We are in trouble

TOSCA wrote:

We are in trouble

We are in trouble.

 

The population of this country 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 butt,

 

At your computer, reading jokes.

 

Nice. Real nice.

 

One puzzle a year for me!
It's a mindless, brain-dead, hibernation thing to do. Don't we all have something that we want to do that is "nothing to do". What a great outlet, when there are so many inputs to our eyes and ears. Talk about sensory overload!

So I get very excited about allowing myself to "DO NOTHING - while making a puzzle. It is an interesting thing however, as soon as I complete the puzzle, I admire it, and within the shortest period of time, I put it back in the box. . . Mission Accomplished!

I thought about it, and I realized that it is the process that is all the fun, like shopping for something. When the deed is done . . . well, now what???

Well, now I have to go back to thinking about what I SHOULD be doing, and go back to listening and watching all that is around me and the world.

Boy, do I look forward to next January, when I can do another DO NOTHING puzzle again!