And then gradually, as you get drawn more and more into the machine," he says, draining his pint, "it's ridiculous to continue pretending to be a complete outsider".
"It's ridiculous to continue pretending to be a complete outsider" – Charlie Brooker interviewed in the Observer Worth watching this week, if you haven't seen it already, is a comedy clip from Norway that's deservedly gone viral.
Visitors asked him, he said, "Why does your country, which prides itself on being so democratic and having a democratic parliamentary system, allow this ridiculous anachronism to continue?" The answer, in Baroness Chakrabarti's case, is presumably that the alternative of seeing the place stuffed with yet more Tories warranted the shock to Tom Watson's system.
"It is ridiculous for the Obama administration to continue pinning hope on the bankrupt strategic patience policy," the state-run Korean Central News Agency said in an editorial last month, adding that US efforts to isolate the North have failed to stop it from becoming "a political power, military power and a nuclear weapons state".
"There seems to be no reason to continue this ridiculous confrontation other than to manufacture false controversy as Chairman Issa's tenure comes to an end".
If social conservatives want to control their populations, and women in particular, then they are going to continue to look ridiculous.
He asked her: "How long are you going to continue to put those ridiculous clothes in my newspaper?" Felicity replied: "As long as they are news.
Her optimism, no matter how ridiculous at times, is what spurs her to continue bettering herself along with everyone she comes into contact with.
"To be victimized, and then consent to continue to be victimized, is ridiculous," Mr. Cohen said.
"It would be utterly ridiculous to expect career-women on leadership paths to continue to play the role of traditional women.
Vlambeer was "completely demotivated" and stopped Ridiculous Fishing development for several weeks, but later resolved to continue.
