Word: hapless
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...dear, oh dear. By the time Bridget has landed in a Thai prison (don't ask) more than halfway through Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Viking; 338 pages; $24.95), the reader is beyond caring. Hapless is one thing--as the tremendous popularity of Bridget Jones's Diary showed, hapless can be endearing. But hapless with no sign of a learning curve, in a sequel that has none of the novelty of the original yet is much longer--now that will try the patience of even a Bridget...
...inside game should be a definite advantage for Harvard. In addition to pummelling the Bears on the boards, Coleman abused Brown forward Alaivaa Nuualiitia for 18 points on 9-of-18 shooting, and held the hapless Bear to ten points on 3-10 shooting...
According to DJ Schmeejay's research, six things are guaranteed to make people laugh, regardless of race or gender: 1) watching someone get kicked in the genitals, 2) a hapless person falling down stairs, 3-5) two people beating on each other in form or another, and 6) adults dressed as twins...
...Cubs ever won a World Series, Beantown or the Windy City would erupt in unbelievable celebrations as fans, who before were the butts of jokes for four score, would find themselves redeemed for their support of hapless teams for so many years. I only hope I'm alive to see one of those celebrations...
...hypochondriac in me. You know Knight. He played the obnoxious mailman on Seinfeld, and is Sally's often clueless lover on Third Rock from the Sun. Lately he's been personifying influenza in those commercials for the antiviral drug Relenza. When I see him barging into a hapless woman's home, ready to take up residence, I could swear I'm developing a sore throat. Then when he plops down between the woman and her husband, I start getting that achy feeling in my joints and back. I especially love his sneering crack about soup: "Yeah, that...