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"Running errands" is a term typically describing the completion of a succession of tasks. Some examples of running of errands are tasks such as walking the dog, buying groceries, picking up the kids from softball practice, etc.

Although this has become the popular meaning of the term "running errands," there are records that show that "running errands" once referred to the action of an individual letting loose, most likely consuming some form of alcoholic beverage or partaking in a multitude of "fun-having" activities.

The earliest evidence of this use of the term was found from rough translations of the Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi), dating back possibly as far as 1760 BC and orginating in ancient Babylon. In truth, the Code of Hammurabi condemned the "running of errands" (or "ΓυηηίΓΓίά έΓΓάηίόυσ). That is why many view the writers of this ancient text as being equal to a modern day popo, the man, or any otherwise annoying authority figure.