They also provide comic relief with jokes and such. One such joke that I have seen done for the last 50 years got a rodeo clown fired a few years back. You all probably remember it. Some people are very thin skinned.
Posted on 05/03/2017 6:05:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Are you in the career you imagined as a child? Maybe you thought you'd be an astronaut, or a ballerina.
If you're like most adults, you're probably doing something far different, but your job likely isn't as bizarre as these unique positions. Here's a look at some of the craziest careers through which people make their money.
1) RODEO CLOWN
Income: $100 to $500 per gig
Running around in silly clothes teasing an 1,800-pound animal is one of the cool jobs in the rodeo circuit. But the job's not all fun and games. A rodeo clown must distract a bull to prevent injury to the rider, sometimes putting himself at risk. A rodeo clown can perform wherever there are bull-riding events, including Australia and the United States.
Dangers of the job: Going nose to nose with a rodeo bull comes with risks of getting gored, trampled or kicked. Chances are, you'll get injured during your rodeo clown career. The vocation has a 77.4 percent injury rate.
How to land the job: Go to rodeo bullfighting or clown school to learn the skills needed to entertain the audience and divert the bull's attention. Get your first gigs at local youth or amateur rodeos to showcase your work.
2) STUNT PERSON
Income: $933 per day
If you're an adrenaline addict, becoming a stunt person might be your ideal version of a fun job. Leaping from burning buildings, crashing cars and flying through the air are all part of the stunt person's work duties.
Dangers of the job: Ignorance is definitely not bliss as a stunt double; not knowing the proper stunt technique is the number one reason for on-the-job injury, according to the Houston Chronicle....
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Nope. I’m in monument inscription, in the field so to speak. Would never have guessed it.
What it sounds like?
Growing up, I never thought I’d be a cop. I thought pilot, or military of some sort but Asthma kept me from that. Oddly it didn’t keep me from a badge and a gun. 23 years now, go figure. Looking forwrd to the day when i’m just a schmoe again. But 25 years of this means I’ll never see things like most people do.
CC
Grave stones or bigger stuff?
CC
I wound up becoming a vendor. Selling ice cream, and pizza in grocery stores for a living. Definitely not what I was expecting to do for a living.
I once knew a guy who fiddled worms for a living. Well part time. The rest of the time he didn’t do anything.
Untouchables crawl through the sewers of Calcutta naked removing blockages in the system.
Think about that the next time you think your job sucks.
I grew up with the kids of a family owning a trucking company. After high school I went into heavy truck maintenance. However, strange things happened to machinery when I was around, and I was given the nickname ‘Lucky’. Then I knew it was time to give it up.
After military service, I broke into corporate security, military contractor type. Had lots of adventures and travel, but 24 years was enough for me.
Get rich and post on FR !
In my job, I once ran into a guy whose last name was Diesel. Yes, he worked on diesel engines in big trucks.
When I was a kid I wanted to drive an ambulance. I lived across the street from a hospital and got int the fast driving. But then again, parents and coaches kept picking me as a team captain for my little league and hockey teams. My friend’s father said I would b a great leader.
Wound up being a project manager and a coach.
There’s a theory about that, believe it or not. It’s called “nominative determinism”.
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Having spent nearly 10 years as a funeral director, I have never met a Mortuary Cosmetologist. One of the female directors would usually go off a picture, or the family would often call that person’s regular cosmetologist and ask them to do it. Often times they would for the normal fee or for free as a favor to the family.
Income: $40,000 to $70,000 per year
Death can be a traumatic experience — not only for those experiencing it, but for those left behind. A "death doula" helps the dying and their family through the transition from life to what's next.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
A classmate of mine in high school, one year ahead of me, was apprenticing at a local funeral home while still in school. Is that unusual?
I also ran into a guy named John F. Kennedy. He was a real character.
Once some Federal agents wanted to seize a vehicle from known criminal gangs. They couldn’t get a tow truck driver to haul it.
I told them I knew a guy who would. Sure enough, John F. Kennedy took the job.
They also provide comic relief with jokes and such. One such joke that I have seen done for the last 50 years got a rodeo clown fired a few years back. You all probably remember it. Some people are very thin skinned.
As a monument inscriber, I'd like to know what you think of the hieroglyphs carved into solid granite in Egypt. They're stunningly crisp and perfect, yet we're told the ancient Egyptians used soft copper chisels to do that work.
We now that wasn't possible, and harder tools, capable of carving granite, have never been found by archaeologists in that area.
Any guesses as to how they did it?
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