"We were a bit fortunate but football is a funny game, " said Ferguson.

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"It was a funny game, but it was an ugly game, " said Scott Pitoniak, a one-time denizen of "The Zoo" as a Syracuse student who covered the game for The Observer-Dispatch of nearby Utica, N.

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And is it just me, or does anyone else think that a Northstar and Captain America co-op game is a funny, funny idea?

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Some of it could be things set in a game world that use the game characters in a funny or dramatic way.

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Writers loved Weaver because he was voluble, funny and profane, an old-fashioned smart aleck in a game whose characters were getting more professional, formal and boring every year.

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By being consistent, funny and brief he was able to beat the big guys at their own game and generate more and better loans than his competition and with literally no marketing costs.

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But the moment I realize the Patriots were - it's funny because, you know, the Patriots and Giants, of course, play each other in the last game a year and probably the most exciting Patriots game.

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