Possible Clues:

• In any case, it is foolishness
• In any case, it has to be a silly remark
• Brainlessness
• Foolishness implicit in any vermouth drinking
• It will ever be the same, said Smart in the Hilliad
• Senselessness — frivolous utterance
• Stupidity
• There's no sense in being in a tiny twist
• It's just foolish to be in a tiny twist like this.
• Silliness in a tiny way