for the purposes of this study horsemouth has here taken only his facebook friends;
way out in front - at 48 occurences - the musicians. the entry requirement is low, horsemouth has only to have heard you say you played an instrument or sang in a choir, or to have seen you pick up a guitar and play a song at a party one time. djs, makers of electronica, radio show hosts, compilation co-ordinators and gig promoters are included (but no one gets two bites at the pie).
next up - at 19 occurences - the social activists - here horsemouth has drawn the net quite narrowly here as many of his friends are frankly raging lefties, anarchists, dirty squatter malcontents (thanks for asking officer) or were back in the day... or perhaps we just imagined we were, anyway, to still be on the list people have had to show more commitment than horsemouth to this thing.
two way tie for third -at joint 3rd (with 12 occurences each) are teachers andacademics/ writers (there were also 4 journalists, a publisher, two editors, and a poet).
horsemouth is surprised that there were only 8 artists -he suspects he hasn't being paying as much attention as he should when people discussed their non musical practices, there were however also, 5 people involved in theatre, 5 filmakers, 3 photographers, 2 craftspeople (clothing and furniture), 1 puppeteer.
that just leaves - 1 nursery worker, 1 linguist, 1 antique store owner, 1 tramway designer, 1 modern dancer, 1 carnival dancer, 1 psychotherapist, 1 garden designer, 1 restauranteur, 2 deacons,
and last, but not least, 7 suspected (or known) fictitious characters/people with pseudonyms/ institutions.
if you do more than one thing horsemouth will have counted you more than once.
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if horsemouth were to include his non-facebook friends he would also have to add two comic book artists, some more artists and musicians... you know how it goes.
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