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To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick; sionnsar; Dead Corpse; Darksheare

Here’s a puzzle for you. I have often said that the way to fortune is to find something you’re good at, that others are willing to pay you to do, and that you enjoy doing. Success is assured, right?

Suppose you have a super power, but you can’t figure out a way to make it pay for itself. What good is it?

You comic geeks may remember that Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man had this problem. He became a photographer.

I have a character who can read minds. What good does it do him? How can he make an honest living?


560 posted on 04/03/2009 3:18:40 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Panicked at seeing Scarecrow twitching and shaking, Dorothy unplugs the teleprompter. "Uh, um, er .")
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To: NicknamedBob

Jury consultant.


570 posted on 04/03/2009 4:24:44 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." ~Sam Brown)
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To: NicknamedBob
I have a character who can read minds. What good does it do him? How can he make an honest living?

Pollster.

578 posted on 04/03/2009 6:04:58 PM PDT by sionnsar (Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: NicknamedBob
Psychoanalyst.

Police interrogator.

Congressional watchdog.

Private investigator.

If you drop the "honest" qualification, it opens up a whole bunch more...

590 posted on 04/03/2009 6:57:32 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: NicknamedBob
I have a character who can read minds. What good does it do him? How can he make an honest living?

From most honest to least.

Carnival.

TV show.

Poker.

Lawyer.

604 posted on 04/03/2009 9:10:39 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (When you're spinning round, things come undone. Welcome to Earth 3rd rock from the Sun!)
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