I'm Tired
(an old one, but a good one)

I'm tired.

For a couple of years I've been blaming it on my 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 the USA is 237 million.
104 million are retired.
That leaves 133 million to do the work.
Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government.
This leaves 19 million to do the work.
Take from that total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City government and that leaves 200,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 11,998 people in Prisons.

And you're sitting there reading this.

(thanks to Leah Christensen for this)