In a statement to the disciplinary panel she described the version of events that her classmates gave as 'frankly ridiculous' and 'gossip, speculation and rumour'.

If that was sublime, the next goal after 31 minutes was frankly ridiculous.

It all comes down to this — weddings are brilliant because of the extraordinary, but frankly ridiculous, atmosphere of optimism.

The kindly might describe him as a heroic failure, but the less benign mock him as the fabricator of outmoded and, often, frankly ridiculous confections.

Now some of the descriptions and narratives in it seem frankly ridiculous.