Believe it or not, grantwriting can be amusing, both intentionally and un-. First, the intentional.
My Nonprofit R&B Group's Set List
By Davin Stengel
"Let's Submit the Grant Application of Love"
"Your At-Risk Youth Outreach Program Makes Me Sweat"
"Ooh, Girl, Our Bylaws Don't Prohibit Your Involvement in My Daily Operations"
"I'll Make Love to Your Matching Funds"
"Tonite's the Nite We Update Our Mailing List"
"U Revised My Mission Statement"
Second, the unintentional: if you win a fellowship from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, you can use the funds "for research on materials relating to the history and culture of Pakistan in any country EXCEPT Pakistan and the US." So that's an easy research project, then - you can work in neither the country you're studying, nor the country you're resident in. My friend Matt says, hilariously, "At the Pakistani Institute of American Studies, though, you're encouraged to study America's infrastructure and its weak points."