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Type of practical joke
A fool's errand prank is a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group, typically in a workplace context, is given an impossible or nonsensical
Fool's_errand
1987 video game
The Fool's Errand is a 1987 computer game by Cliff Johnson. It is a meta-puzzle game with storytelling, visual puzzles, and a cryptic treasure map. It
The_Fool's_Errand
2001 novel by Robin Hobb
Fool's Errand is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It commences 15 years after the events in Assassin's
Fool's_Errand_(novel)
Minor task
running an errand, while a series of such tasks undertaken in a single outing is called errand-running or running errands. The word, errand, derives from
Errand
Trilogy of fantasy novels by Robin Hobb
the Farseer novels, following Fitz's life 15 years after its events. Fool's Errand was published in October 2001 by HarperCollins Voyager in the UK, and
Tawny_Man_trilogy
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up fool's errand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fool's errand is an English idiom referring to a foolish undertaking or a task certain to fail
Fool's errand (disambiguation)
Fool's_errand_(disambiguation)
American radio host and author
foreign policy, war, and civil liberties. Horton is also the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, Enough Already: Time to End the
Scott_Horton_(radio_host)
2017 studio album by Fleet Foxes
album as an expression of gratitude for their support. A second track "Fool's Errand" was released on May 12, along with a music video directed by Sean Pecknold
Crack-Up_(album)
American celebrity chef and restaurateur
Hospitality has owned the following restaurants: Sweet Cheeks Q, Orfano, Fool's Errand, Bubble Bath, Tenderoni's, Dive Bar, and Tiger Mama. Just prior to appearing
Tiffani_Faison
United States practical joke
A snipe hunt is a type of practical joke or fool's errand, in existence in North America as early as the 1840s, in which an unsuspecting newcomer is duped
Snipe_hunt
American game designer
an American game designer, best known for the puzzle video games The Fool's Errand (1987) and 3 in Three (1990). Both games use visual puzzles and a metapuzzle
Cliff_Johnson_(game_designer)
Canadian musician and record producer
"Regrets". In early May, Roam released the lead up singles "Momentum" and "Fools Errand", shortly afterwards releasing his second album, The Wraith, on 16 May
Roam_(musician)
American fiction writer (born 1952)
after the events of the Liveship novels and comprising Fool's Errand, The Golden Fool, and Fool's Fate. As of 2003, Robin Hobb had sold over one million
Robin_Hobb
Annual celebration on 1 April
April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (rarely called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom in many Western countries on the 1st of April consisting of practical
April_Fools'_Day
Mad Ship in the UK and Mad Ship in the US Titled The Golden Fool in the UK and Golden Fool in the US Titled The Dragon Keeper in the first UK edition and
Robin_Hobb_bibliography
Type of hard candy
(September 8, 2021). "Tackling an Ed, Edd n Eddy–sized jawbreaker is a fool's errand". The Takeout. Retrieved June 25, 2023. Ayto, John (2012). The Diner's
Gobstopper
2020 New Zealand / US action horror film by Roseanne Liang
right in front of her transport, an American B-17 bomber named The Fool's Errand. The mixed-nationality Allied crew gives her a mostly derisive welcome
Shadow_in_the_Cloud
Fallacious approach to mislead an audience
(fallacy) Plot twist Red herring prospectus Shaggy dog story Snipe hunt (a fool's errand or wild goose chase) The Five Red Herrings Twelve Red Herrings A coppice
Red_herring
Pejorative for Northerners who moved South after the American Civil War
once opined "Jesus Christ was a carpetbagger." Tourgée later wrote A Fool's Errand, a largely autobiographical novel about an idealistic carpetbagger persecuted
Carpetbagger
2017 American comedy horror film by Brendan Steere
deeper meaning in the man-turns-into-a-dinosaur genre is probably on a fool's errand." From 2011 to 2016, two attempts to crowdfund were made, first through
The_VelociPastor
Ultratop chart, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Ultratip chart. "Fool's Errand" did not enter the Flemish Ultratop chart, but peaked at number 46 on
Fleet_Foxes_discography
2021 American science fiction film
Starship Troopers, criticizing its unoriginality and wrote, "It is a fool's errand to imagine what someone like Verhoeven would have done with The Tomorrow
The_Tomorrow_War
American civil rights activist
republished in 1881. Financial success came after his novel A Fool's Errand, By One of the Fools was published in 1879. Based on his experiences of Reconstruction
Albion_W._Tourgée
2012 video game
The Fool and His Money is a puzzle video game by Cliff Johnson. It is a self-published sequel to the 1987 game The Fool's Errand. Like its predecessor
The_Fool_and_His_Money
English retired journalist, author and broadcaster (born 1950)
world," Paxman said. "The older you get, the more you realise what a fools' errand much of that is and that the thing to do is to manage the best you can
Jeremy_Paxman
2018 video game
2018). "Kingdom Come Deliverance's quest for historical accuracy is a fool's errand". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 30 September 2022. Cook, James (1 April
Kingdom_Come:_Deliverance
