I went for screening for being a participant in a clinical trial today.
I don't like blood tests, but I do like money.

What was the last (non-work) thing you did for money?
( WHARRGARBL, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:33, archived)

A photoshoot I think.
Or it was when I was down the docks...
( Jobe, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:34, archived)

Most boring way to earn money ever

( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:39, archived)

*strokes onna sexy face*

( sleepybinky, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:40, archived)

naked?

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

"Jobe avec otters"

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

July features Jobe with a cheeky otter merkin

( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:42, archived)

It's lying on its back wrapped seductively in seaweed
cracking open jobe's oysters with a stone
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:43, archived)

i dont know but in like a week i am working at a local festival in exchange for £50.

( sleepybinky, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:34, archived)

and having decided this, i went and spent £70 last weekend on clothes and stuff.
shit.
( sleepybinky, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:51, archived)

i was pleased though, because the trousers i bought are 2 sizes smaller than the pair i bought this time last year.

( sleepybinky, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:54, archived)

ym
/ac
(Goatse not a comedy account, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:34, archived)

Exist.
My brother once jumped out of a 1st floor window for £5.
( Rev. Cleo still alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:35, archived)

How much are you getting for it?

( The Gentleman Bastard waxing lyrical. ©, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:35, archived)

£2000

( WHARRGARBL, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:39, archived)

Are you getting something
removed and/or glued back on?
( The Neville What what what, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

I just have to have a few injections, and take 1 pill a day.

( WHARRGARBL, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:45, archived)

and then you get to wear the pretty dresses?

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:50, archived)

Two grand ?
Is it Nigerians removing a kidney ?
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

that's standard for a residential tox trial.
usually for 10-20 days. Easy money, but you won't be allowed out of the building for the duration, you can't drink, smoke, do anything they say you can't do or see anyone bar the other participants.

2K isn't anywhere near enough to make me want to spend even a day in the 24-hour company of students and layabouts on near-fatal doses of experimental medication. Let alone 20.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:44, archived)

So it's basically £100 a day
To be in Big Brother without getting to see stupid fucking slags take their clothes off ?

Fuck that
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

I've got to spend 5 days residential, then 28 days at home, then another 2 days residential.
The study starts in about 2 weeks time.
( WHARRGARBL, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

Do you get to vote each other out
and show everyone your willy in the swimming pool ?
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:48, archived)

still 7 days too many for me.
and the 28 days will be resticted diet. fuck that and the horse it rode in on.

Good luck. Someone has to do these things. I hope the side effects aren't too shitty.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:49, archived)

I think cheif among the side effects is
OMG I LOST ALL MY DIGNITY BY TELLING PEOPLE ONLINE I WAS SO DESPERATE FOR A PALTRY £2K I'D RISK MY HEALTH AND SANITY.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:50, archived)

£2k is paltry?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:51, archived)

In the big scheme of things it is
What exactly can you do with it ? Nothing life changing.

You could earn that working in McDonalds for 2 months and as it is he has his life fucked about for a month in any case.

If I owed "Harry the murdering bastard" £2k I can see that £2k would be important but it's not exactly a kings ransom.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:54, archived)

pay off debts
go on holiday
not always be in overdraft
buy something you've always wanted.

I think the point is that it's potentially money for nothing. Like TMB says, he could get a low dose, or a placebo.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:56, archived)

well, it's not money for nothing
it's (usually) at least 2 weeks of your life. So if you live in the real job world, you can do it, but there goes most of your holiday. I realise it's not the same for everyone, but my holiday is worth about £500 a day to me since that's what I charge to consult in my free time, so it's effectively losing money in my case.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:01, archived)

yeah, my time's not worth that much
:)
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:02, archived)

It is if you dress up as Jimmy Krankee in crotchless knickers....

( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:05, archived)

you may be on to something here...

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:07, archived)

£2k's not exactly paltry

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:51, archived)

potentially for your life and the risk of serious long-term damage to your health?
are you sure?

put it this way. If I take you up in a plane and say "here are 100 parachutes. 1 of them has the cords cut. I'll pay you 2K to choose one and jump" ... what are you going to do? Do you want 2K that much?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:54, archived)

not personally
I'm just saying, that as a statement on it's own, £2k's not paltry.

As you're a medical-doctor-scientist type guy, I'll take your word for how risky it can be though.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:00, archived)

I WOULD.

( sleepybinky, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:52, archived)

you rich cunt

(PsychoChomp, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:54, archived)

Meh
£2k for a month out of your life only equates to £24k a year.

That's fuck all really.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:55, archived)

It's more than I can imagine.
Well I've earnt £2k in a month before, but I'd be well chuffed if I could make that a permanent arrangement.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:59, archived)

could you die from it?
Or have permanent damage? I mean, there was that case in the news a while back but other than that people seem to get away scot free.

