Good Topic!
Hhmmn. My "fantasy" dream job would be a legendary singer-songwriter.
But that ain't gonna happen.
Realistically it would have to be being an Ambassador for the UK to some friendly foreign power.
My favorite band of a genre I dislike? Probably Nirvana, and usually I cannot stand "Grunge" or "Garage".
(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:47, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Sorry, I can't not be a pedant
How can you be an Ambassador TO the UK and TO some friendly foreign power?
What have Nirvana got to do with Garage? I don't remember Craig David guesting for any of their chart-topping hits?
And lastly, you'll never be a legendary singer-songwriter with that attitude.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:50, Reply)

In his defence, it reads 'being an Ambassador FOR the UK to some friendly foreign power'
Unless he's ninja'd it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:51, Reply)

He's ninja'd it
My Uncle's a British consul, want me to put in a good word?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:54, Reply)

Nope
I can assure you I am fine, It's not really my "realistic dream" job, It's just that if I'd blurted out what was I could have had some serious hate come my way.
(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:57, Reply)

nonce isn't really a job

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:57, Reply)

Even worse
"Member of the European Parliament"
All the pay and power of an MP, with none of the scrutiny.
(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:58, Reply)

how mind-bogglingly dull

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:59, Reply)

70k a year plus perks and expenses, etc etc.
(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:00, Reply)

For little to no work.

(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:01, Reply)

Plus with you in power Europe would be sorted out in like a week

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:01, Reply)

I wouldn't get out of bed for 70K

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Yes but how much would you get in bed for?

( girlinthehole, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Sorted... how?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Oh, you know
All the arguments and stuff
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:04, Reply)

money isn't everything
I get paid well and yet it still doesn't make the work worthwhile.

Don't make the mistake that loads of people make and think that with enough money you won't mind what the actual work entails. You'd be much better off finding out what the job actually means day to day and making your decision based on that.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:07, Reply)

Well I for one
Quite enjoyed my work experience as a primary school teacher.
No nonce jokes plz.
(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:08, Reply)

I went back to my old primary school, it was the last one my Mum taught in before she died
It was very surreal seeing the same corridors 7 years later, they're tiny!

Plus, the teacher who was in charge of the work experience had taught me as a child, and she was still a complete bitch, a fact I made clear to her.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:10, Reply)

you being a nonce is nothing to joke about.
I cannot overstate how important it is to find something you enjoy.

on paper, my job should be great. It's something I'm interested in and good at, but day to day it's basically long periods of boredom interspersed with short bursts of stress and panic.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:12, Reply)

I've got you covered down there

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:58, Reply)

Man, have you not heard Lisa Maffia's version of "Pennyroyal Tea?"
Awesome. But I think he thinks he means "Garage Rock" but since Nirvana have about as much to do with Garage rock as I do to competition needlework, he's talking shit. Again.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:54, Reply)

I assumed as much
On both counts. Maybe Kurt Cobain actually wrote a load of shit songs for So Solid Crew as well as Hole
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:56, Reply)

It does say Grunge OR Garage boys!

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:58, Reply)

Where would be without pednatry, though?
I'll tell you where. France, that's where.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:00, Reply)

FUCK OFF!
France, we're not complete cunts!
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:01, Reply)

Are you calling Nicolas Anelka a complete cunt?
Are you?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:02, Reply)

That would do a massive disservice to complete cunts.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:03, Reply)

Funny how quickly I was able to think of a French cunt

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:05, Reply)

You don't have to be the sharpest tool in the box.
Just asked this q to a guy I work with and he said Jean Luc Picard, "You know, off Star Trek". ffs
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:09, Reply)

Must have been the accent that made him think of the Captain

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:16, Reply)

I don't understand that.
At no point in the series does he make it so that anyone could mistake him for being french.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:24, Reply)

*Rainier Wolfcastle*

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:30, Reply)

You were saying?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:31, Reply)

Fuck.

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Haha
Out geeked!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Alright Al?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Lucky escape there mate
For a moment I thought you meant our Al. I was literally booking my train ticket to Macc and loading my shotgun.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:05, Reply)

yeah, your needlework is strictly for shits and giggles

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:56, Reply)

1980's prime minister surely?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:50, Reply)

Fuck me, are you still here?
Good effort.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:50, Reply)

Morning you vision of sartorial elegance

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:53, Reply)

Morning sir. Today is short sleeved checked shirt, jeans and deck shoes.
WORSHIP ME. I've got a photoshoot tomorrow, what do you think goes well with a blue biological safety lab coat?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:55, Reply)

Deck shoes as it "these are comfy and faithful old shoes"
or "look at my trendy two tone deck shoe and mankle combination"?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:58, Reply)

deck shoes as in
"things that I use not to fall off the deck of yachts" but no, not two tone. Even I'm not that much of a cock.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:03, Reply)

mine are two tone
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:07, Reply)

haha.
Since all deck shoes* end up looking like they've been on the wrong end of 100-man bukakke attack eventually anyway it probably doesn't matter...