2016 song by Frank Ocean
from the first words. It feels like a journey through a longstanding fool's errand, one we all embark on despite knowing better." The reviewer speculated
White_Ferrari
2018 list of international films voted to be the best
January 2023. "Trying to Name the 100 Best "Foreign-Language" Films Is a Fool's Errand". Vanity Fair. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2023. Official
BBC's 100 Greatest Foreign-Language Films
BBC's_100_Greatest_Foreign-Language_Films
Zork III, text adventure games by Infocom. "3 in Three Gossip". The Fool's Errand et al. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July
List of commercial video games released as freeware
List_of_commercial_video_games_released_as_freeware
Concept in naval folklore
in the process. Most often the myth is used as a practical joke or fool's errand played on junior sailors, exploiting their naivete and natural curiosity
Golden_rivet
Tamil film by Shakthi Chidambaram
bad about the could-haves or revolting on what was included is just a fool’s errand." Prashanth Vallavan of Cinema Express wrote "With the botched execution
Jolly_O_Gymkhana_(film)
Unknown Tiananmen Square protester
International New York Times IHT Rendezvous. Fisher, Max (June 4, 2013). "Fool's Errand: Why China Censors Rubber Duckies on Tiananmen Anniversary". The Washington
Tank_Man
Typically fictional product
with a polka dot pattern. The paint is traditionally the subject of a fool's errand prank played upon apprentices in the decoration or construction trade
Polka-dot_paint
2010 action fantasy film directed by Louis Leterrier
Retrieved April 14, 2010. Koi, Dan (April 2, 2010). "A hero's quest? No, a fool's errand". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010
Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
Clash_of_the_Titans_(2010_film)
1989 video game
Inline Design. While bearing some similarities to his previous game, The Fool's Errand, 3 in Three took place inside a computer. The game is about a number
3_in_Three
1903 antisemitic text
the Record Straight Regarding The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: A Fool's Errand?, Nexus: Essays in German Jewish Studies, vol. 2, Boydell & Brewer,
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion
Theory that life is meaningless
unimportant state of affairs seems less like a heroic quest and more like a fool's errand. Jeffrey Gordon has objected to this criticism based on the claim that
Absurdism
American author
then Representative Phil Sharp (D-Indiana). Bayard's first two novels, Fool's Errand (1999) and Endangered Species (2001), were romantic comedies with modern
Louis_Bayard
Stock broker, radio personality, and author (born 1963)
to find a "middle ground" between the Republicans and Democrats is a fools errand. Before the 2008 financial crisis, Schiff frequently appeared on CNBC
Peter_Schiff
Name given to many ancient Egyptian texts
is present as a holy relic that generates faith and tourism. In The Fool's Errand, it represents the overarching meta-puzzle that must be unlocked and
Book_of_Thoth
American actress
Recurring role 2019 No Good Nick Xuan Recurring role Episode: "The Fool's Errand" Episode: "The Mystery Shopper" Episode: "The Italian Job" Episode:
Tiana_Le
Catholic sacramental doctrine
Aristotelian concepts to explain Catholic mysteries in the 21st century is a fool's errand", while Timothy O'Malley remarked that "it is possible to teach the
Transubstantiation
sophistication on friends, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.[citation needed] 9 April
Public_holidays_in_Denmark
American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer (1945–1992)
commonly used during her lifetime. Tourmaline ultimately considers it a "fool's errand" to try to determine "whether an individual in 1969 was a gay man, versus
Marsha_P._Johnson
British writer (1863–1930)
Vol. 62, pp. 399–407 (from New Review) 1895 Nov 30, @ PapersPast "A Fool's Errand". [Uncollected] 1896 Mar 1, The Chap-Book Vol. 4, pp. 377–396 "The Redemption
William_John_Locke
1989 video game
similar to some in The Fool's Errand, but with enhanced user interfaces. The endgame puzzle is simpler compared to Fool's Errand and 3 in Three, consisting
At_the_Carnival
2002 novel by Robin Hobb
The Golden Fool is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the second in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It was published in 2002. Fitz though bitter and
The_Golden_Fool
Topics referred to by the same term
a pursuit of something unattainable or non-existent, such as in a fool's errand or snipe hunt The Wild Goose Chase, a comedy stage play by John Fletcher
Wild_Goose_Chase
Flip It & Magnose Flood Floor 13 Fly Fighter Fly Harder Flying High Fool's Errand, The Football Champ Football Glory Football Glory Indoors Football Manager
List_of_Amiga_games_(A–H)
1977 picture book by Arnold Lobel
distance. The rodent then witnesses the predator suffering for his fool's errand. After getting stung by bees, gathering up wet sticky mud, struggling
Mouse_Soup
Slang for shareholder left holding worthless stocks
criminal gang escapes. The phrase is also used in association with the fool's errand known as a snipe hunt, a practical joke in which an unsuspecting newcomer
Bagholder
Kosovo Liberation Army commander
Retrieved 8 November 2024. Dempsey, Gary; Fontaine, Roger W. (2001). Fool's Errands: America's Recent Encounters with Nation Building. Cato Institute.
