Come on, everybody!

We have read out loud this story a couple of times at chamber-related gatherings. Some of you may have heard this before. Some may have not. 

If you have heard it, sorry. However, it might never hurt to hear it again. For first timers, we hope you find it entertaining and useful.

This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.  

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.  

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.  

Somebody got angry because it was Everybody's job.  

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.  

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

We cannot discover the origins of this story. We got our copy from Abby King. Thank you, Abby. Abby got her copy from her father. Dr. Dwight King. Thank you, Dwight.

Other stuff:

Chamber member of the week: Small Blessings.

Number of referrals from whartontexas.com to our Chamber members' businesses during July: 738.

Also, thank you to everyone who came to our Membership Appreciation Fish Fry a week ago Thursday. And a big thanks to the Chamber Ambassadors for putting it together, Caney Auto Service for the sponsorship, and the Hungerford Volunteer Fire Department for frying fish second to nobody on this earth. And Leroy Dettling, who makes the best tarter sauce west and east of the Mississippi and beyond.

Also, we enjoyed speaking to a new crop of 37 Wharton ISD teachers on Wednesday morning. We also are appreciative to the many many many businesses, organizations and individuals who donated item to our teacher goodie bags. The bags have never been bigger! Thank you!

That is all.