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- DictionaryFool's er·rand/ˈfo͞olz ˌerənd/
noun
- 1. a task or activity that has no hope of success: "he sent gullible freshmen on fool's errands"
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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 task by older or more experienced members of the group. More generally, a fool's errand is a task almost certain to fail. Wikipedia
