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But I recently discovered that monitoring heart rate and breathing during sleep is not such a ridiculous idea after all.

Since there doesn't seem to be any question as to whether it's his money or his account, the bank's so-called policy is clearly ridiculous.

Feeling ridiculous about this, but I am touched by their words which seem to be naive.

My own injury was as ridiculous as it was excruciating.

It has never occurred to me that a person who has experienced ups and downs of life should believe such a ridiculous trick.

Hayek's claim was that it was no more nor less ridiculous than the claims economists were making at the time.

Both of them are represented, let me repeat, in the ridiculous divorce separating our spiritual excesses and the ephemeral joys of the body.

"I felt it was something of a feminist act, which is, in retrospect, ridiculous, " she says.

'What, ALREADY, ' said the Rat, strolling up to them. 'What's the hurry? I call it simply ridiculous. '

He said it was a most ridiculous place to put the gas-pipe, and the man who did it evidently knew nothing about his business.

"For a red rose? " they cried; "how very ridiculous! " and the little Lizard, who was something of a cynic, laughed outright.

And that also would be a ridiculous approach in surgery But sometimes you've got to just act.

There is nothing so absurd, so surfeiting, so ridiculous, as a man heated by wine in his head.

Especially if it's just to share that ridiculous picture of you balancing three winter squash on your forehead through Twitter?

"I cannot be his baby sitter and I cannot stop him any more from making himself ridiculous in front of the world, " she said. "I'm done. "

said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.

It would be ridiculous to call that reaction the legacy of Gately coming out, but it is not entirely unlinked.

When the teacher came into the classroom, he was trying to take off the ridiculous behavior of the teacher in class.

These times make it especially necessary to be in touch with the absurdity, the ridiculous, the funniness, and the irony of the everyday.

She knew too much of the obstinacy of men to oppose any of their ridiculous humours.

The answer is so obvious that it may seem ridiculous even to ask, but the underlying implications are not obvious, so bear with me.

It was absolutely ridiculous for her to accept that job for such a little pay.

So, no, I tell myself, Wes hasn't suffered as a result of the boycott. Not for a moment. Out of the question. Ridiculous.

But there was no coat. There was only a ridiculous little fur neckpiece dangling from her husband's hand.

The fact is, whether or not you think it's ridiculous, some people will be very annoyed.

If you think about it for a minute, it sounds kind of ridiculous.

Sounds like another ridiculous fad to me. I suppose you've got to wrap yourself in cellophane and sit in a sauna!

In an industry largely devoid of any sense of the ridiculous, he was usually an exception.

You could be the most moody person, but for some ridiculous reason next minute you can be very happy.

The corners of his moustache twitched. "It was definitely in the 'ridiculous' category, " he said.

"He thought it was ridiculous that a 30-year-old man would have to beg his mother for a check from his own company, " Kiehnau says.

"Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That's ridiculous! " So she and the children left, and he stayed home.

The argument may seem ridiculous but don't lose patience . Don't offer advice until asked, either. Let them figure it out for themselves.

I've never dined out in London; and I don't want to be ridiculous.

Whenever I see a toddler or small animal sleeping in a ridiculous position, a little part of me gets terribly jealous.

Let's take a look at them together to see whether the theory makes sense or is nothing but ridiculous nonsense.

Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier. "Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous! "

Right now, it doesn't seem so ridiculous to ask whether 2008 will come to be seen as the first year of a distinctly non-American century.

It was patently ridiculous for a doctor practicing his profession to ask a doctor washing windows how he was.

"Of course, " said the man gruffly, as if he'd never heard a more ridiculous question.

Money is just a commodity, and it is quite ridiculous to put the blame on a non-living object when things go wrong.

He considered it was ridiculous for the general manager to attach so much importance to daily routines.

What is the taste of affection? Enjoyed so much affection, if affection do not know what that smell is really a bit ridiculous.

If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done, ' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous.

Maitreya Buddha said that 'Tatu can leisurely world is impossible for the matter, smiling and laughing the world is ridiculous person.

In this line of argument, questioning such a practice qualifies AS unnecessary and ridiculous, AS it benefits no one.

She walked about in her room and wondered what new impulse had led her to commit so ridiculous an act.

And he got in his head that it was sort of a ridiculous thing that he was getting old.

This was ridiculous: if I could get in, the laws of physics should permit me to get out.

In a speech Wednesday, Dimon said the accounting rule had been taken 'to a ridiculous point.

