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title: ▍Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody
created: 2026-07-17
modified: 2026-07-17
authors: Charles Osgood
category: Poem
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A team had four members called Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done.

Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job.

Everybody thought Anybody could do it.

Nobody realized that it’s Everybody’s job.

Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.