Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody were members of a group

There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it.

Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody would have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job.

Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Anybody wouldn’t do it.

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

(abridged version of a poem by Charles Osgood)

Printable version of the tent poster The Parable of Responsibility