[pepsionice]

For twenty years, while associated with the Air Force...I continually found that sarcastic comments routinely fixed issues and settled stoppages. People routinely take themselves serious and don’t look at themselves in a mirror. A sarcastic return forces them to think for a moment.

[Abathar]

"“As long as the architect answers all the relevant headings then it doesn’t really matter what the tone of the application is.” "

Ha, this guy doesn't know how petty bureaucrats feel about someone under their preview not taking their questions seriously...

[Red Badger]

“It is located where it is because it is in the most convenient place, being on the farm and near the farmhouse.”

Hilarious!.........

[GeorgiaDawg32]

heh..kinda like the last time I went to the dentist, one of the questions was “Do you want to keep your teeth?”..my response was, “No, I want them all pulled so I can seriously gum an undercooked slice of bacon at the nearest waffle house”..

[Cicero]

Mendip District Council Development Services confirmed they received the application on March 18 and said the matter had yet to be determined.

[Graybeard58]

John Jessop earned a cult

Jessop? Cult?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Mr Jessop said he launched his attack on planning red tape after the planning and amenities department of Mendip District Council in Somerset sent him a lengthy form with what he saw as a serious of “silly” questions.”
This is a hugh and series mistake in spelling!

[r-q-tek86]

I love when code officials have their little forms and can’t figure out that the specific building being proposed doesn’t neatly fit in one of their checkboxes.

Dealing with cities is why I have grey hair.

[VOA]

bump

[numberonepal]

I often use this method to point out the idiocy of some processes where I work.

[xjcsa]

"You filled out the wrong form. You need to fill out the combined Environmental Impact Statement and Diversity/Inclusion Statement - it's blue."

[Argus]

The real news here is that in GB you have to get permission from some planning bureaucracy to put a storage shed on your own property.

[Gorzaloon]

A friend had to fill out a form at a Gastroenteroligist's office:

State your reason for having a colonoscopy:________________

Answer: I LOVE having these!

[YHAOS]

Idiots.

[navyguy]

ping for later

[ctdonath2]

Long making the rounds...

A New Orleans lawyer sought a loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to the parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the Lawyer three months to track down. After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply:

(Actual letter):

“Upon review of your letter adjoining your client’s loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin.”

Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows:

(Actual Letter):

“Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I note that you wish to have title extended further than the 194 years covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated person in this country, particularly those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased, by the U.S., from France in 1803, the year of origin identified in our application. For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land prior to U.S. ownership was obtained from France, which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish monarch, Isabella.

The good queen, Isabella, being a pious woman and almost as careful about titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus’ expedition.

Now the Pope, as I sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world.

Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that God also made that part of the world called Louisiana. God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back to before the beginning of time, the world as we know it AND the FHA.

I hope you find God’s original claim to be satisfactory. Now, may we have our damn loan?”

He got the loan.