rigmarole
noun
°complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion.
"Have you seen all the rigmarole you have to go through at airport security these days?"
°nonsense; confused and incoherent talk.
"1895 — In comes Mitaiele to Lloyd, and told some rigmarole about Paatalise (the steward's name) wanting to go and see his family in the bush. — Robert Luois Stevenson, The Valima Letters, ch XIX"