At the moment, it looks pretty farcical that a very dangerous man is now put on bail having gone through the court system for seven years and having cost the taxpayer £1 million," he said, adding, "What we need to do is study the judgment carefully and to try to persuade the Jordanians to do the only thing that the courts wanted them to, which is to strengthen the Jordanian criminal code".
Unfortunately, the day began its descent into farcical disaster pretty early on; the other model a sharpie-browed actress called Chantelle Fox was running late because she couldn't find a babysitter.
The film was pretty crap; the performances hammy rather than buffo, the narrative pace feeble rather than farcical – but such was the amiability of the exercise, and my own reservoir of affection for what the Coens apparently represent – namely, considered, intelligent, witty film-making in an era characterised by crassly merchandising blockbusters – that I gave The Ladykillers a decent review.
Coincidentally, she turns out to be Adam's Airbnb landlady; there's chemistry between them (there is, generally, between Adam and pretty ladies, remember?), but he's flying back to Singapore … Except there's a, frankly farcical, airport travelator accident after an appearance from the ghost of Baxendale (she's on the travelator going the other way).
Seeing the video, one understands why the judge in the case said a few months ago that the footage was enough to make "the blood boil"; it's harder to understand why Monserrate was able to take on such a prominent role in the farcical power struggle in Albany this spring — but then again, the bar in Albany is pretty low.
