So is it silly to buy a snow plow stock just because a big storm is coming?
It was silly, it was strange, it was sad, and then it was over.
It sounds silly, but there might be some truth to it: the NRF survey did find that almost 70% of adults plan to celebrate Halloween this year.
"This is a stunt and it is rather silly that it is going through at all, " he said.
It's silly because it is unnecessary, all the parties have signed up to the principle, for individuals to sign up as well it's a bit like saying that we're not trusted to act in a decent way.
While it seems silly at first, the nickname gimmick is brilliant as it further frees campers from the tribulations of their everyday lives for that one week.
Still, it seems silly to expect players to bring intensity and emotion into the game and turn it off at will when a whistle blows.
It is silly to have a high tax rate while simultaneously giving people many ways to avoid paying it.
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It might sound silly, but it gives everyone a focal point for their frustration.
And then to carry on against advice - it is silly to do that.
If one car needs to refuel, it seems silly for the entire platoon to stop.
What difference does it make that it looks silly getting in a position to do so?
"Even if it sounds silly from the beginning, nobody knows what will work and what won't work, " he says.
In one opinion poll, two out of three respondents said they thought it a silly distraction and a waste of taxpayers' money.
"It's a significant piece of American history I picked up at a price so low it was silly, " says Barrow, true to form.
How about your business: are you using video to engage with customers and prospects, or do you still regard it as silly or unserious?
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It sounds silly, but when you believe that folks you care about rely on your product or service, you will work harder to make sure they are treated well.
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With all the real privacy controversies Google is facing these days, it seems silly that Burson-Marsteller and its client would need to drum up one of questionable legitimacy.
It is silly to keep out those who are qualified to do some technical or healthcare related job that helps the US economy when there is no one else here to do it.
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About 12 million holiday visits are made from the UK to Spain each year, dwarfing Turkey and Egypt combined, and it is silly to assume that that will be ravaged by a weak pound.
It is silly to focus on legal accountability.
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It means doing something sufficiently silly that it ends up enraging your customers, costs you a lot of money and in general is entirely counter-productive.
It almost sounds silly to ask this question, but it comes up more often than you might think.
Asked when he would finally be deported, she said she "couldn't put a date on it and it would be silly for me to put a date on it" but insisted it remained her aim to see it happen as soon as possible.
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