Defense Secretary Gifts

A military officer sits at his desk with desk trays marked 'Search' and 'Destroy.'

Cannibals

Pentagon Focus Groups

'We're under attack!'

Paul Wolfowitz.

Revelations of Robert M. Gates

Fox losing grip on cabinet.

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

"Yes Sir, I'm still working on the 'ins and outs' of their proposal."

Copycats

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

'Ok, I'm in a paperwork mood. Let 'er rip.'

'The BOSS sent me down to help rebuild your faith.'

"If nothing else needs welding, Paula, I'm going to lunch."

Desk trays - 'in', 'out', and 'one of these days'.

'Joe took the day off to go to the ball game. So I'll be sitting in for him until he gets back. Would you like me to fetch you something?'

Out and In.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Cole is busy balancing family and career. Can I take a message and have her call you back?"

'Call for you on the cream corn line.'

Storm in the out tray

37 years in the same position.

'T.M.I.F.'

'Apparently, Smith's desk just couldn't withstand the weight of the paperwork we piled on his desk.'

Here and There Trays

"Ok, do we agree the minutes of the last meeting?"

"Morning, all!"

Someone who knows apostrophes

40 Days without an on-the-job conversation.

'What happened to that efficiency report? I had it in my hand not two minutes ago.'

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

'Germaine, what did you do with my desk?'

'Today is the tomorrow I feared yesterday. . .'

'Bad news, sir -- there's a leak in our think tank!'

In many ways this is the perfect job! Out. Out.