11.   It is one of the standing jokes between Texas coach Rick Barnes and his mercurial guard Darren Kelly.

12.   It was a standing joke between us.

13.   McVeigh made barracks-room remarks but was so monumentally unsuccessful that it became a standing joke in his unit.

14.   McVeigh never changed, he said, and his lack of tact made him so monumentally unsuccessful with women that it became a standing joke among the soldiers.

15.   The standing joke is that it was the last time that Ted smiled all season.

16.   What came up as we sat was not just a standing joke, but a question of footing.

17.   Fruitless attempts by human rights groups and journalists to acquire the elusive document have become something of a standing joke in media circles.