If Lynette can stop and think about that, she would understand how ridiculous it would be. But she couldn't, because she has no time.

That might seem ridiculous to ask of an institution like Goldman Sachs, whose third-quarter loss stands out for its rarity value.

Maggie giggled at the sight of him, he looked utterly ridiculous.

e. g. His new neighbor keeps asking him for help, just ridiculous, small favors, and it's beginning to infringe on his personal life.

No doubt this point of view is ridiculous.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

Yea. . . saying they have no chance is a bit ridiculous, considering one of those wins was without TMac and the other was without Yao.

She said that the very idea that a game could be a reflection of her was ridiculous. Her money was promptly refunded and she left.

It's ridiculous to put him in charge of murder as he was with me when this crime occured.

"That's dirt, " I said admiringly, hating the ridiculous sound of it in my mouth.

Dogs are brought into restaurants, fussed over in public, dressed up in ridiculous outfits and dyed to look like ferocious tigers.

Uninterrupted, suddenly find themselves do not know how to stop, how ridiculous the idea was.

Everyone was a locavore, even New York had pig farms nearby and shipping food all over the place was a ridiculous notion.

Good ridiculous that I love you so long, get in return is not to let I hate Dora A dream?

He is the guy with the little mustache who carries a cane, wears a bowler hat, and ends up in every ridiculous situation imaginable.

Rosie Nixon, editor of the magazine, said: "The 'curse of Hello! ' is a ridiculous concept and totally unfounded. "

And to show a red card to a player for contact in the box when he was the attacking one I felt is also a bit ridiculous.

Sounds ridiculous when you look at it objectively, but for me it represented a part of my life I didn't want to let go of.

Beth: But I've even heard of people taking out a second mortgage on their home to pay their pets' medical bills. Talk about ridiculous!

The only thing you, as an outsider, can do is accept the invitation or just forget it. Signing such an agreement is just ridiculous.

His profile, however, is simply ridiculous, and the back view of him is really horrible.

The story seemed to be ridiculous, but it was a real thing happened in my life.

He never extols elegant and luxurious life, but describes the ridiculous and boring image by the exaggerated satire.

Actually, IT would be ridiculous to expect a counterfeITer to put the wrong picture on a bill.

From the outset, we've said that this scam artist's claims are ridiculous, and this newest complaint is no better.

she ' s ridiculous . i don ' t know what her problem with argonians is , but she ' s always trying to start something.

During that time, it would have seemed ridiculous to ask whether investors were in the middle of a long bear market.

The renovation process seems to the author of "drill a hole" built up overseas, exasperating and ridiculous things frequently.

No matter how you may feel at the time, being subjected to a ridiculous question like this one is probably a very good sign.

Despite the fact they are a little behind Juventus in terms of form, I think talk of a crisis at Milan is ridiculous.

Foreigners living on the other side of the ocean, remake China into the lives of ordinary people are a bit acclimatized , even ridiculous.

Just a decade ago, the idea of moving money that quickly and cheaply would have been ridiculous.

You know what, that's ridiculous for you to lose weight.

For him to come out now and claim that he received unjust treatment from Korea and that the entire contract is invalid is ridiculous.

It combats the ridiculous frothiness of reality TV and the consumerism that has sort of become our national religion.

She found it all a bit ridiculous, to tell the truth.

Things that would be perfectly reasonable to plan for a skyscraper seem a little ridiculous when you are talking about a garden.

Much of the criticism is unfair. Some of it is ridiculous. But this does not mean it will not stick.

H: Hey, listen, if I can suffer through stereotyped girly-girl stuff, and Elan can read the ridiculous thing he had to read.

About 15 years ago, people might have found it ridiculous if someone told them about the disintegration of the U. S. S. R.

About 15 years ago, people might have found it ridiculous if someone told them about the disintegration of the U. S. S. R.

Fewer and fewer of us will get used to fit with your own heart, all conform to everyone's ideas, that idea is too ridiculous fantasy.

But if you are lucky being invited to a commencement, that could be hilarious and ridiculous and sad, at least.

"Clara's conceited assumption of a universal interest in her dull children was ridiculous" (Arnold Bennett).

They should be ashamed of themselves. Take pictures of me eating but not in a place of prayer, ridiculous.

Broadcast writers must be wary of language that might be correct on the printed page, but sounds ridiculous when read aloud.

To claim that the new study is in any way shocking, be that to praise it or to bury it, is simply ridiculous.

