How does the saying go?

durasupreme

Does anyone know the verbage of the old saying, "if everybody...somebody...anybody...nobody...? Can't remember how the saying goes, and a manager would like to post in his area. Can you help?

LarryC

I know what you're talking about, but I can't recall the exact wording. It's something like this:

Somebody told everybody that there was a job to do. Anybody could do it but nobody did.

durasupreme

You're right - that's the saying I'm referring to. Anyone...? Can you help?

Paul in Cannon Beach

"Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done."

Is that the one you are thinking of?

HRCalico

Here's one version -

There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was asked to do it. But Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about it because it was Everybody's job. But Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, and Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody, and Nobody did the job that Anybody could have done in the first place.

mwild3136

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 03-09-06 AT 09:53AM (CST)[/font][br][br]Okay, what I want to know is:

Who's on first? x:D

ray a

MWild, if I interpret that previous post correctly, I would say Nobody is on 1st.

LarryC

Actually, Ray, if you are correct that 1st is occupied, then it has to be somebody and it can't be everybody. So if it's anybody then it has to somebody. Follow?