When You're Up to Your Ass in Alligators

<p>Office copier folklore—those tattered sheets of cartoons mottoes zany poems defiant sayings parodies and crude jokes that regularly circulate in office buildings everywhere—is the subject of this innovative study. this type of folklore represents a major form of tradition in modern America and the authors have compiled this raw data for scholarship—and entertainment. These creations of the Paperwork Empire comment on topics and problems that concern all urban Americans. No one and nothing escapes their raunchy wit and sarcasm. Bosses ethnic groups minorities the sexes alternative lifestyles politics welfare government workers the law bureaucracy and even "The Night Before Christmas" all come under fire to form a biting and hilarious commentary on modern American society.</p>