Comments on: Alphabet Soup

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:31:48 +0000

This is reminding me of the Seattle area’s delight 2 years ago when they named the new trolley the South Lake Union Trolly (S.L.U.T.) The local businesses made t-shirts saying, “I rode the S.L.U.T.”

In the case of the Bureau of Industry and Manufacturing Brokering Office, the slogan could be, “Doing business with BIMBO”

chris w

By: Chris Adams

Chris Adams — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:29:20 +0000

Perhaps they should just apply a little government redundancy in the naming and we could have:

Bureau of Industry Manufacturing and Brokering Office.

I’m sure the name BIMBO would make having to deal with all the angry mid-level bureaucrats a tad more amusing.

Of course the Bureau of Industry Technology Construction and Harbors would be just too much hope for….

By: ldm

ldm — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:36:55 +0000

Anna – I’ll second that. What with the government expense scandal(s) that are happening there now, this is probably a drop in the bucket. I must admit though that it made me smile when I read that someone expensed cleaning of their moat.

By: Anna Madejski

Anna Madejski — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:34:59 +0000

And it cost British tax payers how much to change from DTI to BERR les than two years ago? Then again… we don’t quite get expenses.