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stymingersfink
Feb 15, 2008, 1:32 AM
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[email i just got from geogoddess]
The population of the USA is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 55 million to do the work.
Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 15 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin -Laden.
Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.
Take from that total the 10.8 million 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 there you are,
sitting on your ass,
at your computer, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice !!
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blondgecko
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Feb 15, 2008, 2:00 AM
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Actually, it's five million and two, by my count. 
In reply to: Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 15 million to do the work. |
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stymingersfink
Feb 15, 2008, 2:08 AM
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blondgecko wrote: Actually, it's five million and two, by my count. In reply to: Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 15 million to do the work. 
it was still funny to me
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bent_gate
Feb 15, 2008, 3:09 AM
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stymingersfink wrote: blondgecko wrote: Actually, it's five million and two, by my count. In reply to: Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 15 million to do the work. thing must have been written by a federal employee. it was still funny to me
The retired guys are still working. Haven't you ever seen those greeter guys at Walmart? 
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petsfed
Feb 15, 2008, 4:57 AM
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blondgecko wrote: Actually, it's five million and two, by my count. In reply to: Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 15 million to do the work.
Did you run all the math, or just see the error when it happened?
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blondgecko
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Feb 15, 2008, 8:09 AM
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petsfed wrote: blondgecko wrote: Actually, it's five million and two, by my count. In reply to: Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 15 million to do the work. Did you run all the math, or just see the error when it happened?
Nah, I'm not (quite) that obsessive-compulsive - it just jumped out at me.
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