This, I think, was the source of my anger that day: a silly expectation, set by so much digitally wrought seamlessness in our lives, that everything should be that seamless.
(I had the silly expectation, then, that the flight attendant actually knew the answer to this question).
Playing host to the Olympics rarely turns out to be an economic benefit for a country or city, and sports economists have convincingly documented how silly the expectations sometimes are, as Nick Watanabe of the University of Missouri did with regard to the London Games ("Yeah, so if we don't include costs, there is a profit").
"It would be silly to have any expectation and then say we are definitely going to be on the front row, because we might find out in the next couple of days we're not the quickest and we'd look silly.
"Silly, silly, silliness," Mr. Russo said dismissively.
Such expectations are, frankly, silly in crazily competitive, hit-driven industries, and trying to meet them is a recipe for frustration.
CAROLINE SIMON Washington, Oct. 16, 2007 I have an expectation (unrealistic and silly, I guess) that what I read, unless it's in an ad or some section that is clearly fictional (and labeled as such), is accurate, or at least tries very hard to be so.
Perhaps Dylan learned that idols never live up to a fan's expectations, and so it's silly to expect otherwise.
Of course, a silly fact like that won't stop expectations in Bluegrass country from being sky high, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader's Jerry Tipton.
Swansea were exceptional in Monk's first full season in management as they surpassed all expectations and made a few pundits look rather silly.
