Sentence examples for service a joke from inspiring English sources

Customer Service, a joke.

The pause wasn't in service of a joke.

The American show is much more willing to bend reality in the service of a joke.

It was in service of a joke — he called himself "a registered anarchist" — but one that looked to avoid seeming politically biased.

"You should act in a way that if everyone acted that way, it would be all right," he says, probably getting as close as any stand-up comic in history to using Kant's categorical imperative in service of a joke.

He voiced amazement that Yamaguchi had been able to use public transport so soon after the attack, prompting panellists to poke fun at Britain's train services, including a joke about "the wrong kind of bomb [on the tracks]".

And it often seemed that this post-Paxman style of gentler interrogation might work better on paper than on screen; Cameron easily overrode the first attempted interruption and, before long, the men were talking over each other, with the presenter not-quite-shouting that the Iraqi security services are "a joke, a joke!", and accusing the premier of "banging on" about Europe.

Talk story about a telephone company service called Dial-A-Joke featuring Henny Youngman telling seven jokes for one message unit.

The New Yorker, April 22 , 1974P. 33 Talk story about a telephone company service called Dial-A-Joke featuring Henny Youngman telling seven jokes for one message unit.

By Anthony Hiss The New Yorker, April 22 , 1974P. 33 Talk story about a telephone company service called Dial-A-Joke featuring Henny Youngman telling seven jokes for one message unit.

The [Crown Prosecution Service] is a joke, the [Independent Police Complaints Commission] is not fit for purpose.