My old boss retired
to run a cobblers - he said it would be his last job
(Biff..., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:00, Reply)

Horsey
I used to have a temporary contract at a local stables. When it was up for renewal I asked If I would be staying on. They said neigh. Or moo. No, hang on, definitely neigh.



Ah, fuck it, I'm off.
(Discocat is bringing sexy back, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:58, 1 reply)

I played in an orchestra for a while
But they sacked me when they found out I was on the fiddle.
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:55, Reply)

/pun
(Tiktock Beating off flamers with a shitty stick, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:54, Reply)

I used to coach Bafana Bafana.
They gave me the red card.
(Tiktock Beating off flamers with a shitty stick, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:54, Reply)

My manager
Doesn't wash their hands after using the toilet. I have witnessed this*. Bad Manager.

*the not washing their hands part, not the toiletting.
(Pat_Gash, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:53, Reply)

I used to sell German Sausages
Good colleagues, but we had the wurst management.

edit: changed from "make" to "sell" so that it's now almost true
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:52, 2 replies)

I used to be a french translater for a big bank
but they realised my french was crap....such is life
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:51, Reply)

Bong

(Discocat is bringing sexy back, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:51, Reply)

I used to be a sackmaker
but management was so poor that I left.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:45, Reply)

I was a still life model
for loraine Bobbett, until she gave me the chop....ouch
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:42, Reply)

went to work at an offal factory
but they didn't like the cut of my giblets
( rofl harris, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:41, Reply)

I used to work as a potter
Until I was fired
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:41, Reply)

I wanted to show them some sleight-of-hand ...
... they gave me my cards.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:40, Reply)

I used to work for a coal merchant
On my first day he gave me the sack.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:40, 1 reply)

You can always tell when everyones had enough of this weeks qotw because
the puns come out in force........I used to be a butcher but I was given the chop :\
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:39, Reply)

I used to custom-make clothing for choirboys
I was considered surplice to requirements.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:38, Reply)

I used to sing sea shanties
But I was given the heave ho.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:36, Reply)

I used to work in a shoe shop
but was given the boot.
(RVD420 has his world coming down on, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:32, Reply)

I once worked in a circus
but had to quit.

My boss was a clown.
( greg_evigan is possibly deceased on, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:23, Reply)

I used to be a coroner
One day I was given the elbow.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:19, Reply)

I worked as a cashier
.. then I changed
(Biff..., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:17, Reply)

I used to work as a quarterback
One day I was sacked.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:16, Reply)

I used to work as a human cannonball
I was fired.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:15, Reply)

I used to work as a crane operator
I was told to sling my hook.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:13, Reply)

last night my boss managed to miss 4 people lurking in the pub and locked up
luckily we hung around or we might have found their skeletons the next morning
(ladyintheradiator, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:07, Reply)

Strawberry picking with a host of Bulgarians aside, my least favourite job was with a French battery chicken farm.
It was for eggs rather than meat (you really wouldn't want to eat the birds after a few months of their life there), and it was hellish. Eventually I decided I'd had an oeuf.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 14:54, 4 replies)

B3ta
As they seem to be watching the tv rather than updating the QOTW.

Move it, or pick up your P45!
(Suck it and Sea, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 14:48, 1 reply)

I used to work as a pantomime horse
Boy, did the boss ride me hard.
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 14:36, Reply)

I used to be painter & decorator
Not one pay rise in 5 years. I quit in the end, was sick of them giving me the brush off.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 14:32, Reply)