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.

H/T Peter Gunn