And the really silly thing is that if they try to change the French laws then in a couple of years time, once the appeals process is finished, the European Court will tell them that their changes are inconsistent with EU law.

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"At the end of the day, while everyone laughs at the silly products, I have to imagine that the thing that keeps them going are the practical items, " Barish said.

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The much more important point though is that it ought to fail: for it was an extremely silly thing to have done in the first place.

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There's a term that's used in economics often as a derogatory term: fine tuning, in the sense that that's a silly thing to try because you can't achieve it.

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Silly as it sounds, the exact same thing happens in the tax world.

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But the best part is how Sciarra, like some pro wrestler, denies the whole thing and then fakes outrage the refs would dare accuse him of something so silly.

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Swisher was asking about Pinterest's mobile efforts, and Silbermann suggested that in the very near future, asking such a thing would be borderline silly.

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