If she jokingly complained about his leaving a jacket, sweater, or newspaper here and there, Colt let it pass.

Once a million-dollar-a-year man on Wall Street, Mr. Holbrooke complains jokingly to friends that he is losing $10,000 a day as a public servant.

Andshe only likes chocolate," Gary complained jokingly.

And he complained jokingly about taking his wife's place on the board of trustees and attending regular meetings on the museum's second floor.

Marzena Pasak, a librarian, said that some jokingly complained about the distraction.

When one player complains jokingly that "the most action we've had is breaking a wishbone," Mr. Huston replies: "Yes, that's true.

It was also a sigh of relief for Harley, who jokingly complained of an ongoing debt the station could never seem to overcome: "we kept buying transmitters".

Myron complains jokingly about racism from time to time.

At this point Ms. Couric, after speaking into an old-fashioned boxing-ring microphone, jokingly complains, "You believe the stuff they make me do?"

The singer jokingly complained of laryngitis and did not rehearse until 9 p.m. "He looked great and had great energy," Alonzo added.