Word: absurd
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sorry, Shish, but the concept of the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl is about as absurd as the concept of the Atlanta Falcons--or the New Orleans Saints, for that matter--in the playoffs...
Wise wrote that it is "absurd to assume that carriers of the AIDS virus--some of whom are prostitutes--will unanimously refrain from having sex. The only feasible option we have right now is to identify AIDS carriers and take steps to isolate them...
...This is absurd...
Glynn's technique is freewheeling and effective. As all successful developers of surreal estate know, the best investment is in facts, details, odds and ends of the real world. There is little doubt that most of the + brutal and absurd acts that the author embellishes can be documented in newspapers and police blotters. If you think it is impossible to steal a roof, check it out. Is Glynn exaggerating when he writes headlines like LANDLORD TOSSES OUT EPILEPTIC AND DEAF-MUTE . . . SHE SHAKES, HE CAN'T HEAR, THEY GET BOOT? Only slightly...
Information gathered on AIDS seems to indicate that it can be spread only by sexual contact and the exchange of body fluids. Yet it is absurd to assume that carriers of the AIDS virus--many of whom do not realize that they are carriers, and some of whom are prostitutes--will unanimously refrain from having sex. The only feasible option we have right now is to identify AIDS carriers and take steps to isolate them. Proposals of this kind go against the grain of what society deems decent, and so provoke a good deal of hubbub. What people seem...