He didn't for an instant wonder if someone could be playing a horrible practical joke by setting the time ahead several years.

I learned tonight just what a horrible joke my life has been and will be and I didn't even mind!

Somebody is playing a sick, horrible joke on you.

Maybe there was astronomy, but it was a horrible joke on the astronomers.

To the spider-idol you saw at once it was all a horrible joke.

He knew that the nagual Julian was testing him with one of his horrible jokes.

Or was this one of his horrible jokes?

I keep expecting her to walk in and tell us it was some sort of horrible joke.