There is little point in further elucidating the self-contradictions of the silly plot.

Why do all coin-ops have such damned silly plots?

Creaky, silly plots are part of the history of musical comedy.

This may be a silly plot to frighten us.

I've enjoyed it all, even with the increasingly silly plots and disconnection from the reality of life in the security services.

The result is a briskness hard to duplicate elsewhere - and a feeling of activity that buoys an admittedly silly plot.

Astor's silly plot, or the creation of a new race?

It's a silly plot, of course, and sending up overbearing parents is an old sport.

Bad writing is everywhere, but journalism seems to have come in for more than its share of silly plots and wooden dialogue.

This is as batty as the job they are hired to do, in an earnest and silly plot that lacks tension.