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Woocfot asks: Tell us all about that turning point in your life when it started going downhill. Yeah, that drunken conversation with my dad when he suggested I become a civil servant. Dammit, I could have been an astronaut

(, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 11:32)
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..."my dad when he suggested I become a civil servant. Dammit, I could have been an astronaut"
Astronauts are civil servants.
(, Sun 3 Mar 2013, 16:23, 6 replies)
Hahahaha. Yeah.
Except the civil service refers to those government employees outside the military and astronauts have historically been military or ex-military. Derp derp pedant derp nobhead derp derpity derp.
(, Sun 3 Mar 2013, 16:45, closed)
Yeah, he could have been an astronaut in the UK's world-famous space program.

(, Sun 3 Mar 2013, 16:46, closed)
Other civil services are also available.

(, Sun 3 Mar 2013, 16:50, closed)
I'm massively upset
that my qotw suggestion (http://www.b3ta.com/questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1863313) has been edited to include some shit about civil servants.
(, Sun 3 Mar 2013, 21:02, closed)
They've stitched you right up.

(, Sun 3 Mar 2013, 22:27, closed)
Clearly, his dad should have been more specific
"Son, I think you should join the Astronaut branch of the Civil Service. I hear they're recruiting."
(, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 19:41, closed)

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