Bureaucracy Humorists Prints

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

Excessive Paperwork

'Be right back -- I have to sign some ennobling legislation.'

'It lights up when your judgement's ready.'

'Apparently they didn't have family planning permission.'

New Fathers taking a number to pick up a baby from Maternity

Quality Control

'Hello? Missing Persons?'

Government Offices / In tray, No Exit tray.

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

'...And they're giving us sixty million years to get in compliance.'

'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."

"You're allowed to think outside the box, as long as you stay inside the margins."

'Welcome! Highly placed, unidentified administration spokespersons convention.'

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

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

Wolf Reintroduction.

"You have a valid social security number, a photo ID, and a credit score. As far as I'm concerned, you exist."

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

"We appreciate your insights Norman but the firm has reached the stage where we need actual ideas."

Industrial Injuries Benefit.

God's Office.

I might have granted your loan request, if it wasn't written on a beer mat.

"To give him credit...normally I think these staff 'consultations' are a complete waste of time...but he's been in his office all morning working on our ideas."

Bureaucratic castle

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

Department of Infrastructure

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.'

"For our market research, each package needs to be individually marked off and put over there."

Congratulations on winning the Inland Revenue Fiction Award.

Insufficient Postage

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

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