Every military organization is strangled by bumf. Heck, every bureaucracy is, especially ones that don't have things like profit and loss statements to guide their efficiencies, but have to use more esoteric metrics.
Bumf - with an example.
Of course, in my experience, only two weeks isn't bad for ordering something....
1‘QM.G.9.
‘Would you be good enough to obtain a pair of dividers for the use of C.I.G.S.?
QM.G.9 (a).
Bumf - with an example.
Of course, in my experience, only two weeks isn't bad for ordering something....
bumf /bʌmf/ Pronunciation [buhmf]
–noun British. 1. Slang. toilet paper.
2. memoranda, official notices, or the like.
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Origin:
1885–90; short for bumfodder. See bum 2 , fodder1
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‘Would you be good enough to obtain a pair of dividers for the use of C.I.G.S.?
J. F. C. Fuller,
Colonel G.S., M.A. to C.I.G.S.’
10th March, 1926.Colonel G.S., M.A. to C.I.G.S.’
2
‘X Compass, drawing, shifting leg, double jointed, II. QM.G.F. (b).
‘We propose to convey approval to the permanent issue of a Compass as at X above. Have you any remarks from a financial point of view?‘X Compass, drawing, shifting leg, double jointed, II. QM.G.F. (b).
QM.G.9 (a).
J. Gardner'
For D.A.D.E.O.S.'
11th March, 1926.
3
‘QM.G.9 (a).
‘No financial objection. Will you let us have this B.M. again when the Compass has been issued?
‘No financial objection. Will you let us have this B.M. again when the Compass has been issued?
QM.G.F. (b).
G. Lillywhite.’
15th March, 1926.
4
‘A.D.O.S.P.
‘Will you please arrange issue of a Compass, drawing, shifting leg, double-jointed II. to— M.A. to C.I.G.S. Room 217, War Office? Issue will be permanent.
‘Will you please arrange issue of a Compass, drawing, shifting leg, double-jointed II. to— M.A. to C.I.G.S. Room 217, War Office? Issue will be permanent.
QM.G.9 (a).
J. Gardner,
For D.A.D.E.O.S.'
16th March, 1926.
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‘QM.G.9 (a).
‘Issue has been arranged.
‘I.O.P.4.D/4186 dt. 18.3.26.
‘I.O.P.4.D/4186 dt. 18.3.26.
H.E.
For A.D.O.S Provision'
18th March, 1926.
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M.A. to C.I.G.S.
‘Please let me know when the compass is received.
QM.G.9. (a).
‘Please let me know when the compass is received.
QM.G.9. (a).
J. Gardner,
For D.A.D.E.O.S.’
19th March, 1926.
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‘QM.G.9 (a).
‘Compass received, thank you.
‘Compass received, thank you.
J. F. C. Fuller,
Colonel G.S., M.A. to C.I.G.S.’
Colonel G.S., M.A. to C.I.G.S.’
24th March, 1926.
'WTF?
Fdcol63
HMFICoN
4th March, 2009
tissue nicely.Four weeks later, we went to the local hardware store and *bought* the farkin' things.
Three months after we did *that*, S-4 force-issued us a gross of red light bulbs...
We bought the stuff ourselves at the PX/Commisary and handcarried our personal rolls to and from the latrines.
Cheers