Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a Historian - until I realized there was no future in it."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I studied to be an accountant but I just couldn’t add up so they subtracted me."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I was a Pilot and on top of the clouds but then I took a dive and the position crashed and burned"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "Had the spark to be an electrician but found the job was to shocking and I shorted out"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "For awhile I was a firefighter but I got burnt out and fried by the job then they fired me"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "Had a job working in Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind."
Mark
says "I had a job manufacturing Artificial arms. I quit because I really wanted a hand job."
Mark
says "I had a job fixing fans, but I had to quit. It was to tiring getting blown by my fans."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "OT: that one took the wind out of me Mark"
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says "OT: MJ-can you switch it so the new ones are at the bottom? I hope to add to this later as a product of fulfilling my occupation as a mathematician!"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "OT: No Fleck I can't - so sorry"
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says "Smart ass! But you did!
Hey, I knew someone who worked as a proctologist, but after awhile, you can only tolerate working with so many assholes!"
SolarFlare
says "I worked in a bear park but got fed up with their complaints about my nudity."
SolarFlare
says "I was a professional swimmer but became worried about the high risk of stroke (especially the butterfly variety)."
SolarFlare
says "I used to work as a furnace stoker but left because it just wasn't cool."
SolarFlare
says "I was a dog breeder but that was a bitch."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "
Fantastic"
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says "OT:
dog breeder! *snort* Good one!"
Steve ~ Friction
says "I was a hardware salesman for a while but I bolted when some nut tried to screw me."
Steve ~ Friction
says "I was a cook's helper until one day we had country-fried steak on the menu and he caught me beating my meat. [...I guess you have to know how to prepare country-fried steak to get that one.
]"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "OT: Steve you nailed it in the hardware store and as a cook's helper you sure pounded away at that job
"
SolarFlare
says "I was a draughtsman but quit because they wouldn't put me on the board."
SolarFlare
says "My boss left me to run a club for left handers but I left because I wasn't left."
SolarFlare
says "I used to be a bell ringer but gave me the hump."
SolarFlare
says "I was an orchestral conductor but I dropped a clanger and then didn't want to face the music so I ended it on a bad note."
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says "I had thought about being a zookeeper, but everyone acted like a bunch of wild animals!"
Hyperiongate
says "I had a job cleaning sewers but I quit. It was crappy work."
Steve ~ Friction
says "I was a NSCAR driver for a while but I felt like I was just going around in circles."
LadyBooBoo♥VonNalic
says "Well, SolarFlare, I had to run a club for right-handers myself, but my boss made me quit because I wasn't in my right mind.
"
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says "I used to be a tirechanger for a Nascar Driver, but left because that job was the pits."
paddy
says "I joined as a teacher to teach children but the children taught me to be out
"
Steve ~ Friction
says "I used to be a fruit salesman until one day I went bananas and mixed apples with oranges."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I tried working as a Pecan picker but I went nuts and then cracked under the pressure"
Mark
says "A friend of mine gave tennis lessons until she was caught using the students balls."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "OT
"
SolarFlare
says "I used to be a vampire but it wasn't something I could get my teeth into and there was too much at stake."
SolarFlare
says "I was a light bulb changer, but with all the engineers, Irishmen, scuba divers, students, Buddhists, Australians, science fiction writers, psychiatrists, lawyers and elephants I couldn't get near the damn light socket."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "
great jobs folks"
Thayamax
says "I used to sell vacuum cleaners but I quit because it really sucked."
Thayamax
says "I worked as an entomologist but I quit because it really started to bug me."
Thayamax
says "I tried to be an optometrist but I didn't see it through. My boss and I couldn't see eye to eye."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I lifted myself up to become a balloonist however I the working enviroment was full of hot air and I gradualy floated away from the position"
Thayamax
says "I started off as a magician but the situation became tricky when I suspected my assistant had something up her sleeve."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I trained to be a diver but found myself underwater to often and then I was drowned in work"
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says "I used to give airboat rides in the Everglades, but had to give it up - I felt too swamped with work."
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says "I tried working as an electrician, but had to pull the plug on that job - I just didn't get a charge out of it anymore."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I was building windmills for green electricity however I couldn't get a spin on the job and got turned off"
Steve ~ Friction
says "I applied for a job as the conductor for the Electric Light Orchestra but they said I was too short."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "Things didn't work for me as a train engineer as I fell of the track because I couldn't switch over"
Thayamax
says "I worked as a rodeo rider for a short time. I got roped into it, but I quit because it was a lot of bull."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "
some working class here folks"
Steve ~ Friction
says "I was a greenskeeper until one day I got the blues and they fired me when they found out I was colored."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I was a knife sharpener but the job was a grind, I couldn't cut it as I had no edge and things got dull for me"
Steve ~ Friction
says "I was a stand-up comedian but I fell down on the job"
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says "I worked in a tire warehouse, but people seemed to tread all over me & it got too tiring."
