| Talking about football with friends also demonstrates the total pointlessness of football pundits. |
| Bringing attention to the absurdity and pointlessness of this provincial puffery does nothing to stop it. |
| With its mix of voyeurism, suffering and pointlessness, this is a lovely, mute excursion into the theatre of the absurd. |
| So maybe the reason why they're not doing their homework is because they see it for the exercise in pointlessness that it is. |
| The narrator then steps in to comment on the pointlessness and futility of life on earth before the credits roll. |
| However, the seeming pointlessness of the gesture is the key to its ironic effect and the reason why it enjoys a kinship with Ferry's work. |
