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a monkey fucking a football 

The first time I ever heard this saying was on a construction site where I continued to hear it quite regularly. Basically it means fucking something up. Trying to do something that may require a little bit of skill,experience or coordination and fumbling around with it and not getting it right. Picture a monkey all excited trying to get a hold of a football so he could hump it.
When my wife was trying to change her wiper blades she looked like a monkey fucking a football.

Monkey fucking a football

Used to describe a group of people trying to complete a seemingly mindless task and fucking it all up.
Watching the roughnecks make up BHA was like watching a monkey fucking a football.

monkey fuckin' a football

a person with no coordination, an event that is unorganized.
get a mental picture of a monkey fucking a football... there is you're definition
*let me help you lift that box, you look like a monkey fuckin' a football

monkey fucking a football

A helluva lot of action with very little or no result
Applying for fall classes, I had to register with the burser, the advisor, check my prereq.s, and then stand in line, and then I found the class I wanted was closed out. "Man scheduling for classes this morning was like a monkey fucking a football"

Monkey humping a football 

Energetic action by one or a group of people with ineffective results. A metaphore for exuberant incompetance.
That newbie project manager looked like a monkey humping a football everytime something went wrong on the project.

monkey fucking a football

generally, a disorganized set of events. See cluster fuck.
Bill - Did you go to the concert last night?
John - Yeah, dude it was like a monkey fucking a football, the organizers better get their shit together next time.