SolarFlare
says "I was a juggler, but it was just a load of old balls."
SolarFlare
says "I was a photographer, but the career didn't develop."
SolarFlare
says "I was a surfer but got board and waved it goodbye."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "
"
Thayamax
says "I used to love working as a seamstress because my co-workers kept me in stitches, but I quit because my boss needled me."
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says "Good one Thaya!
You too Solar! LOL"
SolarFlare
says "I was a deep sea diver but the pressure drove me round the bend(s)."
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says "I was an Olympic torch lighter, but I got burnt out and was extinguished."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "OT: yes Fleck it is over - the Olympics that is
"
SolarFlare
says "I used to be an astronaut but became spaced out & starstruck by the gravity of the situation."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "OT: That one reached high! I was in orbit!"
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says "I used to be a masseuse, but lost my touch and rubbed somebody the wrong way."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I bet that hurt
great one Fleck!"
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says "OT: Thanks MJ - well, sometimes a bad rub is better than no rub at all!
"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "OT: talking about rubs....."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I was a carpenter however nailed myself and then saw a better way to build my life"
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says "I too was once a carpenter but felt like I kept getting screwed and hitting a brick wall!"
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says "I wanted to be a fisherman, but decided against it because it was too easy to fall hook, line & sinker."
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says "I used to be a rodeo cowgirl, but ended up realizing I had gotten roped into something that would just leave me hog-tied and looking like a clown."
SolarFlare
says "I was employed to switch on the Large Hadron Collider, but the job was just a one-off and it disappeared into a black hole."
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says "I had a friend who was a pooper-scooper, but that job went into the crapper."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "SolarFlare and Fleck both get 3200 GPs for making me
good job!!!!"
SolarFlare
says "I used to be a bungee jumper but got too roped into it; it tied me up in knots & turned me upside down & I decided I didn't really want to be a bouncer."
SolarFlare
says "I used to be a sailor but became stern as my drinking veered of to the port making me lose my keel, so I pulled up anchor and left the buoys behind in my wake."
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says "I used to be a sharpshooter, but got off target and started to miss my mark."
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says "I used to want to be a fortune teller, but it turns out that line of work wasn't in the cards for me."
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says "I used to know an chicken farmer, but egg picking wasn't all it was cracked up to be and sometimes there really are too many hens in the henhouse for one's liking!"
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says "I wanted to be a gymnast, but had to split after taking too many tumbles... I couldn't stick around for that landing - out of bounds for me!"
SolarFlare
says "I was a train driver but I went off the rails."
SolarFlare
says "I was a vampire but became too long in the tooth which made it a sucking pain in the bloody neck(s). "
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says "I have a friend who's a chiropractor, but it wasn't as much of a snap as they thought it would be. To top it off it was really just a pain in the neck they couldn't crack!"
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says "I was a librarian, but found my days and nights just kept on getting overbooked."
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I worked on a crab ship in Alaska but it wasn't what it was cracked up to be and I got pinched and then canned"
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says "I wanted to be an allergist, but had to scratch that."
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says "I then wanted to move on to the field of dermatology, but those docs make too many rash moves and I had to scratch that too!"
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says "Then I had a gut feeling I could make it as a gastroenterologist, but it turned my stomach & I had to pass."
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says "I knew a neurosurgeon and that job seemed like it took a lot of nerve, but the serious stuff wasn't all it was cut out to be!"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "Excellent -
doctor doctor !!!"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I was a bomber pilot but my future dropped out from under me and I left behind destruction so I departed for bluer skies"
Confused *MJ Quixote*
says "I was a stone mason briefly however I found the job to rocky and couldn't hold it together so I fell out."
catty WDC since 2003
says "I was a dispatcher until they retired me for telling everyone where to go."
catty WDC since 2003
says "I was a horse shoer for a stud farm but I got hammered and couldn't hit the nail on the head so got the boot."
catty WDC since 2003
says "I once was a beach comber but caught the crabs and had to leave the sand behind. "
Sherri the Writer on Hiatus
says "I thought about being a psychologist, but realized I didn't care about problems any more."
BOO! Guess Who! Dreamin1
says "I would have been an exotic dancer, but I had a sidecropping error which started while dancing with Mr. Ed."
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