Day Trips for Nihilists

On Nonsense and Silliness, or why Wittgenstein was right


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Wittgenstein was right! Being silly is necessary for human happiness.


NB. This episode contains contextualised use of the 'n' word in a sound clip from a gangster rapper* (see bold and asterisked below)


  1. Photo of Wittgenstein (see below)
  2. A Life in Pieces (BBC), Peter Cook, Ludovic Kennedy, Ep. 1 Partridge in a Pear Tree (1990)
  3. Take The Money And Run (1969), Woody Allen
  4. Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen
  5. Tim Dog, Phone Conversation with Reporter (1991)*
  6. Play Better Golf with Peter Aliss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTOGP7V2ezE&ab_channel=kiuvideo (?)



Photo of a serious-looking Wittgenstein:

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Day Trips for NihilistsBy Neil Fitzgerald