Forms Fun

Enjoy this trove of jokes, anecdotes, and off the wall forms literature.  Be warned:  this is humor only a forms person could love!!  If you have some Forms Fun you’d like to share, please submit it to bfma@bfma.org.

Forms Follow You to the Grave
Author:  Gary L. Stephens, ConocoPhillips Company
Source: Formspace, November 2003

The Demise of the Apostrophe
Author: J.F. Howard, Caroline Jarrett, and Marvin Beriss
Source: Formspace, August 2003

It’s a Wonderful Form
Author: Michael Patrick, Karen Sanders, and Lorilee Jensen
Source: Northwest Washington Chapter

Design, Design, Design, Ring, Ring, Ring – I Think I Can, I Think I Can for Forms Managers
Author:  Karen Sanders
Source:  The Informer, April 2004

What’s the Name of That Game?  Television Game Shows Are Modified for Use at Educational Events
Author: Joyce Endres
Source: Journal of Forms Management, Nov 87 – Jan 88

You Can’t Have a Plate That Says No Plate
Author:  Idelle Davidson
Source:  Journal of Forms Management, May-July 1987

OCR…A Fable
Author:  Standard Oil of Ohio
Source:  Journal of Forms Management, Oct-Dec 1980

Ode to the Typographical Error
Author: Charles Mitten, Pacific Printers Pilot
Source:  Journal of Forms Management, Oct-Dec 1980

An Information Management Bedtime Story
Author: Robert D. Jones, The People’s Natural Gas Company
Source: FORMat, April-June 1980

Yes, a Forms Conference
Source:  FORMat, Jan-Mar 1980

Not a Joiner
Source:  FORMat, Jan-Mar 1980

Justifying Paperwork Reduction
Source:  FORMat, August 1979

The Nose Always Knows
Author: Suzanne Morris
Source: FORMat, April 1979

Police Ticket Shortage
Author: Belden Menkus
Source: FORMat, April 1979