I'm considering it, see.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

This is why they pay you
If they were certain it worked, they'd be charging people.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:48, archived)

there's a difference between "feeling a bit ill" tohugh and "losing liver function".

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:50, archived)

they've tested it on animals first, at least.
That last "incident" is fairly uncommon, and from what I gather, caused by a mistake of some sort.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:49, archived)

they will have done animal tox models.
so you shouldn't die. But you'll certainly risk get some fucking unpleasant side effects, because that's the point of tox tests. They'll be running at 100x or 1000x dose for the high end, to see the effects of overdose. No-one is going to give you 2K to sit pleasantly and eat rich tea, it'll hurt. unless you're lucky and get low-dose or placebo.

but, yeah, by taking the money you're signing away your life and right to sue, effectively. You die, hard luck. It is possible. not likely, but possible.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:52, archived)

nyeurgh.
Maybe I'll skip it then.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:55, archived)

See this is why £2k is paltry
If it were £200k, I'd do it and pay my mortgage off.

If it were £20k I might do it and use it as a deposit to buy another house, but £2k ? OMG LOOK I BOUGHT A 2002 HONDA ACCORD !!!!

No thanks....
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:03, archived)

Actually I don't think even I'd do that for £2k,
and I could really use £2k.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:07, archived)

and you'll probably have an extra ear
growing out your back by the end of it
(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

You're gonna be cloned like Dolly.

( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:42, archived)

clon bumm

Dolly a cheap whore
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:43, archived)

I braided a pigeon's feathers for 20p

( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:35, archived)

Was it still alive?

( Rev. Cleo still alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:36, archived)

Of course it was you sick fuck.
If I went 'round braiding dead pigeon's feathers then I'd never get paid!
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:37, archived)

Was it concious?
Or a pet?
( Rev. Cleo still alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:38, archived)

It was conscious throughout the procedure.
Not a pet, I was just advertising my services in Trafalgar Square and it flapped up to me.
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:39, archived)

Ah, how interesting.

( Rev. Cleo still alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:44, archived)

Did some Calligraphy for a Wedding Set (name cards, order of service, table plan etc)

( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:36, archived)

Gave some drum lessons a few months ago for a few quid.

( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:36, archived)

How many quid?
Seven?
Nine?
More than nine?
( The Neville What what what, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

Just called it a tenner for about 40mins of my time.

( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

Had a birthday.
It was pretty cool.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:36, archived)

anything you do for money is technically work.
that would be part of the (at least socio-economic) definition of the word.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:36, archived)

But Confucious, he say
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:37, archived)

you're still working.
it's just a matter of whether you enjoy the work or not.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:39, archived)

I suppose, if you're saying 'I'm /doing/ it for the money'
buying a lottery ticket would count. But therein we find all sorts of needless semantic arse-pedantry.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

What if it's pocket money?

( Rev. Cleo still alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:37, archived)

then you aren't doing anything for the money.
see also "presents"

the question was specifically "what was the last non-work thing you DID for money"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:39, archived)

Youse tell 'im

( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

even claiming dole?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:43, archived)

you aren't doing anything, really.
see above.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:45, archived)

well you're looking for jobs,
which is part of the contract, and they can stop your money if they think you're not doing enough.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

I had a dream the other night that I'd got a job with the council,
and I'd got my own desk and computer and everything, but on the first day they didn't give me any work to do. And then on the second day, they didn't give me any work to do, either. On the third day it occurred to me that maybe they expect me to ask for some work to do, but I thought I'd see how long I could stretch it out.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:55, archived)

I did a mediation for money
which, strictly speaking isn't what I do for a living.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:41, archived)

I tend to lose money on the things I do for people.
I'm crap at business.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:42, archived)

maybe it's your own fault for taking the steam-powered money burning sky engine commission

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:44, archived)

it seemed like a good idea at the time.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:44, archived)

Money money money
Fucking capitalist pigs.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:43, archived)

I saw the photos
I couldn't tell they were capitalists. Except by the monocles.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:44, archived)

tea/TFT. You terrible cunt.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

Oh really
And earlier on I think you totally pwnd me like a n00b by citing Eddie Izzard and Bill Baily as non-bilious comedians.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:47, archived)

I did a service on a friend's car
Because they are a bit hard up and not technically minded, I paid for all the bits, when it came to the cost I told them it would cost £19.32 for parts (I didn't charge for labour etc). They gave me a £20 and asked for the change.
( Gooch Is neither here nor there, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:45, archived)

I was standing on the corner, giving piggy backs to disabled people so they could experience what it felt like to run for a bus and narrowly miss it.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

I so want this to be true

( Gooch Is neither here nor there, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:46, archived)

But it was

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:48, archived)

Genuine lol!

( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:47, archived)