the worst jobs in history!

lady cop · 04-26-2005, 07:18 PM

these will make you appreciate your miserable job! LOL.....toady.....worst jobs in history, by era.

Flouncey · 04-27-2005, 01:25 AM

Tony Robinson done a TV series about this last year, I found some of the jobs so revolting I had to turn it off

Shame really because it looked interesting.

john8pies · 04-27-2005, 05:47 AM

There is also a book in paperback by the bloke who played Keith (in `The Office`) -whose real name I can`t recall - listing the 50 worse jobs in Britain. Clearing up after the chickens have been slaughtered and cleaning out the sewers spring to mind!

smithy87 · 04-27-2005, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lady cop

these will make you appreciate your miserable job! LOL.....toady.....worst jobs in history, by era.

OMG!

I'll never ever complain about my job again

telaquapacky · 04-27-2005, 05:41 PM

In Moby Dick, Melville describes the job of the guy belowdecks who had to stack the slabs of whale blubber when it was slid down to him. The blubber room, as you can imagine was hardwood, but super slippery, and with the ship pitching in the waves, staying in place must have been a challenge. Melville puts it this way:

"Toes were few and far between among the blubber room men."

lou-lou · 05-01-2005, 03:42 PM

I think the worst job must have been having to take the dead out of the houses and burn them during the Black Death era must have been horrible

05-01-2005, 04:05 PM

Henry VIII had a "Groom of the Stool", which involved keeping the royal bum clean.It was a very sought after job.

I would imagine Henry's "Atkinson" type diet must have been very challenging for tye groom at times

turbonium · 05-01-2005, 10:24 PM

How about Armpit Smeller?? Yuck!!!

Quote:

Foot/Armpit Sniffer: Deodorant designers and chemists rely on the olfactory expertise of people with highly sensitive senses of smell. If you have a nose attuned enough to make the cut, you can sniff before-and-after pits and feet for $40-50K a year. Contact deodorant companies.

capt_buzzard · 05-02-2005, 05:31 AM

My Full Praise goes out to the Police,medical staff in our hospitals and the fire stations who have to put up every day with our Sh1te.

gmc · 05-02-2005, 06:24 AM

re Tony Robinson worst jobs in history. He did one on castrati.

end of discussion so far as I am concerned.

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Flouncey Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 91	Re: the worst jobs in history! Tony Robinson done a TV series about this last year, I found some of the jobs so revolting I had to turn it off Shame really because it looked interesting.
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john8pies Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,159	Re: the worst jobs in history! There is also a book in paperback by the bloke who played Keith (in `The Office`) -whose real name I can`t recall - listing the 50 worse jobs in Britain. Clearing up after the chickens have been slaughtered and cleaning out the sewers spring to mind!
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telaquapacky Unconquerable Good Will Supporting Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Near Sequoia Natl Park Posts: 753	Re: the worst jobs in history! In Moby Dick, Melville describes the job of the guy belowdecks who had to stack the slabs of whale blubber when it was slid down to him. The blubber room, as you can imagine was hardwood, but super slippery, and with the ship pitching in the waves, staying in place must have been a challenge. Melville puts it this way: "Toes were few and far between among the blubber room men."
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ArnoldLayne Guest Posts: n/a	Re: the worst jobs in history! Henry VIII had a "Groom of the Stool", which involved keeping the royal bum clean.It was a very sought after job. I would imagine Henry's "Atkinson" type diet must have been very challenging for tye groom at times

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capt_buzzard All Human Life Is Here... Supporting Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,807	Re: the worst jobs in history! My Full Praise goes out to the Police,medical staff in our hospitals and the fire stations who have to put up every day with our Sh1te.
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