>For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much >pressure from my job, but now I found out the real reason: I'm tired >because I'm overworked. > >The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired. > >That leaves 133 million to do the work. > >There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do the work. > >Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government, >leaving 19 million to do the work. > >2.8 Million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 16.2 million to do the >work. > >Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City >Governments and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work. > >At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving >1,212,000 to do the work. > >Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons. > >That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me. > >And you're sitting at your computer reading jokes. > >