# What is your dream job? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009 "2007-07-16T17:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/1 "2007-07-16T17:46:44Z")
Me? Running a pub that I own. Someday. You? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/2 "2007-07-16T17:48:25Z")
Editor in chief of a start-up gardening magazine. We’re working on our ninth issue as we speak. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/3 "2007-07-16T17:54:50Z")
Jeff Becks personnal and mechanical assitant and guitar tuner. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/4 "2007-07-16T17:57:26Z")
Broadway Diva and media darling 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/5 "2007-07-16T18:04:23Z")
Internet tester and chat partisipater. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/6 "2007-07-16T18:13:05Z")
Being the sex slave of Scarlett Johansson would suit me down to a “T” Is that really a job? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/7 "2007-07-16T18:14:19Z")
Property Developer. Almost there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/8 "2007-07-16T18:15:17Z")
Pillow tester Book reviewer Photographer ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/9 "2007-07-16T18:16:43Z")
Artist/illustrator. Never happen. ---
**Author:** ![I\_m\_Ron\_Burgundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc29f/32.png) [@I\_m\_Ron\_Burgundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_Ron_Burgundy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/10 "2007-07-16T18:18:30Z")
Lead guitarist ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/11 "2007-07-16T18:21:41Z")
I sometimes feel embarrassed about posting to these threads. But I can take it. 🙂 17 years ago, I got offered a job teaching chess full-time at a private school in the UK. 😃 When I arrived, they gave me full independence (I reported directly to the Headmaster) and asked if I’d like to teach anything else. I chose some computing, so the pupils would see another side of me. Then the sports department asked if I’d help out with the youngest non-team pupils. I ran touch rugby or used the fitness centre when wet. (It gets more intense, so those of you with a nervous disposition should stop reading now :eek: ) The school also asked if I could run an activity - anything I was interested in. Would ‘strategy computer games’ be acceptable? Sure. 🆒 So I run classes in Heroes 3 and Civilisation. 😃 DId I mention I offered to do roleplaying at weekends? :o The school thought I was a hero to work such anti-social hours. So that’s my job - chess, computer games, roleplaying and a little sport. May you all be so lucky! ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/12 "2007-07-16T18:21:55Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Being the sex slave of Scarlett Johansson would suit me down to a “T” Is that really a job? [/QUOTE] It doesn’t _really_ sound like work, does it? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/13 "2007-07-16T18:29:01Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] It doesn’t _really_ sound like work, does it? [/QUOTE] Well I’d work _really_ hard, honestly ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/14 "2007-07-16T18:36:13Z")
I realize that this will ruin any credibility I can ever hope to have at the Dope, but… Porn Star. Oh sure, I understand that it’d become just another chore after a while (“three women at once? Can’t a guy get a break?!”), but I’d suffer through the endless littany of sexual deviance (and occasional spot on Howard Stern’s radio show). More realistically, I hope to one day retire to a life as a college professor (your job, as best as I can tell, is to read, write, research, and talk about topics you’re interested in). ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/15 "2007-07-16T18:36:44Z")
Well, I’m assuming you don’t want to get paid, since you said “sex slave” instead of “prostitute.” As for me, my dream job is being able to make a living at novel writing. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/16 "2007-07-16T18:37:08Z")
Program Director for Nick @ Nite ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/17 "2007-07-16T18:38:57Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] It doesn’t _really_ sound like work, does it? [/QUOTE] Oh sure, not right now. But let me tell you, that woman is _demanding_! Nothing’s ever good enough, and it takes up every second of your time. Oh, and you think _you’re_ kinky? I can’t reveal all the details because of the non-disclosure agreement, but let’s just say that non of the Home Depots near her house ever had any hoses, plastic tarps, or riding lawnmowers in stock. 😃 Seriously though? Nothing. I would love to just get money and not have to _do_ something for it. It actually weirds me out that some people out there _enjoy_ working. 😕 I mean…why work, when I could _not_ work? ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/18 "2007-07-16T18:50:58Z")
Either medical examiner or research. Anyone want to give me money for college? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/19 "2007-07-16T18:53:58Z")
I don’t think I’m kinky **bouv** I bloody well know I am. I’ve got a degree in kinkiness and a PHD in perversity, so there. And yes I’d work for nothing, still a job, right? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009/20 "2007-07-16T19:08:15Z")
Cruise Ship Reviewer! Gotta go on every one ya know, every destination offered, at different times of year to get the full picture. As I mentioned in the “what would you do with $57 billion” thread, Fire up a massive airmobile disaster relief team able to support the medical, food, shelter, communications, and security needs of thousands in natural disaster ravaged areas. And I could take Scarlett on a cruise now and then to give **Chowder** a vacation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-job/412009.md?page=2)