- They're the ones who are doing it for bravado, or as a play for pity, or just plain foolishness.

There is a difference between bravery and just plain ordinary foolishness.

No, that was plain foolishness.

The place of honor in the closet, as outstanding in bulk as it is in plain foolishness, is the attire I brought home from Tibet.

Annamalai says that this is just plain foolishness and fanaticism on the part of Chandra Bai and Rani and says the court cannot accept witnesses who are fools.

In the future there are likely to be new and unpredictable manifestations of such things as nationalism, religious fanaticism and just plain human foolishness to keep history going.

"Now that's plain foolishness," the Horse Stealer replied.

"It's just plain foolishness," Parson Jimson was saying to her.

Or just plain foolishness?

That is plain foolishness and you know it.