# Do any of you all have cool jobs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917 "2001-01-08T00:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Conti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Conti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conti)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/1 "2001-01-08T00:06:16Z")
Hey, i was just wondering if any of you all had some cool or unique jobs? Like are there any famous people in here? Any actors or music performers? Anybody work high up in the government here? Like for the president or Congress…or whatever your country has? Conti ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/2 "2001-01-08T00:10:55Z")
I’m the elected U.S. Congressman for California District 13. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/3 "2001-01-08T00:25:44Z")
I’m the king of the world! (sorry, I couldn’t resist!) ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/4 "2001-01-08T00:43:44Z")
I’ve never told anybody on the board this before but, in the 70’s I played “Lamont Sanford” in the show “Sanford and Son”. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/5 "2001-01-08T00:45:06Z")
nope sorry, just computer tech support, firefighter, EMT, and a student. Nothing fun here. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/6 "2001-01-08T00:47:23Z")
craps dealer ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/7 "2001-01-08T00:58:47Z")
I own a contract (house) painting business. Some people think that’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/8 "2001-01-08T01:20:19Z")
Oldscratch! Are you really? Why did you never tell us this before? Whammo- are you serious too?! ---
**Author:** ![Upham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Upham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upham)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/9 "2001-01-08T01:28:16Z")
I had the best friggin job in the world a few months ago, oh why couln’t this thread have come along in July?? I was a Bingo caller, Spoon Professional, DJ, MC, Balloon Giver and assistant bar tender in a restaurant. I played spoons for Royalty and Stars (the woman who played L.D. on Degrassi High!! I GOT TO TALK TO HER!!) Aint none of ya’ll gonna beat that. Upham ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/10 "2001-01-08T01:36:00Z")
You may have to tweak your definition of “cool.” I work in customer service for my local government. Listening to people scream at me all day isn’t exactly cool, but it has it’s moments of levity. Not a job I’ll be leaving anytime soon. I’m also the mother of two beautiful kids. While they sometimes make me want to curl up in a corner and beat my head into the wall, I’m not trading this job for anything, ever. I’m married to a guitar player. Not famous, but he should be. And after being with him for as long as I have, I can say with certainty that being a musician has it’s cool points, but mostly it’s a job like any other. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/11 "2001-01-08T01:38:43Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/12 "2001-01-08T01:39:13Z")
Well, I can honestly say that if I told you everything that I do at my job, they’d put me in prison. I work for a system that’s highly classified. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/13 "2001-01-08T02:20:43Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve never told anybody on the board this before but, in the 70’s I played “Lamont Sanford” in the show “Sanford and Son”. Hm. I seem to recall your People Pages picture being a bit different-looking than the Lamont Sanford I remember. Maybe it’s because Lamont’s head was attatched to his shoulders? ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/14 "2001-01-08T02:28:12Z")
Darn, I suppose working six hour days at a Graphic/Typographic design firm as Net Admin and doing nothing really but posting all day and playing video games is not cool enough… oh well… How about the fact that I work with some pretty famous rock bands doing graphic design/web design work and merchandising? …nah, I suppose not… -sulks off to the uncool corner…- ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/15 "2001-01-08T02:30:35Z")
I am a copy editor, which may be the very definition of an uncool job, because, among other things, nobody who isn’t one seems to have any idea what copy editors do. Not that explaining it helps. ("Well, I spend a lot of time changing “which” to “that.” But on a good day, I might get to change “that” to “which.”) But I do work for a radio magazine, so maybe that puts me on the extreme fuzzy outer edges of the fringes of show biz. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/16 "2001-01-08T02:37:52Z")
As a physician, some people think I have an interesting job because I get to see lots of women naked. This has turned out to be not even a remotely interesting feature of my work, unlike the expectations I had as a callow youth. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/17 "2001-01-08T02:50:34Z")
:::::: Retired :::::::: ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/18 "2001-01-08T02:53:10Z")
I am a locksmith. That can be pretty cool going about and picking locks opening cars and such stuff. Well, I think it is cool anyway. Osip ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/19 "2001-01-08T02:57:34Z")
I work at bus assembly plant, and when somebody leaves one of the big doors open, especially this time of year, it does get pretty cool in there, so I guess I have a cool job.😃 **Whammo** are you really Demond Wilson? ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917/20 "2001-01-08T02:58:12Z")
I forgot to mention, I was also an interstate drug runner back in the early '90’s. That paid very well, plus I got to rent luxury cars on a regular basis. Qadgop: My SO is also a doc. He says most of the nekkid women he sees are fairly elderly, and it’s not really very exciting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-all-have-cool-jobs/48917.md?page=2)