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The population of Canada is 32.5 million .



1 4.5 million are retired or on welfare .



That leaves 18 million to do the work.



There are 12.5 million in school.



Which leaves 5.5 million to do the work.



Of this there are 1.5 million employed by the federal government.




Leaving 4 million to do the work.




.1 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with Afghanistan & finding Osama Bin-Laden.




Which leaves 3.9 million to do the work.





Take from that total the 3.6 million people who work for provincial and

municipal governments.




And that leaves .3 million to do the work.



At any given time there are 228,000 people in hospitals and care homes.




Leaving 72,000 to do the work.



Now, there are 71,998 people in prisons.



That leaves just people to do the work.



You and me.




And there you are,



sitting on your behind ,



at your computer,









reading jokes.



Nice. Real nice !!