Ekrem_Rexha
British pictorial storybook
Golden Hare. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-021168. "Masquerade Scam". TheFoolsErrand.com. 11 December 1988. Retrieved 22 March 2016. 52°02′04″N 0°30′27″W
Masquerade_(book)
Canadian novelist (1874–1942)
Pretend" "Fancy's Fool" "A Dream Come True" "Penelope Struts Her Theories" "The Reconciliation" "The Cheated Child" "Fool's Errand" "The Pot and the Kettle"
Lucy_Maud_Montgomery
Cambodian actor (born 1959)
Credited as Francois Chau No Good Nick Detective Pham Episode: "The Fool's Errand" Room 104 Dr. Blake Episode: "Itchy" How to Get Away with Murder Carl's
François_Chau
English rock band
(Creation Youth, 2025) Neil Fraser - The London Dirthole Company - Fool's Errand/Stripshow (7" Vinyl) (Phono Erotic, 2005) Terry Edwards & Neil Fraser
Tindersticks
Topics referred to by the same term
a "non-existent" item commonly requested in a construction industry fool's errand Sky-Hook, the player's melee weapon in the 2013 video game BioShock
Skyhook
Science Fiction Book Series
sent out to hunt the last remaining Saurons, in what most believe is a fools' errand. "No Such Thing as a Non-Lethal Weapon" - James Landau - Haveners must
War_World_(series)
Investigative journalism group
newsrooms have become convinced that "sending journalists abroad is a fool's errand". The Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism, the Poynter
Bellingcat
1963 song
flip side to "I Live To Love You" in October 1963. Originally called "Fool's Errand", it was renamed "Do You Really Love Me Too" on the UK release of the
Do_You_Really_Love_Me_Too
2020 judgment of the High Court of Australia
applying probabilistic reasoning retrospectively to a unique event was a "fool's errand and an exercise in poor reasoning". The New York Times viewed the case
Pell_v_The_Queen
World War II operation in France
Rundstedt complained that many of his best units had been sent on a "fool's errand" to Italy, saying it was "madness ... that frightful boot of a country
Operation_Overlord
Jewish humor about a city of fools
Israel, March 23, 2012 R. Barbara Gitenstein, "Fools and Sages: Humor in Isaac Bashevis Singer's 'The Fools of Chelm and Their History' ", Studies in American
Wise_Men_of_Chelm
out their father's quest for vengeance, only to realize that it was a fool's errand all along," calling it "really a touching concealed narrative". Hiroshi
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters
List_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_characters
American actor
Intro | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-09. "A FOOLS ERRAND by Lonnie G Bunch III Read by JD Jackson | Audiobook Review". AudioFile
JD_Jackson_(actor)
Book by Lucy Maud Montgomery
"The Reconciliation" (short story) "The Cheated Child" (short story) "Fool's Errand" (short story) "The Pot and the Kettle" (short story) "Another Ingleside
The_Blythes_Are_Quoted
Japanese manga series
doesn't hurt your eyes enough, then the designs surely will: it's a fool's errand trying to tell the male characters apart (as if they even had personalities
Sundome
Type of puzzle
College Puzzle Challenge PEA Puzzle Hunt VTHunt The Fool's Errand 3 in Three System's Twilight The Fool and His Money Baba Is You The Librarian's Almanaq
Metapuzzle
series The 7th Guest The 11th Hour The Daedalus Encounter The Dig The Fool's Errand WarioWare, Inc. Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates Microsoft Entertainment Pack
List_of_puzzle_video_games
12th episode of the 5th season of The Americans
another, that to predict where any of the characters will end up is a fool's errand." Alec Bojalad of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out
The World Council of Churches (The Americans)
The_World_Council_of_Churches_(The_Americans)
Political strategy utilized by American conservatives
Washington yearn for—tax increases coupled with spending cuts—is a fool's errand [because] higher tax collections never resulted in less spending". Their
Starve_the_beast
Literary device
Another early use of this trope was in Cliff Johnson's 1987 hit The Fool's Errand, a thematically linked narrative puzzle game, in which several of the
Story_within_a_story
1991 book by Susan Faludi
commodified self-improvement of "physical appearance, self-esteem and the fool's errand of reclaiming one's youth"; and public agency has been transformed to
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Backlash:_The_Undeclared_War_Against_American_Women
