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Very Brazil

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Not enough pipes!

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Hey! Prague was one of the last cities ever to operate a public pneumatic mail system (until 2002).

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When people ask me why I so very much want to go there, I always respond “Why the Prague not?”

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One step further back, very Orwellian, or even Kafkaesque.

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Kafka was from Prague, probably no coincidence!

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My first thought also

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Damn what a brilliant film

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🎵They say the world looks down on the bureaucrats,
They say we’re anal, compulsive, and weird,
But when push comes to shove,
You’ve got to do what you love,
Even if it’s not a good idea!🎵

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I am Bender, please insert girder

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What Futurama level bureaucrat do I need to be to get assigned this post?

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32 points

Just gotta be able to limbo!

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10 points

Technically correct.

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Workers of the Adeptus Administratum. Terra, 937.M1

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“The offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague, Czechoslovakia with the largest vertical letter file in the world. Consisting of cabinets arranged from floor to ceiling tiers covering over 4000 square feet containing over 3000 drawers 10 feet long. It has electric operated elevator desks which rise, fall and move left or right at the push of a button. to stop just before drawer desired. The drawers also open and close electronically. Thus work which formerly taxed 400 workers is now done by 20 with a minimum of effort.

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