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Like a carpenter making chairs 

To become bored of a hobby or pastime once enjoyed, particularly because of it becoming part of a job or daily routine.
You spend enough time putting the hammer to people, you start to feel like a carpenter making chairs. Drains the fun right out of it.
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it's like shuffling deck chairs on the titanic 

Actually means: actions taken solely for the feeling (or the appearance) of doing something about an unavoidable situation; actions that not only accomplish nothing but *blatantly* accomplish nothing.
"Oh, look, now GM is trying to fire Wagoner. It's like shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic."

musical chairs 

When within the remaining few minutes of the last period of a school day (specifically a highschool class) a student deliberately rattles his or her chair around to spark the process of the entire class picking up their things and leaving.

Usually a few students are reponsible for being the catalyst of the movement and it normally occurs durring the time when the teacher is giving instructions for homework or summarizing other important details about the days lecture.

Variations of musicial chairs include the zipping up of binders, slamming of books, or putting papers away.
Toby wanted to get out of class to smoke weed as soon as possible so he contributed a rattling chair solo to the class inducing multiple students to join into musical chairs.

Jamal was in need of an excuse to conveniently "not hear" the teachers instructions for the homework, so he violently dashed his binder zipper back and forth for several seconds.
unwitting and unbidden erratic movement or behavior, triggered by an unknown force, usually an action that failsto achieve it's completion because of it's strangeness or unexpectedness. (drugs may be involved)

Also may be perpetrated upon others. (deliberately to chaarl someone)
someone tries to put a lighter on the table and as they try to put it on the table they miss and then they try to catch it before it drops on the floor they lose their grip and it falls.

that guy is chaarl
chaarl by sexymica June 4, 2010
Term used to meet the minimum 10 character posting requirement on most online forums.

Note: Some forums have rules against its use, and will take administrative action on your account.
poster: "lol.

10 chars"

admin: "banned.

10 chars"
10 chars by pingachu August 6, 2008

chairs up 

A phrase used for the wrapping up of an event or program where everyone in the platform has been on the same page, with the intent of having some routine followup for the greater good.
Great job with our weekly planning meeting you guys. See you next week. Chairs up!
chairs up by sbg3 May 2, 2018