# What Is The Job On Earth With Least Active Occupants? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405 "2013-04-11T14:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/21 "2013-04-11T19:12:02Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Master Distillers? Jack Daniels has had only 7 in their 146 year history. Doesn’t every other distiller have someone with that same title/function? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/22 "2013-04-11T19:14:58Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Doesn’t every other distiller have someone with that same title/function? There are other distillers? ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/23 "2013-04-11T20:18:17Z")
people who know the coca-cola recipe - 2 (allegedly) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/24 "2013-04-11T21:57:44Z")
Pharaoh. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/25 "2013-04-12T00:43:49Z")
Jobs with the least active occupants … hmmm, lemme see … mattress tester? Yoga designer? Stunt double on “CSI: Coma”? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/26 "2013-04-12T00:57:48Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > There are other distillers? One or two. None that run folksy TV ads, AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/27 "2013-04-12T01:08:25Z")
Face transplant specialist. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/28 "2013-04-12T02:18:58Z")
General of the Armies. Pershing it the only person to have the title while alive, although Washington was honored posthumously ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/29 "2013-04-12T02:24:49Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Well, no, you’re grossly underestimating the number of people who have been to the bottom of the Trench. > > Oh, wait… you mean “and came back.” Sorry. OTOH those that did not come back could certainly be described as “least active” in their occupation of the trench. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/30 "2013-04-12T12:46:30Z")
What about our Perfect Master ? There is only one, right ? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405/31 "2013-04-12T20:02:47Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Jobs with the least active occupants … hmmm, lemme see … mattress tester? Yoga designer? Stunt double on “CSI: Coma”? I was going to suggest sloth trainer or cadaver butler. Wouldn’t think they would have to be very active. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-on-earth-with-least-active-occupants/655405.md?page=1)