Else's Girl" b/w "Go Ahead and Ask Her" 18 — "Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand)" b/w "What Am I Gonna Do" 13 — 1964 "I Will" b/w "Nothin' Shakin' (But
Billy_Fury_discography
Kosovo paramilitary organization (1990s–1999)
3167/146526006780457315. Dempsey, Gary T.; Fontaine, Roger (2001). Fool's Errands: America's Recent Encounters with Nation Building. Washington, DC: Cato
Kosovo_Liberation_Army
2002 French TV series or program
"Jill Roy Was Here"; "Thief of Hearts" 3 3 "Protection Rapprochée"/ "A Fool's Errand" 4 4 "Gare au Gorille"/ "Help! There's a Gorilla in this Episode!";
Funky_Cops
American political organization
says he wouldn't join No Labels third-party movement: 'I think it's a fool's errand'". The Hill. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Morgan, David (July 16, 2023)
No_Labels
1988 video game
years, with influential titles including Dark Castle, Balance of Power, Fool's Errand, Spelunx, Myst, Sim City 2000, Marathon, and The Colony. Source code
The_Colony_(video_game)
Demonstrations in favor of democracy in China
"They're worried, and they are trying to stop history, which is a fool's errand. They cannot do it. But they're going to hold it off as long as possible
2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
2011_Chinese_pro-democracy_protests
1976 song by Bob Dylan
was empty"), finds no treasure, and realizes the adventure had been a fool's errand. He leaves his dead companion in the tomb, says a quick prayer, and
Isis_(song)
thought to be hoaxes by some researchers Confidence trick Fake memoir Fool's errand, a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group, typically in
List_of_hoaxes
American screenwriter, novelist, and playwright
including the novels Bike Riding in Los Angeles, Oklahoma Crude, and Fool’s Errand, as well as What Happens Next?: A History of Hollywood Screenwriting
Marc_Norman
Witchfire Trilogy. They were supplemented by the PDF-only adventure Fool's Errand (2001), which could be run between the first two books. Together these
The Witchfire Trilogy Book One: The Longest Night
The_Witchfire_Trilogy_Book_One:_The_Longest_Night
American educator and historian
Connecticut: Greenwood. ISBN 978-1440800863 Bunch, Lonnie G. (2019). A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Lonnie_Bunch
Willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true
superstition". A snipe hunt, a form of wild-goose chase that is also known as a fool's errand, is a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making
Credulity
1998 American film
doctor, but he only pretends to. He then tricks Jane into leaving on a fool’s errand while he waits for the non-existent doctor to arrive. A medical examiner
Curse_of_the_Puppet_Master
American painter (born 1989)
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, France, 2023 Fool's Gold, Hales Gallery, New York, NY, 2024 Fool's Errand, Grimm Gallery, London, UK, 2024 and Grimm Gallery
Anthony_Cudahy
Political movement for Scotland leaving the UK
the spending. Cole-Hamilton said "to spend more than £500,000 on a fool's errand of another prospectus for independence makes it less of a white paper
Scottish_independence
1966 biographical article by Gay Talese
"Without question, picking The Best Story Esquire Ever Published is a fool's errand..." Esquire. 2003-10-01. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved
Frank_Sinatra_Has_a_Cold
Fictional Dungeons & Dragons monster
ISBN 978-1-60125-022-3. Hunter, Kyle (February 1, 2008). Downer - Volume 2: Fool's Errand. Diamond Comic Distributors, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-60125-106-0. Rausch
Slaad
Areas with limited access to healthcare in the United States
hostage by the Obama administration's attempt to force us into this fool's errand of adding more than a million Texans to a broken system." Though suburbs
Medical deserts in the United States
Medical_deserts_in_the_United_States
American fantasy and science writer (born 1955)
Generals III edited by Harry Turtledove "Fool's errand" 2015 Tarr, Judith (January–February 2015). "Fool's errand". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135
Judith_Tarr
2019 American comedy streaming television series
and Ed, the police arrive and arrest Ed for the bank heist. 20 "The Fool's Errand" Phill Lewis David H. Steinberg & Keetgi Kogan August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)
No_Good_Nick
Grid Squares – Marked reference lines on a map; often used as a prank fool's errand where an unsuspecting Marine is asked to find a box of them when they
List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions
