Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
And the results of the IRS vs. DMV battle (each side consisting of 500 personnel)


IRS vs. DMV BATTLE


Duration

Total length of battle: 4 weeks (actual combat time 2 1/2 weeks but includes time for interoffice deliveries and mailings of TSP reports)


Casualties


Total Dead: 750

Total wounded: 250, consisting of mainly severe paper cuts, staples, ulcers, migraines, burst blood vessels, and ripped out hair (generally self inflicted).

Materials

Number of mature trees used to make forms: 456,674

Staples fired: 5,674,324

Red ink utilized: 453,156 gallons

Statistics

Faxes sent: 564,345,445

Faxes read: 5

"Wrong" lines stood in: All

Conclusion

In such a horrific conflict such as this between inhumanly cruel adversaries there were no winners

Only survivors

And even they will carry the scars and red "REJECTED" stamps on their bodies for the rest of their lives.





Cheers

Jamie
Didn't Nevil Shute write a story about such a conflict, with deadly bureaucratic paperwork circling the earth and killing off mankind?

T.