- Absurd
- Batting with an English opener is foolish
- Boring and unimaginative to go in a north-east direction
- Boring and unimaginative to go in a northeast direction
- Childish
- Corny
- Even Zinnia ended up foolish
- Clichéd
- Commonplace
- Corny
- Hackneyed
- Hackneyed, cliched
- Old hat
- Trite
- Banal
- Childish
- Cliché
- Cliched
- Commonplace
- Commonplace, hackneyed
- Contritely admitted being banal