His father would refuse to drive him to soccer practice because he thought using a car to travel somewhere to exercise was ridiculous.

And the woman said, 'I'm sorry that's policy' and I said 'Well that's ridiculous! '

See, that sounds good to me. It's ridiculous to let a horoscope control your life.

If someone tells you that this stinky little infant will command those elite troops someday, it might sound ridiculous.

It is time, he said, to lay to rest the "ridiculous" conspiracy theory that al-Megrahi is not dying of prostate cancer.

"You said I could treat you as a god. You are not a real god, aren't you? " Hency hoped the man he saved would not do anything ridiculous.

Station side, sat a little girl, a ridiculous velvet dress, a pair of big eyes looking eagerly to meet her.

Responsible to nothing but their own corrupt conscience, the newspapers and the prosecution launched the ridiculous claim.

I also mentioned that I had experimented with cosmetics and a couple of wigs but I just looked ridiculous.

the other is ridiculous and the paradox of a sort of implicit links, which found that after people have learned.

To the best of my knowledge, the view that the fish is the best food to the brain is not ridiculous.

Such an attitude is plainly ridiculous and can be do nothing but learn to the good use of English.

"It's ridiculous! You think you can control me? I'm going now. " Hency started to run towards Trenven.

THE CAPPADOCIAN: That seems to me altogether ridiculous.

SL Yes, I would agree with you that that is all ridiculous.

These objections cannot be simply called "ridiculous" and dismissed. They must be studied and critically analyzed.

But there were one thousand reasons jumped into my brain : i don't know my neighbors , i felt it's ridiculous to ask for help.

We now realize that this idea is as ridiculous as it sounds.

Although she felt that she was being very fashionable, she appeared utterly ridiculous in the outfit.

Woman: That's ridiculous! What harm could the movies do to a little dog like this?

Howard, you're going to throw away a great girl like Bernadette because you're holding out for some ridiculous fantasy?

If you are invited to a white-elephant party be sure to find a ridiculous and funny present to bring with you to the party.

Mr. Choe, who has said that at the time that he thought the idea of Facebook was "ridiculous and pointless, " nevertheless chose the stock.

To prove the horrible and ridiculous score of my report writing, it is decided that the logs will be written like this from now on.

It has been absolutely ridiculous. Most people are just saying they're done with winter at this point.

Perhaps it is not so social and cultural perspective, but at least will not feel that they are ridiculous.

The voice-over continues: "But it's also kind of ridiculous to think you're going to get an answer from this one. "

There's an impractical and, quite frankly ridiculous, way to get out of abiding by your country's laws: start you own nation.

What is truly ridiculous is passing up on an opportunity to tell someone that your heart is invested in him or her.

So when you saw him make a ridiculous edit to the page about me, you think, oh, this is obviously just going to degenerate into rubbish.

Of course, for such a ridiculous thing, Flint was not looked down upon and laughed less, we all thought he was crazy.

It was a ridiculous question, for the child was little more than a babe.

One thing that cheered me up was that Vanessa and Maurice always found my ethical worries ridiculous.

Many thought the very idea ridiculous, since as an institution the Catholic church was dead set against the IRA and its violence.

I looked out from the small booth, feeling ridiculous with a plastic mask strapped to my face, while lobby guests watched surreptitiously.

Although your ridiculous claim "absolute hand-painted, " but the things and others are very similar. Do not deceive us.

Please allow me to be a ridiculous analogy, but accurate and reasonable.

It seemed to her a ridiculous armada of tubs jostling in futility.

There was no existential struggle. There was no ridiculous standard of which to measure myself by.

That's the sort of place we might want eventually, but the prices are ridiculous.

As I reconsider it, what's actually silly, ridiculous, or stupid about this belief?

But a large number of people must believe these ridiculous claims, or else the advertisements would not appear.

Some of the invisible and illogical rules of this practice are close to ridiculous.

"And what sort of ridiculous advice did that fool give you? " he asked.

The ascended masters scenarios . . . ridiculous . . . but I keep the files posted as they have become a vehicle for some souls to awaken.

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary si guided by great feelings of love.

By the law of supply and demand, that suggests the best wines of tomorrow will cost even more than the ridiculous amounts they fetch today.

i am so ridiculous. serously, sadness fill with the bottom of my heart. so as you.

It was ridiculous, but those were the kind of things you did to amuse yourself.

Let me say, at the risk of seeing ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

The voice-over intones : "OK, it's kind of ridiculous to think you're ever going to get an answer from this bush. "

You should have known better than to make such a ridiculous mistake.

