Bureaucracy Comedy Lover Gifts

'Hello, is that the government? Yes, I was just wondering... is the lambada still forbidden?'

'The government wants to announce a target date for announcing a target number of targets they want to get rid of!'

'Hello? Missing Persons?'

Government Offices / In tray, No Exit tray.

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

"Ticket and passport, please."

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

"Whether we refer to them as lakes or ponds, it's mere semantics."

Wolf Reintroduction.

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

Excessive Paperwork

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

"Just a few more minutes. The system's down but we got a guy working on it."

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.'

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.'

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!'

"We have all kinds of Regulatory Guidelines floating around."

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

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

Man entering spaceship is asked for his passport

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

"The war's been cancelled. It would raise insurance rates."

Heaven Security Checks.

'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.'

"And you're sure we don't need planning permission?"

Frankenstein "Damn it! Not another ethic origin questionaire"