'It's just a family matter,' I said, but my grim little joke went unnoticed.

Which was in itself a grim joke, for how could anyone ever fully understand the nature of the vampire?

The Soviet economy has always been a basket case and the butt of grim jokes.

We called her Nell, and a lot of other things, small grim jokes to help us get through our work.

"The grimmest joke you will ever come in contact with in your whole life!"

It was a grim joke by an intellectual man who had gone wrong.

Today, with the market for timber in chronic glut, it is a grim joke.

I kept thinking about that grim joke as I prepared for this column.

There are several variations of a grim joke told in this city's beleaguered tourism industry.

It was a grim joke, but there was little humor in his voice.