It was ridiculous that neither of these countries had any contingency plan for the biggest zoo in the Middle East.

What a ridiculous act that NTDTV regarded the "culture passed by gods" remarked by Li Hongzhi as the last straw of its series contests.

But when I come out from them, I found that it was an act, however ridiculous.

The third argument is not ridiculous, but such a happy outcome seems implausible, given the situation in which Greece finds itself.

'Now then! ' he said to the Toad, when the four of them stood together in the Hall, 'first of all, take those ridiculous things off! '

But the rest of them? I think an introduction to the basics might be useful, but spending a whole semester or year on them seems ridiculous.

"I had let malnutrition in through the back door in the name of health, " says Paige. "It was ridiculous. "

Don't be ridiculous. You know you're awfully rude. She's standing right here!

It's a bit of a social disability not being on it, but I just think that is ridiculous.

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

The figure of Chiang Kai-shek is a little depressing, a little ridiculous, at all times contradictory, and sometimes tragic.

It is, in truth, social love too, as Mr. Pope has very justly observed: it is the spring of many good actions, and of no ridiculous ones.

I will call the store later, after I come up with a way to ask about the origins of the batteries that doesn't sound ridiculous.

Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.

No one would ever have the temerity to think of Gerald O'Hara as a ridiculous little figure.

The ridiculous decision alienated many friends from her.

Bandits set fire to kill, is the owner of an excuse for not allowing him to steal into the house, is absolutely ridiculous!

And when we do It's going to be unfair for the people that are living there to have to live with these ridiculous names.

Young Oscar found that the environment around was too ridiculous, thus determined to be a child forever.

Why is such a ridiculous theory even contemplated by the public?

I said: 'This is ridiculous, because I'm not under house arrest and I'm not going to lie to the public.

Security guards threw Mr. Abdul Hafiz out of the hospital when he pointed out how ridiculous that was.

It is groundless and ridiculous to say that Chinese troops are in Pakistan-administered Kashmir for construction.

There was no ridiculous situation on the object because of the high level of human resources and the top secret level of everything.

Such a ridiculous superstition no longer exists.

This one has all three, and it was always ridiculous to imagine that the recovery would be quick and easy.

It beggars belief that the Economist can recommend such a ridiculous policy.

I can't imagine Twitter would insert all the media shared on Twitter into your actual stream, that would be ridiculous.

She feared that the young boys about would address such remarks to her--boys who, beside Drouet, seemed uncouth and ridiculous.

He feels ridiculous, yet the novel obviously is misleading people's concept of Christian Sangreal.

It's ridiculous to expect a two-year-old to be able to read.

It's disgusting the ridiculous airs she gives herself! You'd think she was a royal princess or something!

He turned round and shot a comical glance at Mrs. Brown, who too felt that the scene was at once ridiculous and sentimental.

The US could even add a couple of billion more dollars of cuts on top without severe damage (alas) to its ridiculous farm subsidy regime.

He was well regarded by critics and the public alike for his inventive titles, his unlikely rhymes, and his ridiculous play on words.

It would be too ridiculous for me to attempt anything where I am now, with my little half acre.

It was ridiculous, as was the other responsibility of preventing attempted escapes under the cover of the fires.

"It is a ridiculous attachment, " twittered the other Swallows, "she has no money, and far too many relations; "

so very ridiculous was the idea that, knowing how closely repentance treads behind the steps of error, they should ever go astray again.

To the best of my knowledge, it is not ridiculous that fish is the best brain food.

To put it simply, women mollycoddle children and animals to a ridiculous extent.

She could hardly forgive Gerald that, on his account, she had almost made herself ridiculous .

It's ridiculous. You really have to see it to believe it.

The amount of sodium in a typical meal like that, even if you can get it for a buck when it's on sale, is ridiculous .

With another swift blow, and almost ridiculous ease, he captured Kalgan, the only large North China city in Communist hands.

The German chancellor has a special genius for appearing self-deprecating, while subtly hinting that she is surrounded by ridiculous men.

This is ridiculous and I have no doubt that it will be clarified soon.

Beth stumbled in the front door, her ridiculous shoes, her enormous bag.

They would sound ridiculous to me if I didn't hear them so much.

"Don't be ridiculous, " he said. "First of all, it only happens at sundown, " which I don't even think is necessarily true!

If it's just screaming - and I know this sounds so ridiculous - that gets old.

