Bad career choices

Kind of a silly game that I made up this weekend, appropriate for our questionable economy. Feel free to try your hand at it:

“I was going to be a plumber, but it was too draining.”

“I wanted to go into vacuum science, but I sucked at it.”

“They wanted me to become a fencer, but I never got the point.”

“I was in the pillow stuffing biz, but it only got me down.”

“I was going to become a tunnel driller, but it was boring.”

“They said I’d get rich selling photocopies, but I was duped.”

“I joined a food preserve company, but they canned me.”

“I was a lumberjack, until I got the axe.”

12 thoughts on “Bad career choices”

  1. “I was a deep sea diver, but I couldn’t take the pressure.”

    “I wanted to be a lion tamer, but I couldn’t handle it.”

    “I was a postman, until I got the sack.”

    “I tried being a bicycle, but I became too tired”

  2. These are all awesome!

    I used to tell people I wanted to make my living as a comedian, but they just laughed. 😉

  3. I wanted to be a farmer, but I didn’t like the field.

    (A riff on “That farmer, he is outstanding in his field!” – a joke farmers tell each other…)

  4. “I wanted to be a fisherman, but I just couldn’t get hooked on it.”

    “I tried to show artwork in a gallery, but I couldn’t get the hang of it.”

    “I wanted to be a juggler, but I dropped the ball.”

  5. “I wanted to be a quantum physicist but I wasn’t entangled.”

    Not sure if it’s the proper but I tryed 😀

  6. I wanted to do gait studies, but I couldn’t stand the pace.

    I had a gig as a TV chef, but my show got panned.

    I was going to cut firewood, but then I split.

    I was going to do slanted TV commentary, but I was outFoxed.

    I was going to work at Barnes & Noble if I got out on bail, but they threw the book at me.

    I started in the mucilage biz but I couldn’t stick with it.

    I wanted to work at the cab company, but they were all just hacks.

    I was going to be a gym instructor, but it didn’t work out.

    I was going to run the atrium elevator, but I hit the glass ceiling.

    I wanted to take a second job at NIST, but I didn’t have the time.

    (Reversing figure/ground): I tried to give up stealing bathroom accessories, but I took the plunge.

    (Stretching the rules): I was supposed to put the bio chemicals at the top of the cabinet, but my enzymes were low.

    I never wanted to be a navigator, it just wasn’t on my radar.

    I was supposed to reboot the pornsite server, but I couldn’t get it up.

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