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

'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.'

"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."

"So from the top. If they need urgent help it's form AC/765c, criticl interventions are CV/U657's and..."

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

Wolf Reintroduction.

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

Industrial Injuries Benefit.

God's Office.

Excessive Paperwork

'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.'

Insufficient Postage

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

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.'

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!'

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

Man entering spaceship is asked for his passport

Heaven Security Checks.

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

"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.'

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

Bureaucratic Procedures