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What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 21

Taff Agent of kaos


absentee scots

offski

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 22

Effers;England.


Lesbians to be regulated by Offa'sDyke.


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 23

Taff Agent of kaos


monks regulated

offcarl

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 24

turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...)

Offa'sDyke smiley - roflsmiley - rofl

smiley - ok Effers


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 25

Teuchter

The department dealing with the bleedin' obvious and things you should've thought of sooner?
Ofcourse

For resting thespians?
Ofstage






What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 26

Mrs Zen

>> ofcourse

Of course.

smiley - applause

The department looking in to the hereditary peerages: Ofthatilk.


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 27

kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website

Regulation of foreign affairs: Offshore

Regulation of commercial broadband: Offline (maybe that's just NZ).

Regulation of immigration: Offcolour


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 28

Teuchter

Also dealing with immigration - and, perhaps, knitting

OfCaste


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 29

Taff Agent of kaos


statistics

offtmissquoted

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 30

kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website

The branch of MI5 dealing with toy bear assassinations: Offsted.


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 31

kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website

>>
absentee scots

offski
<<

Shouldn't that be absentee Russians?


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 32

Taff Agent of kaos


its a direct referance to billy connely

"c'mon pal, were offski"(in a scots accent)

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 33

kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website

smiley - ok


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 34

Taff Agent of kaos


dick emery

Offull...but i do like you!!

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 35

Christopher

The miniature golf regulator - Ofputting

The internet debate standards authority - Ofonone

The office for the standardization of increasingly impenetrable internet acronyms - OFFS


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 36

Taff Agent of kaos


dogs

Offwoof

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 37

Teuchter

The Scottish parliament also has some interesting departments ...

Ofyerheid deals with alcohol abuse


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 38

Taff Agent of kaos


drugs

Offhistits

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 39

Taff Agent of kaos


dead african/american pop stars

Offthewall

smiley - bat


What's with all these regulatory agencies abbreviated "Of-"?

Post 40

Primeval Mudd (formerly Roymondo)

Office of BoyBands - Ofnote
Office of Explaining Football to Ladies - Ofside
Office of Everything - Ofall.


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