Bureaucratic Chuckles Prints

'It's an EC directive listing regulation sizes for molecular structures.'

'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.'

"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."

"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?"

Industrial Injuries Benefit.

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

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

God's Office.

Excessive Paperwork

Bureaucratic castle

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.'

Congratulations on winning the Inland Revenue Fiction Award.

Insufficient Postage

"I chair the safety committee here, but since we're all dead, it's largely symbolic."

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

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.'

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

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!'

Man entering spaceship is asked for his passport

Runaround Barry

10/03/17 14:03

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."

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