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Lost the plot?

In short, people who are described as losing their plot or their script are people who sound irrational and illogical. They don’t know what they’re talking about. They don’t know what they’re doing. Or still in other words, they appear mad, crazy, berserkers and bananas – often figuratively speaking of course.

Here are media examples: 1. Just when you think it cannot get any worse, it does. So many MPs on both sides of the House seem to have lost the plot completely and to be oblivious to what the rest of us think about them. They represent us but are not representative of us. - Public trust in politicians now lower than during days of Tory sleaze, Telegraph.co.uk, March 29, 2009.

2. It wasn’t that long ago when the banks worked for the benefit of its customers. Telstra offered one of the best services in the world. Australia Post guaranteed daily delivery of our mail. Western Power provided a reliable electricity supply and the governments made promises to look after everyone. Today, the banks, Telstra and Western Power all ‘work over’ the customers for the benefit of the bigger profits and their shareholders. Australia Post has lost the plot and provides a second rate service, while various levels of government are just plain useless. - Have we lost the plot? Sun CityNews.co.au, March 11, 2009.

3. The Hold Steady’s guitarist Tad Kubler has slammed Radiohead’s revolutionary pay what you want plan for their last album ‘In Rainbows’. The guitarist also criticized the band’s experimental musical approach. “I think they’ve lost the plot,” he said. “What are they doing? Where are they going? What’s happening? I don’t get it any more. They lost me. “I still appreciate what they’re doing, or what they’re trying to do. But I think they’re trying too hard not to be Radiohead. That seems a little ridiculous to me.” - The Hold Steady: ‘Radiohead have lost the plot’, August 17, 2008, NME.com.