They're comical, they walk upright, and, of course, they're diligent.

Well right now, as you can see, the results can be somewhat comical.

Red can be comical it can draw your attention to the poor little personality of the little fire hydrant suffering from bad civic planning in Havana.

Bo dismissed one of his accusers as having sold his soul. He characterized testimony given by his wife, Gu Kailai, now serving a suspended death sentence for murdering the British businessman Neil Heywood in 2011, as comical and fictional, and he called her crazy.

NEW HAVEN North Korea s launch of a long range missile in mid December was followed by a flurry of global condemnation that was almost comical in its predictability and impotence. But the launch underscored a larger reality that can no longer be ignored the world has entered a second nuclear age.

Dominique de Villepin s government turned away from this challenge in favor of economic patriotism that is, protecting supposed national champions from foreign takeover. Despite comical episodes such as classifying the dairy company Danone as a national security asset to head off a possible bid from Coca Cola, France s foreign investment regime is no less restrictive than other developed countries, including the US.

The diplomats surrounding Putin may find it natural, given their training, to apply the old Soviet era methods, and may believe that the moment has come to undo yesterday s humiliation. Defending Russia s national interests, in their view, demands hard bargaining tactics, even if these now verge on the comical, as in the recent case of supposed British spies hiding secrets in a rock in a Moscow park.