True and dedicated list-makers know that they may appear funny, strange, ridiculous or plain nuts to others, but it doesn't bother them.

Anyone expecting nature to be silent-especially in the South-was plain old nuts.

"You mean the lifeboat is just plain nuts," he said bluntly.

I think he's a plain nut, myself - that was a lulu he pulled yesterday.

Michael's turned out to be plain nuts, Malenfant's roasted.

And it's just plain nuts to allow American companies to move factories overseas at the expense of our own people.

"Summoning us all here like this is plain nuts."

Investors have to be leery, jittery, or just plain nuts.

There were a lot of people who were plain nuts about it and they'd pay fancy prices for it.

But you can't, because you might miss something beautiful, or funny, or just plain nuts.