[from canada]

>
>Yes, I'm Tired!
>
>For several years now, I've been blaming it on middle age, poor blood, lack
>of organic vitamins, air pollution, Nutra-Sweet, obesity, dieting,
>technophobia, nuclear waste, Epstein-Barr, contaminated ground water,
>political correctness, yellowy wax build-up and a dozen other maladies
>plaguing the end of the century. Recently, I have discovered that these are
>not the reasons. I'm tired because I'm overworked. Here's how I figured it
>out:
>
>The population of this country is 30 million.
>
>12 million are retired.
>That leaves 18 million to do all the work.
>
>7 million are in school.
>That leaves 11 million to do all the work.
>
>3 million are unemployed
>4 million are employed by the government.
>That leaves 4 million to do all the work.
>
>1 million are in the armed forces.
>2 million are employed by municipllities, district health councils and
>school boards.
>That leaves 1 million to do all the work.
>
>There are 620,000 people in hospitals and health care facilities.
>There are 379,988 people in prisons.
>That leaves 2 people to do all the work.
>
>That's YOU and ME, and you are sitting on your ass reading this.
>
>No wonder I'm so damn tired.