Trurl pulls up a chair and dictates: “Notice is hereby given that in re hindrance of tenant, as
    stated under Rev. Stat. c. 117(e) dash 2 dash KKP4 of the CTSP Comm. Code, in clear violation of
    paragraph 199, thereby constituting a most reprehendable offense, we do declare the termination,
    desummation and full cessation of all services accruing thereunto, by authority of Ordinance 67
    DPO No. 14(j) 1101 et seq., on this the 19th day of the 17th month of the current year, aff’g 77
    F. Supp. 301. The Tenant may appeal said action by extraordinary procedure to the Chairman of the
    Board within twenty-four hours.”

    Trurl attaches the seal, affixes the stamp, has it entered in the Central Ledger, consults the
    Official Register, and says:

    “Now let the mailman deliver it.”

    The mailman takes it, they wait, they wait, and the mailman returns.

    “Did you deliver it?” asks Trurl.

    “I did.”

    “And the return receipt?”

    “Here it is, signed on this line. And here’s the appeal.”

    Trurl takes the appeal and, without reading it at all, orders it returned to sender and writes
    diagonally across it: “Unacceptable—Proper Forms Not Attached.” And he signs his name illegibly.

    “And now,” he says, “to work!”

Ah, the power of bureaucracy.