Committee of Conundrums: A Brief History

We started as a small group of five. Our first order of business was to create a new color palette that would "inspire creativity." We chose a garish combination of neon pink, electric blue, and sunshine yellow.

• 1987: Adopted our first official motto: "We'll figure it out... eventually."
• 1988: Established a strict dress code, requiring all members to wear only plaid ties on Wednesdays.
• 1989: Created the first-ever Conundrums-themed puzzle book, featuring 100 pages of logic problems and cryptic clues.

We expanded our membership to ten, and our influence began to spread. We started a newsletter, featuring articles on "The Art of Procrastination" and "The History of Committee Meetings."

• 1992: Published our first edition of the Conundrums Quarterly, featuring a 50-page special on "The Ethics of Bureaucracy."
• 1993: Hosted our first-ever Committee Talent Show, featuring a performance by our very own "Bureaucratic Ballet Dancers."
• 1995: Launched the Committee of Conundrums' first-ever charity drive, collecting donations for "The Bureaucratic Red Cross."

As our membership grew, so did our sense of self-importance. We began to see ourselves as the guardians of all things bureaucratic.

• 1997: Established the Conundrums Institute of Advanced Bureaucracy (CIAB), a think tank dedicated to the study of all things tedious.
• 1999: Created the Committee of Conundrums' first-ever "Bureaucratic Survival Kit," a 300-page guide to navigating the complexities of red tape.
• 2000: Launched the Conundrums University, offering courses in "The Art of Doing Nothing" and "The Science of Sycophancy."