Why I Am So Tired

"Financial Worries"

Fresh out of business school, the young
man answered a want ad for an accountant.
Now he was being interviewed by a very
nervous man who ran a small business
that he had started himself.

"I need someone with an accounting degree,"
the man said. "But mainly, I'm looking for
someone to do my worrying for me."

"Excuse me?" the accountant said.

"I worry about a lot of things," the man said.
"But I don't want to have to worry about
money. Your job will be to take all the
money worries off my back."

"I see," the accountant said. "And how
much does the job pay?"

"I'll start you at eighty thousand."

"Eighty thousand dollars!" the accountant
exclaimed. "How can such a small business
afford a sum like that?"

"That," the owner said, "is your first worry."

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"Why I Am So Tired"

For a couple years I've been blaming it on
iron deficient 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 ill and 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 on your rear reading
email jokes and surfing the net.

It's no wonder I'm tired!
Received on Mon Aug 28 01:21:24 2006