List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions
September 9, 2014 Label: self-released Format: CD, digital 2020 Fuel for a Fool's Errand Released: June 26, 2020 Label: self-released Format: CD, digital
Eastern_Sunz
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
mind. Holmes suspects something, and so sends Watson and Amberley on a fool's errand to the remote village of Little Purlington, near Frinton in Essex, just
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
The_Adventure_of_the_Retired_Colourman
Irish writer (1947–2014)
shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award for his 2010 poetry collection, A Fool's Errand. His 2011 novel Long Time, No See was nominated for the International
Dermot_Healy
Hypothetical device
device is usually mentioned as a joke between nerds, in the manner of a fool's errand, however, examples do exist. In ~100 C.E. Heron describes a horse statue
Shaft_passer
German philosopher (1770–1831)
that the search for an externally objective criterion of truth is a fool's errand. The constraints on knowledge are necessarily internal to spirit itself
Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
Withdrawal from royal duties of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
needed to change "But partly withdrawing for more control seems like a fool's errand. There might be a balance to be struck between just how public they
Megxit
FOOLS ERRAND
FOOLS ERRAND
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from a diminutive of Old French folet ‘fool’.Irish : unexplained; possibly a variant of Phelan, itself a variant of Whelan.Swedish and Danish : from a short form of Follinius, a humanistic name of unexplained origin.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from the medieval personal name Tebald, Tibalt (see Theobald).German : from a nickname for a simpleton, from Low German tippel ‘point’, ‘corner’, ‘tag’ (possibly a reference to the pointed shape of a fool’s cap).German : from a pet form of a Germanic personal name related to Dietrich.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wool.
Surname or Lastname
English and northern Irish
English and northern Irish : possibly from a diminutive of the nickname totte ‘simpleton’, ‘fool’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Foot.
Male
Arthurian
, king Arthur's fool.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Fool, senseless.
Male
Arthurian
, king Arthur's fool.
Boy/Male
African, Australian, Kenyan
Wizards Tools; From Kikuyu
Girl/Female
Biblical
Strength, fool, senseless.
Boy/Male
Biblical
The fool of Merodach; the fool grinds bitterly.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Arthur's fool.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Arthur's fool.
Biblical
strength; fool; senseless
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
A fool.
Male
English
English form of French Jules, JOOLS means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
Biblical
fool; senseless
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Foulks.Americanized spelling of German Fuchs.
Biblical
the fool of Merodach; the fool grinds bitterly
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Jules, JOOLS means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
FOOLS ERRAND
FOOLS ERRAND
Boy/Male
Biblical
God of divisions.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Conqueror of Enemies
Boy/Male
Arabic Muslim
Strong.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of Warmth
Girl/Female
Biblical
Mourning or blackness of the Lord.
Male
Arthurian
, king of castle Brandigant.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Harmony; Mutual Affection
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, Greek
Gift from Demeter
Boy/Male
Norse
War bear.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Ioannes, JUHO means "God is gracious."
FOOLS ERRAND
FOOLS ERRAND
FOOLS ERRAND
FOOLS ERRAND
FOOLS ERRAND
n.
A fool; a blockhead.
n.
A simpleton; a fool.
n.
A philosophical or learned fool.
a.
Begotten by a fool.
imp. & p. p.
of Fool
n.
A fool; a simpleton.
n.
One who foils or frustrates.
a.
A fool; an idiot.
n.
A collection of fowls roosting together.
v. t.
To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.
n.
The fool's club.
n.
That which refrigerates or cools.
v. t.
To swallow; -- said of fowls.
n.
Hence, a jester, a fool.
n.
A simpleton; a fool.
v. i.
To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Fool
n.
A house or shelter for fowls.
n.
A great fool; a trifler.
n.
A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.