That situation may not always be as nonsensical as it sounds.
Again we hear the words, which now seem as nonsensical as a riddle meant for children: "There are known knowns.
This gleefully morbid sequel may, in the end, be as nonsensical as its title, but it's also much more imaginative.
Nor is it as nonsensical as the blithe thumbs-up that observers from South Africa, Zimbabwe's neighbour and the regional hegemon, gave the poll.
The service is split down the middle in a plan that seems as nonsensical as the separation of track and train when the railways were privatised.
The fourth in the franchise, this "Mission" has a solid cast, including a notable new co-star in Jeremy Renner; a new director, Brad Bird; and a story that's as nonsensical as any in the series.
The completely insane and superfluous action sideplot in the film (something about smuggling drugs, blah blah blah, don't worry too much about it) is as nonsensical as action sideplots in comedies generally are.
The sounds of the words are fragmented in every way imaginable: syllables get shifted around, vowels are substituted for one another, parts of words are combined into new words, some as nonsensical as anything in Gertrude Stein.
Chairman of the British Paralympic Association Bob Price tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "His apparent assertion that disability is punishment for sins committed in a previous life is as nonsensical as it is unhelpful".
They say that every business cycle is different but this is as nonsensical as the efficient market hypothesis.
Not quite as nonsensical as the submarine screen door and other inventions, but all things considered, actual backlighting is probably the superior option.
