My job: Expectation vs RealityWhen I worked as a window cleaner, everybody - and I mean everybody - I knew asked me the "how's yer father" question. The truth was that I was always knackered and freezing, and the only nudity I saw was some fat bloke's arse. Tell us how your work differs from the expectation.
Thanks to Rotating Wobbly Hat for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 May 2014, 22:21)
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The best man for the jobThis is not my story, but I was there, so I feel I can tell it.
After living in a shared house for some time, we were finally leaving. The landlord had decided to do some redecorating, and on our last day he turned up with his decorator. After going around the house and discussing all the things he wanted doing, with the decorator nodding and making notes, he then left to let him get on with it.
As soon as the door closed, the decorator flipped his bucket over, sat down on it, took out an impressively large spliff and fired it up, then looked around at us and said:
"So. Any of you lot know anything about painting and decorating? Cos I fucking don't!"
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Ah, a professional!(, Tue 13 May 2014, 14:51, closed)
How can someone *not* know anything about it?(
Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 13 May 2014, 14:55,
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he was an unemployed otter-handler trying to make a few quid
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Then it's easy.1. Dip otter in paint
2. Aggravate otter
3. ???
4. Profit!
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 13 May 2014, 15:38,
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OK - so reference to aggravating otters for profit made me do a lol.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 13 May 2014, 15:46,
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The silly mare meant to say - agitate. LOL(
d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Tue 13 May 2014, 16:02,
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I preferred the image of paint moving from can and otter to walls powered solely by lutrine rage
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I didn't know the word 'lutrine', so thanks.(
Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Wed 14 May 2014, 11:53,
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Your homework for this week is to use 'lutrine' in at least 5 contexts, one of which must be a forum signature text.
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Ok, who are you and why do you have me on ignore you great big dribbling cock-end?(
2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Tue 13 May 2014, 15:42,
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Because you touch yourself.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 13 May 2014, 16:14,
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At the very least, everyone should know aboutfinger painting and cup-cake decorating...
Then they can extrapolate from there.
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At least he didn't show up plastered.(
.Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 13 May 2014, 15:41,
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needs more otters apparently (, Tue 13 May 2014, 15:55, closed)
seems legitI'm clicking this even without a mention of otters.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 13 May 2014, 15:58,
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I bet the landlord was Albert Marshmallow and as he only believes in paying peanuts to his property maintenance people.
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d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Tue 13 May 2014, 16:03,
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Pay peanuts, get monkeys...oh, wait a minute...
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Albert Marshmallow is a completely irredeemable cunt, Tue 13 May 2014, 16:30,
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didn't he claim he had no tenants and was just keeping his imaginary property pristine for sale in one of his more recent flights of fancy?I'm struggling even to pretend to caste any more.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 13 May 2014, 17:05,
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Only the ones that I'm flipping - do keep up pizza-boy.
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Albert Marshmallow is a completely irredeemable cunt, Tue 13 May 2014, 19:22,
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the most valuable thing you've ever flipped is an asda economy burger, billyboy(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 14 May 2014, 12:44,
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Do calm down, you'll do yourself a mischief.
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Albert Marshmallow is a completely irredeemable cunt, Wed 14 May 2014, 13:58,
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win(, Tue 13 May 2014, 16:04, closed)
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