So old it's fossilized, but still good.
The population of this country is 273 million.
140 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 preoccupied with
killing Saddam Hussein. 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. 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 there you are sitting on your ass, at your
computer, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice.