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joking and named
Those songs were later named The Physical Revue, a joking reference to a leading scientific journal, The Physical Review.
Sheridan presumably named his character Mrs. Malaprop, who frequently misspoke ( to great comic effect ), in joking reference to the word malapropos.
Trilogy and its sequels, Operation Mindfuck is epitomized by a protagonist named Markoff Chaney, an anti-social dwarf who engages in subtle practical joking, in a deliberate attempt to cause Discord, as a protest against his mistreatment by society.
Mark “ The Red ” Harlan named the dogcow “ Clarus ” as a joking reference to Apple ’ s former office-software unit, Claris.
Nicknamed " Pav " by Jak, the reporter treats her as his friend and sometimes even in a joking, romantic way, because Pavlova was named after Jak's late wife.
Hardcore punk band Dog Eat Dog named their debut album Warrant in a joking ' retaliation ' for the title of this album.

joking and first
The relationship made it much easier for the newcomer to make her first film, and Bogart did his best to put her at ease by joking with her and quietly coaching her.
During the first century, the crowd engaged in some good-natured joking at Jardine's expense, but he was jeered by the crowd during his second hundred for batting too slowly.
Orans concludes that Freeman's basic criticisms, that Mead was duped by ceremonial virgin Fa ' apua ' a Fa ' amu ( who later swore to Freeman that she had played a joke on Mead ) were false for several reasons: first, Mead was well aware of the forms and frequency of Samoan joking ; second, she provided a careful account of the sexual restrictions on ceremonial virgins that correspond's to Fa ' apua ' a Fa ' auma ' a's account to Freeman, and third, that Mead's notes make clear that she had reached her conclusions about Samoan sexuality before meeting Fa ' apua ' a Fa ' amu.
A standard joking phrase, common today in Northern England, is possibly first recorded in Varney, where a comical character twice describes himself as having " never been backward in coming forward.
As Sheridan Morley later reported: " At first she thought they were joking.
At first her friend thought Karen was only joking until one of the bank robbers came up behind Karen, put a gun to her back and told her to immediately hang up the phone.
However, in Star Control II, Captain Rand is referred to as saying " That is the ugliest freak-face I've ever seen " to his first officer, along with joking that the VUX name stands for Very Ugly Xenoform.
Bush later attempted to deflect criticism of what was described as his scowling demeanor during the first debate, joking at one point about one of Kerry's remarks, " That answer made me want to scowl.
In the first three live action films, Donatello, like Leonardo, is arguably less mature than he was in the original comics and the 1987 animated series, as he is shown joking around more.
In his first hundred, the crowd engaged in some good-natured joking at Jardine's expense, but he was jeered by the crowd in his second hundred for batting too slowly.
In the first episode of the series, he brings Dawn to tears by joking that she is to be fired for stealing Post-it notes.
However, McCaffrey may have been joking when she first said this.
Ankiel shrugged off the event, joking that he was the first pitcher to throw five wild pitches in an inning since Bert Cunningham of the Players ' League in 1890.
The larger group reached the platform first, and walked to the edge together at about 11: 25 a. m. As several students jumped up and down, joking about the platform's stability, the platform toppled forward into the chasm.
The reason at first he did this was that he believed the Carrangers were not serious in their work, much to Jinnai's embarrassment on his team's part when they thought Miura was joking.
Postmaster-General Edward Short stated about Radio 270 that " It is the first time in peacetime that this country has been subjected to a stream of misleading propaganda from outside our territorial waters and I do not think this is a matter for joking ".
Landers is an experienced cop with an easygoing, joking manner while Lester is a rookie on his first week.

joking and Brown
While relaxing and joking around, one of the squad members, SPC 4 " Brownie " Brown ( Erik King ) is shot in the neck by Viet Cong across the river.
Brown is mostly remembered for his chubby physique, wide ingratiating smile, mobile facial expressions, and easy pleasant joking style.

joking and after
Lloyd George replied: “ Well, was not that always our traditional policy ?” He was joking but after reflection Clemenceau took it seriously.
Initially, McElwee thought the film would be a " synthesis of Backyard and Space Coast ," but the day after filming the Scottish games, his sister " said — somewhat seriously, somewhat joking —' You should use the camera as a way to meet women.
A news reporter from The Sun looking for him after a show to interview him found him backstage joking with some cleaning women and making them laugh.
On 25 October 2006, Townshend declined at the last minute to do a scheduled interview with Sirius Satellite Radio host Howard Stern after Stern's co-anchor Robin Quivers and sidekick Artie Lange made joking references to his 2003 arrest.
Needell says his highlight to date is " accidentally, ahem, ignoring the strict instructions Ferrari issued about not touching the traction control on their half million pound Enzo ..." He has also done this on Fifth Gear while reviewing the Bugatti Veyron as well as the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, joking that his finger slipped after showing viewers the letter from Mercedes-Benz requesting he leave the traction control on.
Not long after his accession, Aelius Lamia was put to death for the joking remarks made earlier during the reign of Titus.
FIRE sparred with the University of New Hampshire in 2004 over its treatment of student Timothy Garneau, who was expelled from student housing after he wrote and distributed a flier joking that female classmates could lose the " Freshman fifteen " by taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
He missed a second 20-win season that year when he was forced to miss a couple of starts after breaking his foot when joking around in the bullpen.
In his History, Defoe reports that Sheppard made light of his predicament, joking that " I am the Sheppard, and all the Gaolers in the Town are my Flock, and I cannot stir into the Country, but they are all at my Heels Baughing after me ".
Sir Ranulph was called in to speak with the presenters after their constant joking and horseplay during their cold weather training.
Official histories of the engagement refer to it as Hill 937 after the elevation displayed on U. S. Army maps, but the American soldiers who fought there dubbed it " Hamburger Hill ", suggesting that those who fought on the hill were " chewed up like a hamburger " and in joking reference to the Battle of Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War.
* He received an autographed pair of boxing gloves from Olympic Games Gold Medalist Teofil Stevenson in Cuba after joking with him at the 1980 Olympics.
In October 2007 she was reprimanded after joking ( in a segment about the importance of wearing visible clothing in winter road conditions ) that she had almost run over a black pedestrian because she couldn't see him in the dark.
Ricci claims he was joking in that interview, saying that he made the remark after Novella pointed out the similarities between Big Red and Gabibbo.
May told several joking lies to win her Stanford-educated, extremely successful husband, and his mother and sister are less than pleased when they find out, especially since they still harbor suspicions about her motives in marrying her husband after knowing him for only seven days.
In September 2007, Kielty apologised after joking about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann during filming of a TV show.

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