"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework" "that's a cockeyed idea" "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer" "a contribution so small as to be laughable" "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion" "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history" "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
"the wild farcical exuberance of a clown" "ludicrous green hair"
