'The whole thing should be seen as nugatory and a complete waste of my time and effort.'
'Putting lipstick on a bulldog is a nugatory process.'
'Am off to the nugatory to score some weapons grade nuggets!'
A seemingly endless period of time when your older brother viciously rubs his knuckles back and forth across your head, which serves as a means for you atoning for some egregious action against him (e.g. embarassing him when he brought a girl home, borrowing his autographed baseball, telling your parents about his stash of girlie magazines).