Most can be laughed off, but one of them is going to hurt, perhaps terminally.
Given the volatility of Russian politics, his candidacy would not be laughed off.
"You'd be laughed out of the NRC if you asked to build one of these now, " says James Moore, of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.
It should probably also be noted that, given the stagnation that continues to grip developed Western economies, 4% growth should not be laughed off as entirely meaningless.
But only one has the standing to answer, "Oh, I think it would be nice to move to New York and run for the Senate" and not be laughed at.
What he needs to be careful with however is the budget talk, which means if he goes on and on about the government creating jobs it will be laughed at by just about everyone.
Mr. Furlong, of Oregon, is hoping for more recognition of the skill back home in the U.S. "If they saw it in the Olympics on TV, and it was advertised more, I think people would see it is a good sport, and that it's not something to be laughed at, " he said.
Unlike sleepwalking, which can be dangerous, sleep-texting tends to be a habit that can be easily laughed off.
When you were asked yesterday if he was going to be calling Boehner you laughed it off.
For 30 days, each morning I would walk through the city, stopping to buy my baguette and coffee, pretending to be offended when the waiter laughed as my grim attempt at French was replaced by sign language.
"Getting more rubble could be counterproductive, " he laughed.
It was a disappointment to James that when the two girls laughed Charlotte had to be the one who forced beer out her nose.
"My ego would probably want it to be priced like Hundred Acre, " he laughed, naming a cult Napa Cab that costs hundreds of dollars.
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If you'd have told Groening back in 1990 that there would be a long haul, he probably would have laughed.
But Martinez laughed at the suggestion that Benitez might be persuaded to send Liverpool captain and star England midfielder Steven Gerrard to the Liberty Stadium as well.
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His friends laughed at his sure-to-be-housed investment.
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People laugh at me when I say that, but they laughed at me when I said I wanted to be singer, and I'm a singer now.
Yes, he is in Coughlin's mold, he said, but he also laughed that he probably makes Coughlin calmer, that he can be the yin to his coach's yang.
She refused to be drawn on whether she would compete at the Rio Games in four years time but laughed off talk of a possible retirement.
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On the other hand, if Netanyahu sits on his laurels, he will be surprised to see how quickly Obama - desperate for a foreign policy achievement after being laughed out of Teheran and Pyongyang - forgets his happiness at Netanyahu's address.
Calzaghe also laughed off Hopkins's comment that Enzo Calzaghe, his father and trainer, might be quick to withdraw him from the fight should the Newbridge man find himself in any trouble.
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