Bureaucracy Banter Fan Prints

I really got burned on that hot-lunch program

'Hello? Missing Persons?'

Government Offices / In tray, No Exit tray.

"Wrong window. I’m a sea lion. You need an otter."

'I don't care if it's a little storage room for King Tut, you still need a building permit and contractor's license.'

"'COST: shedloads, COMPLETION DATE: God knows.' Perhaps you'd care to flesh out some details for us."

Why the discovery of the New World took longer than expected.

Wolf Reintroduction.

"I'll need to see your responsible service of alcohol certificate."

"You're a bureaucrat, Ed. What do you mean you hate paperwork?"

Excessive Paperwork

'We're downsizing the Pentagon into a triangle.'

Bureaucratic castle

Department of Sanitation: In Bin and Out Bin.

'I'm pleased to announce the newly-created 'Office of Homepage Security' - to protect against computer hackers.'

Before we can rescue you...you need a safety check.

'Miss Carruthers, check and see if we have an extradition treaty with Disneyland.'

Mr Pickwick and Sam in the Attorney's Office

Congratulations on winning the Inland Revenue Fiction Award.

Insufficient Postage

'I'm sorry, sir, this is the department of Immediate Dissatisfaction. Your appointment is with the Bureau of Eternal Frustration.'

Police officer giving ticket to paramedics.

'You like it? I'm getting a government grant for Phase 2.'

"Now that we can talk, we have to have meetings."

Man at desk in 'Space research'. His in and out boxes are labelled 'inner' and 'outer'.

'We've been looking into absences at our meetings and it turns out that Nigel died in 2006 and Trevor never actually worked here!'

"What a coincidence! I'm forwarding your request at this very moment!"

Man entering spaceship is asked for his passport

"I'd like to buy your subscription list to check for changes of address."

EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE LOCAL POETRY OFFICE.

'Hey! Who stole my stamp of grudging approval?'

'Teaching, reading, writing, and arithmetic sounds like a good idea. Let me run it by an educational focus group.'

"Are we going to start working with larger numbers? I want to work as a federal budget director."

"Your signature, Your Majesty, as well as your driver's license and a major credit card."