Bureaucracy Laugh Seeker Pillows

'Would you mind if these junior managers have a go at assessing the profitability of your treatment?'

'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."

"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?"

"Right you've got 30 minutes...start squeezing!"

Excessive Paperwork

Bureaucratic castle

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

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.'

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

Insufficient Postage

Congratulations on winning the Inland Revenue Fiction Award.

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

'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.'

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

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

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

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

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

Man entering spaceship is asked for his passport

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

'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.'

Frankenstein "Damn it! Not another ethic origin questionaire"

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