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Forum: Humor and the like
Keywords: tired
Date: 1998, Mar 09
From: Rick Umstattd <rick@deaneng.com>

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> WHY WE'RE SO TIRED
> 
> For a couple years I've been blaming it on iron poor blood, lack
> of vitamins, dieting and a dozen other maladies. 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 leave 48 million to do the
> work.
> 
> Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government.
> This leaves 19 million to do the work.
> 
> Four million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 15 million to do
> the work.
> 
> Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City
> Government and that leaves 200,000 to do the work.
> 
> There are 188,000 in hospitals, so that leaves 12,000 to do the work.
> 
> Now, there are 11,998 people in Prisons. That leaves just two people
> to do the work.
> 
> You and me.
> 
> And you're sitting there reading this e-mail!
> 
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> The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.

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