to perform a task known to be ineffective simply to make it appear you are working to solve a problem.
i knew the proposal was way off base but i waved a dead chicken and corrected the spelling anyway.
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participating in an ineffective cover-up. trying to make a bad thing look good
George Bush explaining the improvement in the economy was like putting lipstick on a donkey.
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Visible accumulated refuse like dead skin and taint hair which is found on public toilet seats.
"We need to go to a different rest stop, every toilet here is soaked in piss and covered in ass dandruff."
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