Commissioner Jokes

A few samples of bureaucratic wit of the days of British Raj.
The first is an entry made by an executive engineer in the visitors' book of a circuit house.
'The verandah of the Circuit House badly needs railings. During my momentary absence, a cow ate up some estimates which I had left lying on a table in the verandah.' Below this note was the commissioner's observation:' I find it hard to believe that even a cow could swallow PWD estimates.'
In another circuit house book another executive engineer had noted:' The washbasin should be immediately replaced. I could not wash my face properly for want of proper facilities.' Against this entry is a marginal note in the commissioner's beautiful hand:' SDO will replace the washbasin at once. The executive engineer had to wash his face in tears during his last visit to this station.'
The prize remark is against a complaint that the latrine was too far away from the bungalow.' He should have started earlier, 1 wrote the more...

Overnight, Gov. Elect Jesse Ventura announced various appointments to his new administration.
Press Secretary - "Mean" Gene Okerlund
Agriculture Commissioner - Kenny "The Sodbuster" Jay
Chairman of 7 County Mosquito Control District - Jimmy "Super Fly" Snuka
Education Commissioner - Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
National Guard Adjutant General - Sargeant Slaughter
Transportation Commissioners - The Road Warriors
Commissioner of the Arts - "Rock and Roll" Buck Zumhofe
Chairman, Gov's Council on Physical Fitness - Jerry Blackwell
Animal Rights Commissioner - "Mad Dog" Vachon
State Title IX Coordinator - "Macho Man" Randy Savage
Tribal Affairs Commissioner - Wahoo McDaniel
Co-Chairs, State Recycling Program - Junkyard Dog and Ray "The Crusher" Stevens
Highway Maintenance Engineer - Dusty Rhodes
Trade Envoy to Japan - Mr. Fuji
State Treasurer - "The more...

NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue blocked Patriots coach Bill Parcells form
switching to the New York Jets without the permission of the Patriots.
"The Jets can't win," says Jay Leno. "Even their coaches get intercepted."

Mr. and Mrs. Banta Singh went to the Election Commissioner's office. Banta asked the Election Commissioner, "Sir, I want to know whether our name is in the voter's list." The officer checked the list and said, "Sardarji, the list shows you as dead." Banta Singh said, "Sir, I'm standing before you, how can I be dead?" At this Mrs. Banta Singh shouted at her husband, "Shut up. He is an Election Officer, he can't tell a lie."

At a business conference in Montpelier, Vermont, the state tax commissioner asked the audience which sort of taxation they found fairest. There was a pause, and then a white-haired man in the back raised his hand. "The poll tax," he said."But the poll tax was repealed," replied the commissioner. "Ay-ah," declared the man, "that's what I like about it."