Zombie's

Due to the recession ( officially its stagnation ) I'm told we have nearly 200,000 " zombie business's " in this country . These are business's that are functioning and employing people , but due to their hidden terrible debts have no long term future , but on they plod . Some financial experts say that their debts should be called in and the company's  disbanded so as to not hold back other good business's , apparently . This got me thinking , how many " zombie " friendships do we have ? Some friendships fade but we keep , or try to keep ( guilty as charged ! ) them going , and we might even succeed . This however may seem like  a good thing at the time, but unless there is decent outlook for them its all a waste of time and maybe our energy would be better off diverted to other paths or interests . Its all to easy to let those zombies live on , if only for comfort and conformation that more glorious / exciting times did once exist .