Posted on 05/07/2008 11:22:47 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
An architect's wickedly sarcastic replies to pointless questions on a planning form have made him an unwitting champion for all those exasperated by bureaucracy. John Jessop earned a cult following among his colleagues after his withering comments were leaked in an e-mail which has been sent all round the country.
After being asked to fill in a “design access statement” for a storage shed on a small farm, he wrote: “The density is like on a farm, the social context is a farm in the country, the economic context is farming in the United Kingdom in 2008 (which is not very economic), the opportunities are to store equipment inside rather than the outside, the constraint is the planning system.”
And under a section headed Context Analysis, he said: “The use is compatible with a farm because it is a farm building."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
OMG! I haven’t laughed so hard in years! More! LOL!
Seriesly, Hugh was never very gud at spelling.
The problem is that “seriously” was spelled right; it was just the wrong word.
>> kinda like the last time I went to the dentist, one of the questions was “Do you want to keep your teeth?”
HA!
Reminds me of the dumb questions in the RNC fundraising “survey” they keep sending me. Stuff like “Are the democrats total losers who would ruin our country if elected?”
HAHA, nice group there.
Thank you - I only steal from the best.
Very funny. Thank you.
ping for later
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.
My favorite was when he said that the state would have to appoint dam lawyers for the dam beavers since they were indigent.
Now THAT is funny!!!!
I told them, "It was a birthday gift from my doctor."
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