May 7, 2011

All you Need to Know about Government Bureaucracy

** Pythagorean theorem: .............................................24 words.

** Lord's prayer:.............................................................66 words.

** Archimedes' Principle: .............................................67 words.

** 10 Commandments: ...............................................179 words.

** Gettysburg address: ...............................................286 words.

** Declaration of Independence : .............................1,300 words.

** US Constitution with 27 Amendments : ................ 7,818 words.

** US Government regulations on sale of cabbage: .... 26,911 words.

3 comments:

  1. GrrrrowlerMay 16, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    And then there is the US Tax Code with 3.7 million words. I don't think it's what our forefathers (or foremothers) had in mind!

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  2. AnonymousMay 29, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    and , from the cabbage you still may get a bug that will send you to the bathroom 900 times - -

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  3. TF in VAJuly 6, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    You've been fooled! That cabbage part is a hoax: http://www.snopes.com/language/document/cabbage.asp

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