fool’s errand
a task which is widely known to be unwise, yet is carried out against a person’s better judgement.
he went to her house to tell her he loved her, even though her husband was home. it was a fool’s errand.
sent to or set out on a task which ultimately has no purpose or likelihood of success.
discovering as much.
“d-mn, we drove all the way to jackies place only to find she’d gone down to ours!”
the awesomest puzzle game ever made. i used to have it on my old black-and-white mac. you solve various puzzles based upon the tarot cards. see fools-errand.com for more details. you will not be disappointed, but you will lose a lot of sleep, as it’s addictive.
the sequel to the fool’s errand, a fool and his money, is coming out this april, seventeen years since the original. i hope the wait was worth it.
a special errand given to new employees.
the new lab technician was sent ten floors to the bas-m-nt store to get a bucketful of benzene rings.
storeman: what kind would you like? ortho, meta, para?
technician: er, dunno.
storeman: you need to go back upstairs and ask your boss…
scr-w-ng an ugly wife/husband/lover.
man 1: yo why you so down?
man 2: i ran a fool’s errand last night.
man 1: is she that ugly?
man 2: d-mn that b-tch is ugly.
special task for the uninformed new worker to a job
get me the keys to the sea chest
get me some prop wash
i need some relative bearing grease
hand me a left handed spanner wrench
i’m gonna need a horse ladder
me thinks me need a flannel hammer
i’m gonna need a rubber hammer for gl-ss nails
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