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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


518 days ago

Topic tags/keywords: jobs humor

Thought it would be fun to start a humous JOBS topic

I’ll start the list

1. My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory, but I got canned. I
couldn’t concentrate.

2. Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack, but I just couldn’t hack it,
so they gave me the axe.

3. After that, I tried to be a Tailor, but I just wasn’t suited for it—
mainly because it was a sew-sew job.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Mark Shymanski

1555 posts in 609 days


518 days ago

4 I worked at a mine and had a blast until I got shafted.

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

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FlWoodRat

584 posts in 805 days


518 days ago

5. I tried to get a job in a shoe store, but I couldn’t get a foot in the door. Seems like I just wasn’t a good fit. They must have thought I was a loafer or too straight laced.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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motthunter

2079 posts in 695 days


518 days ago

I had a fiend in sewage.. it was a sh%tty job.. His brother was a funeral director and his business was just dying. Down the street was a dog trainer who spent half his time dealing with real B#tches and his cousin worked cutting onions in a kitchen and it was a real tear jerker

-- making sawdust....

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Lee A. Jesberger

3710 posts in 876 days


518 days ago

You guys are pretty clever!

I thought I might take a turn at lathe work, but I couldn’t put the proper spin on it. And the thought of price gouging is a turn off.

Then I thought I might try sheet metal work, but that didn’t pan out.

So I switched to wood working. I had no idea how hard I would be working.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


518 days ago

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Next, I tried working in a Muffler Factory, but that was too exhausting.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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GaryK

9533 posts in 885 days


518 days ago

Well, I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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odie

1602 posts in 736 days


518 days ago

I was with the telephone company for thirty years until it got too high speed for this slow mind.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

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CharlieM1958

7661 posts in 1115 days


518 days ago

I have a liberal arts degree also. Do you want ketchup for Gary’s fries?

I tell people I’m a pilot. (My wife saves everything, and I have to pile-it up in the attic.)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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sjdickey

64 posts in 695 days


518 days ago

I used to work ay a Bingo Parlor, but I found another calling.

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Jeff_T

30 posts in 568 days


518 days ago

I ran an elevator in a large office building, but things were to up and down for me.

Then I became a window washer but that was a pane in the a**.

So I took off to become a writer, just could not get things right.

After all this I decided to marry a rich woman, unfortunately she had a hearing problem and she thought I said bitch not rich, that ended in divorce.

-- Jeff T in Westport CT.

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gizmodyne

1678 posts in 986 days


518 days ago

This is too weird.

It’s not in my profile, but I once worked at an Oreo cookie factory. I eventually quit.

I could never get out of middle management. Plus I was starting to see the world in just black and white.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


518 days ago

I tried to be a Chef – figured it would add a little spice to my
life, but I just didn’t have the thyme.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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FlWoodRat

584 posts in 805 days


518 days ago

I thought about becoming a banker, but just couldnt develop any real interest.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


517 days ago

My best job was a Musician, but eventually I found I wasn’t noteworthy

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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ChicoWoodnut

895 posts in 712 days


517 days ago

I was a programmer till I found out they all followed a strange code

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

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CedarFreakCarl

566 posts in 950 days


517 days ago

I work for an environmental engineering company that designs sewage systems.

1. We’re no. 1 in the no. 2 business.

2. When you pull the handle, we take over.

3. It smells like money to me.

Take your pick.

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

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FlWoodRat

584 posts in 805 days


517 days ago

Cedar, I’m FLUSH out of comments now pal. Your job must be Comical, Realistic, And Poignant. Oh…..by the way, in my ‘used to life’ I was a licensed sewage treatment plant operator in the Garden State. For my geographically challenged LJ’s, that would have been New Jersey.

If I have offended anyone, please forgive me. I’ve never been too polically correct and probably never will be.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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CedarFreakCarl

566 posts in 950 days


517 days ago

FlW: While we don’t need to quit our day jobs and go into comedy, I forgot to post one…

4. It might be crap to you, but it’s bread and butter to us!

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

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pashley

530 posts in 614 days


517 days ago

Oh, you guys picked on the wrong guy for THIS kinda humor!

I was sick of my job, so I thought I’d try something different – tree cutting. I know I was going out on a limb – barking up the wrong tree, if you will, but I thought I was branch out a bit. Now, I never did pine for a job like this, nor wood I; tree cutting just seemed like an old saw. However, something about it just took root in me, and I couldn’t leaf it alone. Some of you guys probably think I’m a sap for doing a job like this, but I like it.

-- http://newmissionworkshop.com

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 610 days


517 days ago

I used to work in a fan factory, that job was a breese until I started running in circles all day. My employer started belting me over production.

I quit to work for a “Sweet’n’Low” manufacturer… man, what a sweet job. When I was at home after working at the mill, I couldn’t leave work behind… it always left a bad aftertaste when I’d walk out the doors. Wife made me quit.

I then tried my hand at experimental “Stop Saw” technology tesing… I was split half and half over that job. Half of me loved it, the other half was just torn to pieces over it. They never found me to be too handy at finding their solutions, so I quit. However, there will always be a piece of me at that job.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


517 days ago

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.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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FlWoodRat

584 posts in 805 days


517 days ago

I was hooked on to becoming a professional bass fisherman before the concept caught on. Now, I have a different line of work. Oh that sinking feeling, as my head bobs up and down, chasing the lures of fast fortune. Strike that last comment.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


516 days ago

I studied a long time to become a Doctor, but I didn’t have any patience.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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CelticDreamer

35 posts in 551 days


516 days ago

I worked in a pottery factory for a while, until the boss caught me half crocked…

-- last night I played a blank tape at full volume - the mime next door went nuts!

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


516 days ago

I attempted to be a Deli Worker, but any way I sliced it I couldn’t cut the mustard.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 610 days


516 days ago

I worked under a gunsmith one year until I shot my mouth off in front of my boss… He had a hairline trigger anger problem and fired me.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


516 days ago

Next, was a job in a Shoe Factory. I tried but I just didn’t fit in.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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sjdickey

64 posts in 695 days


516 days ago

Before I became a singer I was a tailor, I had an aptitude for it and thought I had things all sewed up but after a time I had to quit because I was feeling all hemmed in.

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


514 days ago

....... I then became a Professional Fisherman, but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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odie

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514 days ago

Hot water heaters were my game, until I got so steamed up.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


514 days ago

for awhile I managed to get a good job working for a Pool Maintenance Company, but the work was just too draining.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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TomK

504 posts in 771 days


513 days ago

I used to be a network engineer, but I was deleted because I preferred the router table in my shop.

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

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BertJ

49 posts in 594 days


513 days ago

I applied for a job as a pilot. I didn’t have a pilot’s license, so I just winged it. Lost the job when I took off too much. All the taxiing helped me land a job driving a cab.

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DAN

6450 posts in 879 days


513 days ago

So then I got a job in a Workout Center , but they said I wasn’t fit for the job.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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