What would your job have been in Victorian times?

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besilarius

March 28, 2016, 07:41:34 PM
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

Gusington

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March 28, 2016, 08:40:11 PM
I'm also a leech collector. That was hilarious.
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слава Україна!

We can't live under the threat of a c*nt because he's threatening nuclear Armageddon.

-JudgeDredd

Silent Disapproval Robot

#2
March 28, 2016, 08:42:41 PM
I too, am a leech collector.  Don't let me catch you working my side of the Thames Gus! :knuppel2:

DoctorQuest

#3
March 28, 2016, 08:51:07 PM
This is worse than the fighter pilot one. We're all leech collectors.
"Everything you read on the internet is true." - Benjamin Franklin

"Zero-G and I feel fine....." - John Glenn

"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage, inventor of the alternative fact.

Con

#4
March 28, 2016, 09:45:34 PM
I got gravedigger?

Con

OJsDad

#5
March 28, 2016, 09:55:31 PM
I got maid!
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

Sir Slash

#6
March 29, 2016, 10:03:02 AM
Night Soil Man. No description necessary.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

Barthheart

#7
March 29, 2016, 10:39:24 AM
Mudlark......

mirth

#8
March 29, 2016, 11:29:36 AM
Leech Collector
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Bison

#9
March 29, 2016, 01:14:48 PM
Leech collector.  this poll was rigged!

undercovergeek

#10
March 29, 2016, 01:19:32 PM
Quote from: Gusington on March 28, 2016, 08:40:11 PM
I'm also a leech collector. That was hilarious.

as if you werent chimney sweep!

Dammit Carl!

#11
March 29, 2016, 01:26:43 PM
Slum Lord!  Whooo!

"Where's my two pence, you filthy wretches?"

DoctorQuest

#12
March 29, 2016, 01:37:15 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 29, 2016, 01:14:48 PM
Leech collector.  this poll was rigged!

I know, RIGHT?
"Everything you read on the internet is true." - Benjamin Franklin

"Zero-G and I feel fine....." - John Glenn

"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage, inventor of the alternative fact.

Sir Slash

#13
March 29, 2016, 01:59:07 PM
Everyone knows I was a traveling Chastidy Belt Salesman back in 1840. Our motto," As Safe As If It's In Ft. Knox Itself". The men used to...HATE me. The women, pretty much the same.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

Arctic Blast

#14
March 29, 2016, 09:26:17 PM
Washerwoman?

This is going to require some substantial changes, ones that I believe are well beyond the capabilities of Victorian medicine...
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