"When I made this rather stupid suggestion, or talked about the urge to make the stupid suggestion to make Muslims put their house in order, I was at the peak of my anger" about the aborted plot to blow up airliners.
"It's the most stupid suggestion I've ever heard in my life". The idea has also been described as "suicide" by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Sounds like an impossible idea, an over-simplification, a naive, maybe even downright stupid suggestion.
One minute you are the kid rolling his eyes at every stupid suggestion of how to fill your time.
The more cases we know about of unemployed people who are highly trained, gainfully occupied and routinely insulted by stupid workfare suggestions, the better.
It's a shameful state of affairs unlikely to be remedied by one of the stupidest policy suggestions to come out of the housing crisis thus far.
Then, in a flash, you are the parent, trying to convince your child that your suggestions aren't stupid, while he or she stares back at you with utter contempt.
You liked the idea of your 15 minutes of fame, didn't you?" Mr Middup said that suggestion was "just stupid".
