If we're talking impossible dreams
then an astronaut.

More achievable but still pretty much a non-starter, film director
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:22, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I wouldn't be an astronaut.
I'm scared of heights.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:22, Reply)

How are you going to manage getting on the plane to come to the UK then? ;)

( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:25, Reply)

I'll try to have an Aisle seat where I can't see out the window, and sleep a lot.
Taking off and landing are the worst bits. And Turbulence.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:27, Reply)

I was on a flight once
that had a passenger in it with a phobia of flying. The air steward tried to calm her down by telling her about the hundreds and hundreds of plates and bolts that go into the wings. Apparently she was afraid of them falling off. I sat there thinking that telling this person that the wings were anything but solid was probably not the best way to go, psychologically.
( Kroney, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Did you all line up to slap her
"Airplane" style
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:35, Reply)

It's more knowing how far the ground is away from me I think.
I can't abseil or anything. I just get paralysed with fear and freeze.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:45, Reply)

Okay, so the astronaut is probably out of the question
but film director isn't.
Why is it a non-starter? There are plenty of obstacles in the way - not least of all that it's a job which pays zilch until you become Jane Campion - and I bet even she doesn't make as much as the average senior partner in an accountancy firm. But still....one life and all that...
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:25, Reply)

it's not the money that deters me
but that I suspect I'd be rubbish. I'll just continue on writing, and hope to work my way up
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:26, Reply)