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Where the UK used to be beacon for stability, we are now becoming a laughing stock, it has been clear for weeks, that the only way that this will be resolved is through compromise between the government and parliament. – Juergen Maier	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I am angry with Julen Lopetegui, I am angry with the president of Real Madrid, and I am angry with the president of the Spanish football association for the way they all handled this, the feeling is that they made us a laughing stock. There were lots of other ways out of this and they chose the worst option. – Manuel Jose Sanchez	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have a sense of crisis that Japan will become a laughing stock if we do not encourage renewable power. – Teruo Asada	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Some other countries still find third gender women a laughing stock, we each have our own talent to offer. – Sopida Siriwattanukoon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s certainly a laughing stock now. – Dan Grazier	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
If you are raped and decide to speak out, everybody in the village would taunt you, that's why most rape victims keep it secret as they don't want to be a laughing stock. – Rukia Mahmoud	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have taken an absurd course and we have locked ourselves out of conversations that are critical - we're a laughing stock in the U.N. on this issue. – Blair Palese	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Building castles in the air, and making yourself a laughing-stock. – Miguel de Cervantes	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Where the UK used to be beacon for stability, we are now becoming a laughing stock, it has been clear for weeks, that the only way that this will be resolved is through compromise between the government and parliament.

– Juergen Maier

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I am angry with Julen Lopetegui, I am angry with the president of Real Madrid, and I am angry with the president of the Spanish football association for the way they all handled this, the feeling is that they made us a laughing stock. There were lots of other ways out of this and they chose the worst option.

– Manuel Jose Sanchez

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have a sense of crisis that Japan will become a laughing stock if we do not encourage renewable power.

– Teruo Asada

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Some other countries still find third gender women a laughing stock, we each have our own talent to offer.

– Sopida Siriwattanukoon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s certainly a laughing stock now.

– Dan Grazier

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

If you are raped and decide to speak out, everybody in the village would taunt you, that's why most rape victims keep it secret as they don't want to be a laughing stock.

– Rukia Mahmoud

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have taken an absurd course and we have locked ourselves out of conversations that are critical - we're a laughing stock in the U.N. on this issue.

– Blair Palese

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Building castles in the air, and making yourself a laughing-stock.

– Miguel de Cervantes

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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