I had to shove back that ridiculous hat again. This push, however, was the last.

He looks so ridiculous that I cannot help laughing. It is a little impolite.

for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous.

The amount of things they were able to get away with was ridiculous.

Putting yourself on auto-response means silencing your practical mind, in the face of the seemingly unpractical and ridiculous ideas.

It is ridiculous to argue that leaving Haiti in the coming year or two "will only bring more hardship to the Haitian people and nation. "

For several years now the company has struggled to rebut ridiculous rumours about its products .

These gas station attendants have no idea how to arrange a bouquet and although it may seem ridiculous to you, women hate that shit.

She heard him make an offer for her boy the ridiculous little goose.

HERODIAS Well said , my daughter ! As for you , you are ridiculous with your peacocks .

kind of ridiculous dressed as Spiderman . Why couldn't he choose his own clothes . Quite ridiculous, he looked!

As soon as the boss tells you to do it and you passively accept the ridiculous deadline, you make it your responsibility to meet it.

he sold his findings to a huge firm , made a ridiculous amount of money.

"I suffered from the ridiculous headlines saying 'Yvonne Yung Admits Pregnancy out of Wedlock' on the internet, " she added.

It was ridiculous that Caldwell, who used to work for me, was suddenly above me.

Ross: That that's ridiculous! I don't feel guilty for her failures!

He was a character with contradiction, possessed lofty medical morality, yet, with ridiculous pathological idea.

One of the things we all like in models is their ability to combine the most ridiculous pieces of clothes and look smoking hot in them.

"I think it's a satire on that, " says McKinnon. "It's like junk food advertising is a bit ridiculous, so let's have fun with it. "

The taxi driver was a crazy guy. When we arrived the hotel, he asked me to pay 3200RMB. It was too ridiculous! ! !

I'm not entirely sure i can say anything. The badge, the name- - really, at on e point it's getting ridiculous. Richie Rich?

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style ; it will look just as ridiculous year after year.

Ross: That's ridiculous! I don't feel guilty for her failures!

Aren't they ridiculous, these ninnies of men, to think they can scare a girl!

Nick's Explanation Nick: A bribe? How can anybody believe such a ridiculous thing?

However, it remains to be seen how effective the measures will be in lowering housing prices from near-ridiculous levels.

idea is not necessarily true, but at least it wouldn't be completely ridiculous. It.

The boy burst out laughing, said that: " I'm just kidding. I would like to see the way you came; it's really fun and ridiculous. "

Great as the author was. he proved a bad model. Ridiculous as it seems. the tale is true.

They regard admitting loneliness as weakness, as ridiculous and as an expression of a lack of manliness .

Other than a few ridiculous turnovers at the end of the game, we closed out pretty well.

Just ask questions! Do not care about whether it sounds stupid, ridiculous or illogical.

How can an isolated person be well-informed enough to go ahead of others? If so, that could be ridiculous.

the lofty slope of his narrow forehead , the perfectly humane look of his cultivated brutality , struck shelton as ridiculous.

One of the somewhat ridiculous facets of the REST movement is that most browsers don't actually support all the HTTP verbs needed for REST.

He had been attracted by her slender waist, "It is a ridiculous attachment, " twittered the other Swallows.

Don't be so ridiculous to think you can do this.

Disgraceful China! ! Pitiful China! ! Tragic China! ! Despicable China! ! Hateable China! ! Ridiculous China! !

It feels absolutely ridiculous when you're doing it, but it makes your face look thinner and hides any sign of a double chin.

Before Palmstruch's paper, Sweden had one of the most ridiculous currencies to burden the millennium.

That's ridiculous! I don't feel guilty for her failures.

"It was the most ridiculous scene that I've ever witnessed, " he says.

"Don't be ridiculous. " I wanted to sound angry, but it just sounded like I was begging. "You're the very best part of my life. "

If that statistic is accepted as fact, Seinfeld's joke, while ridiculous sounding, would be technically correct.

and if he indulges in this ridiculous manifestation everyone knows it is because Minerva cast a spell on him.

I look ridiculous in Liu Wei's glasses, so I thought I'd share this with you so you can all have a good laugh.

Giving up health for money in youth and buying health with money in old age is now the ridiculous living philosophy and style.

Susan: How do you expect me to decide something like this in a few hours? This is ridiculous!

The White House described the allegation against Mr. Emanuel as "ridiculous" .

the man think his gf is not a virgin, so she can't spend so much money on breakfast, It's ridiculous.