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Offline AKcurly

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« on: November 21, 2004, 11:52:05 PM »
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,20967,713471,00.html

• Anal-Wart Researcher
• Worm Parasitologist
• Lab-Animal Veterinarian
• Tampon Squeezer
• Landfill Monitor
• K-25 Demolition Worker
• Ecologist at St. John’s Harbor
• Iraqi Archaeologist
• Tick Dragger
• Nurse
• Computer Help-Desk Tech
• Congressional Science Fellow
• Public-School Science Teacher
• Nosologist
• Root Sorter
• Crank
• Television Meteorologist

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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2004, 12:16:19 AM »
Don't forget the lowly boar-milker.

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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2004, 12:40:09 AM »
Vagina teeth dental hygienist.

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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2004, 12:45:05 AM »
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Hey, its a crappy job but someone has to do it :D
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2004, 12:55:41 AM »
Methinks Dune still has nightmares after first reading that :)
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2004, 01:05:44 AM »
Root sorter sounds kinda cool... :D

Do they sort them on a grade, or just bad/good I wonder?

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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2004, 03:59:46 AM »
Gordan Freeman - Theoretical Physicist.


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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2004, 02:24:11 PM »
Lab animal veterinarians isn’t such a bad job. Low 6 figures for what is usually a 40-hour work week. It’s more paper work than anything.

Of course it can get more exciting if a PETA psycho starts stalking you.
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2004, 09:42:22 PM »
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Methinks Dune still has nightmares after first reading that :)


Wouldn't you?



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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2004, 09:50:53 PM »
I don't know what she's officially called, but I have a friend who did research on fruit flys' testicles.  That wouldve sucked.

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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2004, 09:53:23 PM »
Fecal parasites lab tech.

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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2004, 04:21:23 AM »
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I don't know what she's officially called, but I have a friend who did research on fruit flys' testicles.  That wouldve sucked.


Nahh, I bet he had a ball.

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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2004, 11:41:56 AM »
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I don't know what she's officially called, but I have a friend who did research on fruit flys' testicles.  That wouldve sucked.

Pun intended?:D

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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2004, 11:50:45 AM »
Time flies like an arrow.  Fruit flies like a banana.

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