Bureaucracy Bickerer Pillows

'I need my lifestyle validated.'

'Ok, I'm in a paperwork mood. Let 'er rip.'

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

Tug of Negotiation and Conciliation.

The Buck Never Stops.

Deskboxes: 'LATE' and 'NEVER'.

Bureaucracy gone mad!

Dave cut costs and now realizes that in order to pass inspection, he may have to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the building inspector's son.

Doctor surrounded by notes.

'It's a government funded study to find out how many wrongs make a right.'

NHS targets.

'It's not so much the distance to your proposed mini-mall site, but that I'm not as familiar with your galaxy's zoning laws as I'd like to be.'

'Forget it lads. We've been refused planning permission for this one!'

"What's this? Now we have to hunt, gather and collate?"

GPs could be forced to switch IT systems onto new NHS digital contract

Policeman giving paramedics a fine.

How many workers does it take to put up a Christmas decoration?

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

IN, OUT, NOT WORTH THE EFFORT.

'In... out... in... out... in... out... in...?!'

'There were some cost overruns on the project that we need to discuss.'

"This is to apologise for the delay in internal mail that you wrote to us about in 1997"

Federal Center for the Study of your Tax Return.

"I think she's having a Spontaneous Paperwork Induced Collapse."

"Someday my grant will come."

'They want to close our lab. What's that all about?'

Bureau of Red Tape

'All these stupid forms! -- You self-employed guys make me sick!'

"Ambitions... to finish on the winning side for a change."

I filed my tax return electronically, to speed things up. Sure enough, I got audited in record time.

"In principle we're happy with the trust idea...as long as it's properly monitored and regulated!"

'When I die, please cremate me and send my ashes to the tax office. . .Write on the envelope, 'Now, you have everything.''

Too early to begin working on/Too late to do anything about.

'You have a good chance of recovery, if you can make it through hospital admissions.'