And not just being a ubiquitous punch line and those occasionally uncomfortably close-to-accurate Sopranos storylines.
Except that the punch line is that men have put on dresses and make up.
Apple needs to wake up before they become the next punch line in jokes like RIM.
The punch line: Um thinks there will be a similar shift in valuation as Apple enters new markets.
The name Moby Grape comes from an absurdist punch line: What's big, purple and swims in the ocean?
Because when it comes to your brand, one thing you never want it to be is a punch line.
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You will also find that there will be people who will treat your name as a punch line of sorts.
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This is Mr. Obama's version of Jack Benny's old "your money or your life" routine, except without the punch line.
That is, of course, the punch line to the Aesop fable about the slow, compact tortoise and the sleek, swifter hare.
It was not so long ago that the Islanders' were the NHL's punch line, and their games were attended by few.
One guy yelled, "too soon, " which I thought meant I didn't take a long enough pause between the set-up and punch line.
What a, what a splendid punch line, thank you very much indeed.
At the time of writing, Gawker has employed the term 34 times, and crowed at beating the Times, to the cultural punch line.
The replacement referees started out as a punch line to jokes, but have now become a full-fledged crisis when it comes to the integrity of the game.
His description of the celebration quickly became a punch line.
For many people under the age of 50, Elizabeth Taylor was something of a punch line, known more for her multiple marriages, her perfume line and her friendship with Michael Jackson.
At this nicely delivered punch line, the audience laughed.
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Back in 2009, Willow was unfairly joked about by David Letterman but, based on a recent unscripted grizzly baby episode, she is on track to be a punch line in her own right.
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This finding flies in the face of focus groups of the past, which found that viewers responded most positively to ads that had a big surprise or punch line at the end, according to Teixeira.
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The cast of characters building to the punch line is in constant flux, but as it happens, this is the group gathered around a kitchen table on a quiet street in Bethesda, Maryland, one night this past spring.
Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ) Chairman Sanford Weill is probably echoing the punch line on those old TV commercials: "I should have used Federal Express (nyse: FDX - news - people )!"
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" All leading up to the punch line: As they watch sorry Old Peg and his sad-sack horse and crumbling buggy ramble down the road and out of hearing range, Allen Gore, known for being a dead-serious man, puts his arm around his son and deadpans, "There goes your future, Albert.
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