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went to this government agency to claim a certain document... they couldn't find it!

me: 'release date was supposed to be last month yet...'

staff: 'you should have come here on <release date> so it would still be here...'

me: 'nyeh! the four times i came here on the date of release, the doc wasn't available yet and i had to come back at a later date.  that's four times out of four already.  i should have learned by now so this time around i gave enough allowance...'

staff: 'see, it got lost...'

me: 'yeah... i guess one month is too long an allowance...'

next time i'll make it three weeks... i'll fine-tune... sooner or later i (or they) will get this right... ; p