She leaves him and Hellmerich laughs out loud at what he sees as a pointless task and goes off for a walk instead.

If he was still alive and working- no matter how pointless the task- he must have had some political connections remaining.

To teach them how to find their mask powers, the Turaga puts them through a test in which they perform seemingly pointless tasks.

With a sigh I shut my eyes and set about the seemingly pointless task.

I left my son at school and started the reflexive, self-soothing, and pointless task of parking a car.

Slaven found that the game lacked direction, describing it as a "collection of pointless tasks and challenges".

"It is the most pointless task I can imagine," he says.

Others led the mechanisms to perform bizarre and pointless tasks, the result of a newly programmed outlook on everyday information.

On the surface of it, it was a simple and rather pointless task, particularly for one with his skills in the efficient application of violence.

His character is often given seemingly pointless tasks, such as building a galleon out of sausages, and is paid in small change.