When I was little
I wanted to drive a JCB or be an astronaut for my job. I realise now that driving a JCB is probably fun for half an hour or so but becomes just another job after that. I'm not sure I'd ever feel that way about space travel, especially if there were girls and that fake bacon, but you get my drift.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:45, 37 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

A responsible adult
But I failed.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Wild!
How so?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:48, Reply)

I'm not that responsible!
And I fanny around on here a lot instead of knuckling down to work.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:53, Reply)

it was more a case of if, rather than when
still haven't managed it yet.

I had no idea what I wanted to do/be, still don't.

Actually, that's not true. I wanted to be a treasure hunter.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:48, Reply)

Wave it at anything that slithers.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:50, Reply)

My mate drives a massive tractor for his job, and he fucking loves it.

I think at one point I wanted to be an architect, Skywarp from Transformers, a copper and finally a ghostbuster. My year 11 careers tutor wasn't really impressed. I now want to do digital media gubbins, as this could allow me to work from home and thus get a dog.

I am now a CAD monkey, via mortgage advisor and insurance sales. Fuck, I'm dull.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:52, Reply)

My dream is to get a dog one day, but I would never get one without...
- Getting a place with a garden*
- Being finacialy stable.
- Being able to properly look after it.

* that's the reason I want a place at all, esspeicaly with a garden.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Green space
You're spot on re the garden. We have a yard that's roughly the same size as my phone. hopefully moving to a house with greenery next year though. One step closer to Jack Russel or beagle goodness!
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:03, Reply)

100% honestly, a toy-boy.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:53, Reply)

A vigilante
Mostly just for the initial "family killed horribly by criminal"
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:53, Reply)

a member of Steps

(TheColonel, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Which one?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 10:57, Reply)

Claire, before she got all fat

(Bazongaloid, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Any except Lisa
so i could do filthy things to her
(TheColonel, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:37, Reply)

I wanted to be a journalist
I got as far as starting a journalism degree. Then I realised I didn't want to be a journalist. Actually I was just too lazy. I went and did an easy degree. Now I work in a library and sometimes a pub. I never grew up.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:02, Reply)

Well
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a police officer, except in the summer of 1979 when I wanted to be Kermit the Frog. It all started with my Uncle Derek; he was a sergeant in the Met. He bought me a police pedal car when I was five. I rode round in it every second I was awake, arresting kids twice my size for littering and spitting. I got beaten up a lot when I was young but, it didn't stop me. I wanted to be like Uncle Derek.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:02, Reply)

That's a shame
You would have made a great muppet.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:04, Reply)

You are Nicholas Angel
AICMFP

I liked the first half but didn't like the second half.

But I did like that line.
( Peej, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:12, Reply)

Hot Fuzz
Gets better with each viewing. This is a hactual fact.

I want to be mates with messrs Pegg and Frost, it would be ace. Siiiiiiigh.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:21, Reply)

I watched Spaced last night
I didn't see it first time round despite many of my mates raving about it. I never knew it was so good. Right up my street.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:23, Reply)

street arse
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:26, Reply)

I love spaced
I do spaced marathons every now and then
( Peej, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:36, Reply)

Was it the clubbing epsdode on Dave? Fucking brilliant. Brings back some hazy memories!
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:37, Reply)

Yeah it was.
Cracking stuff.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:54, Reply)

love the bit where the phone is ringing and the kettle going and stuff
I missed it the first time around, and watched it all on the on demand thing on cable some time back. fucking brilliant
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:56, Reply)

^^ This
I find the film gets better every time. But it's stuff that's a little more subtle that makes me laugh.

Like the "What's the matter, never taken a shortcut?" line being reused from SOTD, and the "Shit just got real" after Lurch attacks him. I love em!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:24, Reply)

I wanted to be an Author
But I didn't do very well in my English GCSE because I didn't finish a piece of coursework. I had applied to do English A-level and they wouldn't take me because of my poor English GCSE. I ended up doing Psychology and Sociology and dropped out after a few months. A year later I blagged my way in to uni with no A-levels and got my Degree in Technology so I get my letters and a better paid job but I still don't get to be an Author or writer of any sort. I went to visit my English teacher last year. He showed me a few of the pieces I wrote when I was at school. I asked him why he still had them and he told me he still uses them in class as examples of good work. He also admitted that he refers to me as Phil the Waster as I had ability and chucked it away so I could dick around with my mates.
( Peej, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:10, Reply)

Pish.
You don't need any qualifications in English to be an author. Write! Write now!
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:30, Reply)

But as you can tell from my writing on QOTW
I'm not very good.

Perhaps paying attention in school would have helped me develop.
( Peej, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:37, Reply)

I cannot remember ever wanting to be anything other than on my own in the middle of nowhere living in a small cottage with a few cats.
How I was going to achieve this was never thought through.
( girlinthehole, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:12, Reply)

I wanted to make computer games
Nearly ten years ago I was offered a job at Codemasters to work on the TOCA Touring Car game.

They told me how long I'd be required to work each day and how much I'd be paid for the priviledge. I turned them down.
( djtrialprice, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:29, Reply)

My brother interviewed at Codemasters
Didn't get an offer though.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:43, Reply)

Look on the bright side
He doesn't have to live in Leamington Spa.
( djtrialprice, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:47, Reply)