Mr Gore's only hope is that prosecutors and judges will decide that the letter of this law is too silly to enforce.

ECONOMIST: Al Gore falls to earth

The specific charges are too silly to merit a response, but it reminds me to point readers to the disclosure page on my website.

FORBES: Moe Lane Gives Me Lemons, I Make Lemonade

Seeing this, his mother agrees that Vasek is too young and silly to be a husband.

NPR: A Deal Undone: Smetana's 'The Bartered Bride'

Not you, of course, but people do say silly things, and you too have a family, don't you?

ECONOMIST: A matter of give and take

They depend too heavily on borrowing: many drank themselves silly during the credit boom and now have throbbing heads.

ECONOMIST: Traditional listed firms are facing competition

But with the one-size-bigger Countryman hitting dealerships now, and a Mini coupe and roadster coming soon, plus the likely Paceman crossover coupe, Mini to me is looking more and more like a wad of Silly Putty being stretched and deformed into too many shapes.

FORBES: How Many Minis Is Too Many?

Former head of Scotland Yard Sir Ian Blair has urged people not to vote, arguing the new police areas will be too big for any individual to represent properly - a remark Justice Secretary Chris Grayling dismissed as "a very silly thing to say".

BBC: Police officers

Or at least flat to one decimal point, which is as many as the chancellor has previously had the temerity to mention. (He might, just, be able to say it has fallen as a share of GDP - but that, too, would depend on the number of decimal points, at which point things start to get a bit silly).

BBC: Borrowing: is it up or is it down?

If there's a silver lining to the SEC's silly decision, it's that markets are global, and if U.S. regulators are too immature to understand the importance of price discovery and the short-seller's role in it, other global markets will take the trading volume that our SEC intends to repel.

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