Bureaucratic Banterer Mugs

'My insurance company says I have to get three estimates.'

'Hello? Missing Persons?'

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

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

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

Macho talk from down in accounting.

"An open one-to-one environment is what you want, an open one-to-one environment is what you get, Ms Praed."

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

'This isn't a non-profit-making organization you know! Or at least, it wasn't until you started working here!'

"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.

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

God's Office.

Bureaucratic castle

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

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

Congratulations on winning the Inland Revenue Fiction Award.

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

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

Insufficient Postage

The new contract will give you much more power over your future...so here are some guidelines as to how you'll be allowed to use it!'

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

A dart board for the Federal Reserve's planning policy?

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

"I'm your exit strategy."

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

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

Man entering spaceship is asked for his passport

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

'I need my lifestyle validated.'

10/03/17 14:03

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

Runaround Barry

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