Friday morning = time for a random question
what did/do you want to be when you grow up?


I had big plans with my friend Howard to hunt for treasure. Wrecked Spanish ships that sort of thing.

We had convoluted plans for where we would find stuff, and how we would get it. Submarines and one person hovercraft fit into the plans somewhere.

I also fancied being a pirate.
(TRUFAX: My ex was related to the notorious scourge of the Caribbean, Henry Morgan)

or an architect.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:28, 27 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Henry Morgan
I'm reading Howard Marks' book 'Senor Nice' at the moment, it's about his quest to find out about Morgan as he believes that he's also related to him.
That means your ex is related to Howard Marks.

*Edit* just realised that you said 'your friend Howard'. Not him is it?

BTW I wanted to be a gamekeeper.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:33, Reply)

I wanted to be rich when I grew up!
That or a rally driver. But my mum wouldn't let me as it was too dangerous for her little girl *sulks*

I could have been a rich rally driver!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:33, Reply)

Howard Marks isn't a friend of mine
we have a friend in common though ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:37, Reply)

Howard Marks
I've met him once, and seen him around Leeds a few times.

I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist. I am a qualified reporter, but decided local news wasn't for me. The latter could be achievable if I got my finger out.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:39, Reply)

I wanted to be in the Army
but I have asthma so I couldn't join up. As I was telling TGB the other day, I've chilled out with Howard Marks at a festival for a couple of hours. He was really, really nice.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:50, Reply)

Hand on heart.
I can honestly say I have never known what I wanted to be when I grew up and still don't have a clue but if I had been clever then I would have toyed with the idea of being an astrophysisist.....you see, I can't even spell it.
( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:54, Reply)

I wanted to be a palaeontologist.
I was obsessed with dinosaurs from an early age.

Then, a few years later, I discovered aeroplanes, and decided I wanted to be the next Biggles.

A few years after that, I decided I wanted to be a physicist and it all went rapidly downhill from there...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:55, Reply)

I wanted to work
in a hot, dusty office with a middle aged woman who loves talking about the menopause while I spend all day on the phone, talking to stuck up traders or people who appear to have had half their brain removed.
Living the dream!!!
( wanderlust, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 9:55, Reply)

I wanted to work with animals
And open my own exotic pet shop.

Then I realised that I hate people, and don't like animals that much either.
( Cawl, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 10:17, Reply)

When I was very young (circa 5 - 8)
I really, really, really wanted to be a train driver. Not these crazy modern trains though - proper steam locomotives.
( Captain V, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 10:19, Reply)

Everyone knows mine!
I wanted to be a fast jet pilot in the RAF. But I wear glasses so that was right out.

Ever since I have wanted to be an Actor. Nothing doing on that fron though!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 10:24, Reply)

I also wanted to be a fighter pilot.
I had dreams of flying Tornadoes over the desert. Wanted to be one from the age of 6, joined the Air Cadets at the age of 13. Then I had epileptic seizures and I suddenly became ineligible.

My eyesight is perfect, I was easily fit enough at the time and I passed the tests the cadets set me with flying colours.

What a bitch.
( Kroney, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 10:27, Reply)

I wanted to be:
*takes deep breath*
A brain surgeon
An assassin
A Dog
A Bat
A Boy (grew out of that phase though)
A Vampire
A Vampire Bat
A Writer
A Lottery Winner (hmm, still hopeful of that one...except I've never bought a ticket...)
A Singer
A Singer-Songwriter
An Organist
A Flutist
A Doctor
A Pilot
A Cowboy (well, cowgirl)
An Eternal Student
A Singer again (still working on it)
The next Jilly Cooper (working on that now)

I didn't imagine that I would end up managing 3 record labels, which is what I do now. Gah office work.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 10:38, Reply)

after reading a couple of these answers
I'm wondering, have I asked this before?

I want to be a blacksmith.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 10:48, Reply)

Ah
I wanted to be an astronaut. Worked really hard at school up until I was 14 and discovered that my eyesight was a bit off and that I needed glasses! That put paid to that,, and I never had a backup plan.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:08, Reply)

man of the cloth
When I was in Junior school, being brought up as a good Catholic boy and going to mass regularly, I decided that I wanted to be a priest.

However, growing up I learnt that the priesthood didn't pay well, I wouldn't be allowed to have sex and my social life would be zero.

God has repaid me for turning my back on him by giving me a large dose of irony in my life.
( SeasonTicketless is too often the statue, and rarely the pigeon., Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:11, Reply)

@ Completely Underwhelmed
Female Plumber...PHWOAR!
( Captain V, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:01, Reply)

Radio Dj first...

Then Prime Minister (after winning a school election aged 8)

Then Journalist - (kind of achieved this)

Then Singer / Songwriter - (kind of achieved this too)

Then I wanted to work in IT - (I have achieved this - what was I thinking?)

Now I just want to grow old and fat(ter) and moan at young whippersnappers about how they don't know they're born.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:17, Reply)

^I would fuckin' LOVE
To be a radio DJ... But have no idea how I would go about it! :(
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:25, Reply)

Erm...
I wanted to be a chef, scientist and racing driver.

These days, I'd love to be the owner of an independent record store.
(scentless_apprentice takes two bottles into the shower!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:40, Reply)

Well now
I wanted to be a scientist who fannies around in a lab all day wearing a white coat mixing obscure chemicals together.

And whaddayaknow!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:43, Reply)

I actually managed to end up in the career I wanted to be in before my 10th birthday
but as I'm keeping quiet about it, I won't tell you what it is.

Before that, I wanted to be an inventor.

BTW: Here's a link to the "If you could have any job in the world what would it be?" post.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:48, Reply)

hmm, not completely the same as what I'd asked before then
a relief!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 14:01, Reply)

@DiT...

We should do a B3ta radio show together - My 'Smashie' to your 'Nicie'...

'Not arf', 'Poptabulous' etc...

*Turns handle linked to volume of Bachman-Turner Overdrive*
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 5 Sep 2008, 14:13, Reply)

As I've said a few times
I used to do the Rock Show on my uni radio station. It was a whole fuckin' lot of fun!

Even when we nearly got the station closed down by threat of legal action...
( Cawl, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 14:23, Reply)

@Pooflake
I'm bang up for that!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 15:11, Reply)