h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Being good little bureaucrats, we have a committee for everything. We have committees to coordinate committees, a fact which occasionally makes me mutter casual comments about crying out loud under my breath. The committee which looms the largest in the collective consciousness is the one dedicated to purely internal matters of staff wellbeing and facilities management.

The arguments about the coffee machine have passed me by. I have been asked for my opinion on carparks (I don't drive), childcare facilities (I'm an evolutionary cul-de-sac) and the role of the social club in this, that and the other (meh).

Today, though, we broke new ground for absurdity. The committee has established that the lavatorial requisites in one of the gentlemen's lavatories have gone walkies. Yes, that's right - one of our bogbrushes is missing!

Even more alarming, to my way of thinking, is that this has happened once before.

I'm now horribly perplexed by the thought that one of my colleagues might collect such objects. I find myself contemplating apects of people's personalities that I never wanted to consider at all. But above all there's the question - why?

Is it possible the is collecting dna in order to create an evil army?

It's possible, but surely there are better ways to do that... Bags not doing the DNA extraction.

a) brand new unused - yes, someone nicked it.

b) partly used? my mind is rebelling at the thought here, Ivan.

c) old and disgusting? Someone Threw it Out.

Oh the things to read about first thing in the morning

Sorry Lanza, but it's scenario (b) that applies.

*shudder*

Or someone just decided to cause trouble

therefore, bog standard must come into force

and bog off, doesn't stand for buy one get one free

Office politics, a strange theft, a baddie with (obvious) personality issues?

Have you thought about turning it into a sit-com?

Deb

Could the cleaner have moved it to another toilet?

Could the toilet have moved it to another cleaner?

Here, have this brandnew and even this for free

now can we please change the subject?

http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/C112EC73FD1

and

It boggles the mind. Only Prof could have found that link.

Thanks, Prof!



As for the mystery of the missing item - I don't feel like looking into it any further...

No - looking into bog brushes (missing or otherwise) is never a good thing.

looking for a missing bog brush has panned out then

Someone with an amazing exploding bum beslpattered the bog and being tidily minded cleaned up afterthemselves (something no-one ever does, imho) but all they did was transfer besplatterment from bog to brush, the resultant thing being too shameful to leave. So they put it in a handy unused receptical and threw it discreetly away?

Hmm.

Maybe not.

It's good to see analytical skills being put to use...

Yep, I analyse s**t for fun.

B