*that are actually used for the purpose they were designed, anyway
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:10, Reply)

I heard today he matched
His tie with hus underpants AND socks
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:56, Reply)

steady, there.
tie and socks, maybe. With underpants you can go off-piste.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:58, Reply)

"goes well with a blue biological safety lab coat"
Anthrax?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:00, Reply)

Caught In A Mosh?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Got The Time is better
Insane bass solo FTW!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:05, Reply)

I'm seeing them in a few weeks time
And I have no problems in admitting I don't know any of their songs. I know the titles of one or two, but that's it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:07, Reply)

I could burn you the Moshers: 1986-1991 Greatest Hits if you want?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:09, Reply)

Nah, it's alright.
I'm going to get some of their stuff soon anyway, so I can prepare for Sonisphere.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:11, Reply)

*brings the noise*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:06, Reply)

*ramps up ipod*

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:09, Reply)

Nirvana are fucking shit.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:57, Reply)

one of the best examples of death being good for business ever.
cf Michael Hutchence (people seem to forget how mediocre - as best - INXS were), Marc Bolan (3rd rate Quo-style boogie and a stupid Larry the Lamb voice - and he was a fucking midget. In a bad way) etc etc
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:03, Reply)

INXS are bland on their albums
Their Live Baby Live CD is fucking great though. 100% better live
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:04, Reply)

'100% better dead from wanking in a cupboard', I'd say.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:15, Reply)

Don't forget Biggie Smalls
His death was phenomenally good for his mate Sean's business
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:05, Reply)

I saw him live once. He wasn't very good.
Crag Mack (who was supporting him) was way better.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Is that Lee's brother?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:12, Reply)

I was utterly fucking perplexed by the posthumous success of B.I.G. and Puff Daddy
Even I, who am far from an expert on the technicalities of Hip-Hop, could tell that Mr Wallace could not rap, at all.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:15, Reply)

That's not quite fair. He was OK.
His records paved the way for r’n’b hooks being acceptable on rap records – something utterly frowned upon as ‘shit and gay’ up until then. With good reason. And for that reason he was a cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:27, Reply)

So it's his fault that Hip-Hop went shit and gay?
He is directly to blame for 50 Cent and his talentless ilk?

What a cunt. Let's kill him.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:29, Reply)

Elvis.
The Doors.
Janis Joplin.
Jimi Hendrix.
Queen.

Death is ALWAYS good for business.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:08, Reply)

I thought for a second you were listing people who were shit....

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:10, Reply)

Same, same.
None of the survivng members of these bands are sitting in my office waiting for something to happen. Or stuck on a poxy secondment like you.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Hendrix was not shit
and I will kill anyone who says otherwise.
( Peej, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Dying young
gives him credence he probably wouldn't have got had he survived.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:15, Reply)

He had the credence already when he was alive.
I concede that had he lived he would have been likely to have gone shit in the 80s but the stuff he was working on when he died suggests the 70s was going to be great for him.

UNDERESTIMATE HOW KEEN I AM ON JIMI HENDRIX AT YOUR PERIL
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:17, Reply)

Not like now though. He wasn't revered
when he was alive like he is now. Muso's thought he was great and he had commercial success but now he is loved around the world.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:19, Reply)

His shows commanded record high ticket prices
and all of the so-called great guitarists of that time (and other respected musicians like Miles Davis) thought he was incredible. People like Pete Townshend and that cunt Clapton shat themselves.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:24, Reply)

My mates Stepdad once jammed with Miles Davis.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:25, Reply)

Was that with the original lineup of Marseilles?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:28, Reply)

Nope, he was a roadie, he met Miles Davis, Meat Loaf, and was at the filming of 'Live In Pompeii' with Pink Floyd.
Although Neil is gutted, he's been replaced on Art Attack
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:29, Reply)

At least he has your 'brother' to talk to about his disappointment, eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:32, Reply)

Well, he's sort of my sister now
He's refused to change out of the dress this time, and is insisting we all call him Andrea.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:35, Reply)

I think - I THINK - Elvis and Queen were reasonably successful before the deaths happened

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:14, Reply)

They were but have made shitloads since the deaths. Esp Elvis.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:16, Reply)

Oh, no question
However I would argue that Queen were so consistently successful throughout the 70s and 80s that they could have done without it. Unfortunately May and Taylor decided to majorly coin it in.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:21, Reply)

It's all about the coin.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:23, Reply)

Morning, FreeFair.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Yeah morning Monty. How are you?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:09, Reply)

Happy Shopper Bella cares not for your social niceties.

( Kroney, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:10, Reply)

So it seems.
Another 'bot dog' in the post it is.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:11, Reply)

Haha!
*rolls*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:11, Reply)