Fool’s Errand shopping list pad by Michael Wiseman with cream paper and red binding
Front cover of the Fool’s Errand shopping list pad by Michael Wiseman
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Fool's Errand Shopping List Pad by Michael Wiseman

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The perfect shopping list pad, for fools and real errands. A "Fool's Errand" is a practical joke of sending a person to fetch some non-existent but plausible sounding item. The joke is usually played at work on a new employee or apprentice and its effectiveness depends on the naivete of the victim. Many errands rely on an apprentice being overwhelmed by technical jargon; as long as the errand or object sounds plausible, he assumes it to be yet more jargon. Examples of fools errands are things like - a glass hammer, a sky hook, elbow grease....

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  • Size: 7 cm wide x 14 cm long x 1 cm deep
  • Format: Skinny portrait shaped notebook with plain paper interior
  • Material:
    • Cover: Riso-print on 270gsm Colourplan Stone paper with claret red bookcloth and bookboard.
    • Interior: 100gsm Conqueror Cream Laid plain paper (50 sheets approx).