Apparently, nobody heeded the warning. Now there's a red-tape scandal. Investigators say a VA employee took more than $115,000 in kickbacks from the company that made the tape.

Whether you've seen them on TV shows or in real life, each color of tape police use have a different meaning. Here's an explanation of what the red tape means.

Warning: this regulation may contain feather-bedding, molly-coddling and traces of absurdity. The public is to be asked to submit the most ridiculous examples of red tape for a bonfire of nannying ...