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....
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Private security?
It’s not a horrible way to earn a living. I’ve met a lot of wonderful people doing my job. But it takes a smart person to realize when the stress is getting to you, and finding positive ways to deal with it. Took me a little while longer than it should’ve. Had to get past the “macho badass” stuff first.
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My cousins son is a chicken inseminator for Tysons. Lol
As a 330lb guy with a beard I’m also interested.
My husband did that 4 1/2 years while in school. It’s not what he does for a living now though.
You haven’t watched Soylent Green.
Our vet once sprained his entire hand and forearm due to a cow contracting during a pregnancy test. He was lucky nothing was broken.
8) Fake news reader/writer.
I had a friend whose son made a career for many years as a professional Frisbee performer for a beer company. Seemed to make good money.
That's the answer Egyptologists always give to get around that thorny question, but no one's ever shown how you can harden copper to the degree that it can carve granite.
Obviously, there's an answer, because the hieroglyphs are there, but how they got there, is something the ancients never explained. Neither can modern archaeologists, it seems.
I know that’s just an internet meme, but it’s as valid an explanation as “copper chisels”.
Some people are beginning to believe the ancient Egyptians used borrowed technology from an older parent race that disappeared before recorded history.
It's a helluva mystery, that's for sure.
I used to work as a ghost consultant on technological problems.
Word gets around quickly that someone is willing to provide technical help without ever claiming credit for the work.
A good way to meet deadlines and get the credit.
A lucrative and stay-at-home joy.
Payment was by cash-in-the-mail. I was only stiffed a few times. Money was excellent.
I rarely take jobs these days.
Medical, electrical engineering, computer sci were my fields.
I worked on some strange things indeed, many contributed to
conflicts like dessert storm.
I am totally discreet which is a pre-requisite for such work. I take security extremely seriously. I would never betray a client.
I’m working on something now that is very different for me.
Only time will tell how it will work out.
My absolute commitment to the safety of this nation is my guiding principle...one that I would rather die than betray...so I am a good fit for this sort of consulting. Nothing could cause me to betray a trust and very sophisticated use of encryption is my method of communication.
Retired military. I design, make and sell hand forged beer bottle openers. Have sold them all over the world. I love my stay at home job. I try to only go to town once a week to ship openers and buy groceries.
I read a story about a smoke-making invention that the rat catchers use in India. They get to keep the rats and any rice found in their burrows to eat. With the invention, funded by micro-loans, they double their catch. One guy said his wife cooks the extra rats and rice and sells them. With “all” the extra money he said he can now pay for extended education so his kids won’t have to be rat catchers!
There are other hazards associated with artificial insemination. In the early 60s in south east Nebraska, there was a young fellow providing these services. Most every farm had a small livestock herd and it was not always economically feasible or safe for everyone to own a good bull. Anyway this young man bought a VW and zoomed around the rural gravel and dirt roads as fast as his vehicle would go. Unfortunately, that was a bad combination and soon he was buried and someone else had that job.
It’s a program for teens sponsored and run by the local police department. I’m amazed at how much they teach these kids.
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