Sentence examples for surely funny from inspiring English sources

This is, perhaps, an elegant culinary joke; it is surely funny to somebody, though it may not be you.

"This struck me as the crowning absurdity, and once that happened I knew a) I couldn't stay much longer and b) there was surely a funny book in it.

As an album, Horses is too pregnant to be taken seriously, yet it is surely not funny.

Surely no funnier ballet has ever been choreographed.

"The happiest thing" — by which he surely meant "funniest thing" — "is when I broke my shoulder," Cardelli said.

In many ways, he said, Mark Twain is a blessed relief for him, because "this is surely the funniest film I've ever done".

And surely the funniest exchange ever in a British TV comedy series – nothing more or less than a burst of inventive, inspired, ingenious sarcasm… Mrs Richards: "When I pay for a view, I expect something more interesting than that".

But surely the least funny thing about this year's crop of gags is that not a single woman features.

If every ad tries to be funny, surely an immediate difference or disruption would be to try the opposite.

I have always been agnostic about Jay and Silent Bob, especially the cutaway reaction-shots of Kevin Smith as Bob does his wacky grin - not funny, surely?

Because the idea of people feeling sympathetic towards Arsenal during the closing minutes of a home match against Hull is surely even more funny for supporters of other lower-table strugglers.