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Bureau of Communication

lsemel — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:03 -0800

Send messages to friends with fun, bureaucratic fill-in forms! Bureau of Communication has funny faux-bureaucratic forms that you can send to your friends. Whether you need to communicate a problem, send an invitation to an event, or simply apologize for a transgression, our easy-to-use forms will ensure that your message is clearly conveyed.

By: box

box — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:30:46 -0800

If there's one thing that's more fun than bureacracy, it's toothless satire.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:30:55 -0800

Old idea, but well done. Well enough that I even let them harvest my address. adjective holiday, Bureau!

By: maudlin

maudlin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:32:10 -0800

"It was my evil twin" is now my excuse for everything.

By: papakwanz

papakwanz — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:33:12 -0800

me likey.

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:49:33 -0800

I like these. We made up a 'form to request a new form' once at work, years ago, because of all the bureacracy that we had to put up with.

By: bassjump

bassjump — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:06:41 -0800

[Compliment] and [Adjective]. [Statement of gratitude]!

By: 517

517 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:07:29 -0800

If these were post cards I would buy them.

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:10:08 -0800

Metatalk: I am sending you this message to alert you that I find your behavior of [OFFENSIVE ACTION] to be particularly [SENSATION].

By: Fezboy!

Fezboy! — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:19:35 -0800

I like the implementation. A lot.

By: Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown

Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:23:20 -0800

When do we get the presidential candidate version?

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:26:20 -0800

Seeing as how this is in part what I am doing all day long, I just don't get as much joy out of this website.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:29:48 -0800

I wish to take a moment to thank you for [action leading to your gratitiude]. You should know that I am [adjective] grateful.... Awesome! Bureaucratic Mad-Libs! (these are actually kind of cool)

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:37:52 -0800

Yet another slightly amusing and cool way to get spam.

By: MNDZ

MNDZ — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:40:52 -0800

I made myself laugh till I cried remembering a story from a low-brass professor about anal prolapse while filling out the apology form.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:45:09 -0800

As a bureaucrat, I find that these forms exude an inappropriate amount of goodwill. Please remit any excess goodwill to Accounts Receivable between 3 and 4:30 PM. In the event that Accounts Receivable is closed during those hours, please submit a "Request for Audience" form to Carol in Scheduling. Should Carol be out on maternity leave, please allow up to nine months to process form. Should an emergency situation arise, you can also contact David in Scheduling. Should David be out on maternity leave, please contact the Maternity Leave Auditing Department in order to assess David's ability to birth children.

By: onhazier

onhazier — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:45:21 -0800

I just used the "Observance of Holiday" form to bring World Orgasm Day to a friends attention.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:47:35 -0800

Greg, do you work in my office? Perhaps you are in the comfortable, government standard gray cubicle next to mine?

By: darkstar

darkstar — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:50:28 -0800

Um...are we supposed to exchange gifts on "World Orgasm Day"? Because I'm not sure I want to be randomly chosen to be someone's "Secret Santa". Otherwise, I chortled at the Apology form...

By: junesix

junesix — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:20:20 -0800

Anyone know how to activate the Print button? I filled out the Formal Apology form but the Print button stayed greyed out.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:41:38 -0800

These forms lack the errors required to make them accurate enough for use in England.

By: onhazier

onhazier — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:45:28 -0800

Hallmark doesn't seem to carry in World Orgasm Day cards. I worry about why they offer a turkey centerpiece instead.

By: supercrayon

supercrayon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:40:38 -0800

That is freaking awesome. I'm seriously going to use the invitation form for my wedding invitations next year.

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:50:55 -0800

AWESOME. I just sent Christmakwaanzukkah cards to my entire email holiday list.

By: pax digita

pax digita — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:53:27 -0800

I'm half-tempted to gin up an "Official Notice of Crush" form to inflict on an attractive co-worker next Valentine's Day -- but it would have to be droll and harmless enough to be appreciated as humorous without getting me into workplace-harassment hot water.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:06:55 -0800

I cleaned up a filthy mess for my boyfriend so he could get to work on time and I barely got a "thanks." When he asked why I was pissed, I should have requested an official Statement of Gratitude.

By: OldReliable

OldReliable — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:51:55 -0800

GUARDS! Bring me the forms I need to have these men taken away.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:13:35 -0800

Those who criticize satire as "toothless" have obviously never been viciously gummed for 8 hours in a work environment. But when they release the "UNSOLICITED FEEDBACK To facilitate the sharing of opinion" form, I predict a sudden increase in spammail and drop in the number of MetaTalk threads.

By: misha

misha — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:21:25 -0800

I think these forms are great. I really do. But...crap. Isemel, aren't you one of the three guys behind this stuff? (Monkey Labs, Magnetism Studios, Bureau of Communication, et al?) I thought I remembered you had a start up with your two friends and this is a division of it, isn't it?

By: lsemel

lsemel — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:10:48 -0800

In response to misha, no, it's not my site (though I wish I'd thought of it!) You're right about the names of their companies, though. The creators are Josh, David and Paul from Magnetism Studios..

By: thinman

thinman — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:28:07 -0800

Perhaps this is ill-advised, but... MetaTalk.