Top Five Things You Won't Be When You Grow Up

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:33 am

5. A Director
4. A Cartoonist
3. A Musician
2. An Artist
1. A Writer

sinsual · Post by **sinsual** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:05 am

Motorcycle Racer
Motorcycle Engine Designer/Builder
Anti-Hero in a movie
Writer
Psychotic Nutcase

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:06 am

1. Flying Trapeze Artist
2. Factory Worker
3. Prostitute
4. Stockbroker
5. Owner of a chain of Gas Stations

Bethyaga · Post by **Bethyaga** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:10 am

5) Rock star
4) Talk Show Host
3) Australian
2) Psychiatrist
1) UN Interpreter

JohnnyRico · Post by **JohnnyRico** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:56 am

5) A commercial pilot
4) An actor
3) A musician
2) A Frenchman
1) Someone's mother

Fortune · Post by **Fortune** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:11 am

5) Vegetarian
4) Motivated
3) God
2) Healthy
1) Young

Crazy Elf · Post by **Crazy Elf** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:33 am

5 - Britney Spear's husband
4 - A geisha
3 - Three years old
2 - One of Michael Jackson's children
1 - A goth

ak404 · Post by **ak404** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:44 am

5) Unemployed
4) A reactionist conservative
3) Uneducated
2) Shiftless
1) Married

Ikarus7 · Post by **Ikarus7** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:22 am

5)Electronics engineer
4)A woman
3)American
2)Normal
1)Sad

The Eclipse · Post by **The Eclipse** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:04 am

1- A Democrat
2 - Owner of a Ford
3 - On crack
4 - Crazy Elf
5 - Michael Jackson's lawyer

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:24 am

5. A Garbageman
4. A Fire Fighter
3. A Snake Charmer
2. A Marine
1. A Nun

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:00 am

1. A Republican
2. A Democrat
3. Heartless
4. A liar
5. A thief

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:47 am

I thought very long and very hard about this. Very.

1. Any one of you. - All of us here are too diverse, too unique to ever become.

2. The president of the United States - since I'm not, you know, a born Americano.

3. An astronaut - since, aparently, I've got narrow blood vessels which would make it almost impossible to withstand anything above, say, 14 or 15 G's. Fine for becoming a fighter pilot - unless you want to be a test pilot - but not for anything as radical as a astronaut. Perhaps when they figure something out for that, like a slow ascent until escape velocity is reached.

4. A top athlete. - I don't have the connection to my body that I need to have that extra bit of reach which, coupled with hard work, will get you further than everyone else. I do everything on sheer willpower and perseverance, but that won't get me far enough. I'm not a natural. Not like, for instance, Crazy Elf would be.

5. A secret service agent. - I went through the process of application and I got accepted for the program. But...I found that I couldn't comply with some of the orders that I was given. Though, the military psychologists were incredibly surprised at my congition of the troubles one would have to go through when hard decisions had to be made to put foot to ass. They gladly wanted me. I gladly said no.

That's what I know I can't be. There's a trillionthousand things out there that I don't have the drive or the want to be.

Thunderchild · Post by **Thunderchild** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:37 am

Just one thing Deev, they are thinking of changing the rule about the president having to be a born american.

5. a politician - as much as i am a manipulative sneaky lying asshole.... i swear WAY too much. "what the fuck do you mean by my outrageous stance on family values you cock-knocker!?!"

4. a therapist - im just too blunt, plus the swearing. "get over it you pussy, my mom was an alcoholic and my dad a deadbeat and im a sucessful therapist, stop making excuses and get your shit together"

3. a musician - as much as i like the idea, i DO NOT HAVE FUNK....

2. A copy checker for a publisher. Most of you know that im too lazy/dont care about punctuation.

1. A School teacher - no way in HELL would i attempt to teach, i would rather work in an undesireable area of the porn industry than teach....

Grifter · Post by **Grifter** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:56 am

1. Rich and/or successful - I don't have the drive, ambition or determination to make a
success of myself business- or careerwise. Some might even call me downright lazy,
but I think that might be a bit harsh. I provide for my family and am able to acquire
the little extras that make life worthwile and that's good enough for me.

2. Fat - Always have been a skinny bastard, always will be a skinny bastard. Well, lean
and wiry might be more apt. Certainly sounds a lot nicer. I have been blessed
(cursed?) with an extremely fast metabolism, which doesn't allow one ounce of fat to
adhere to these bones. It also means that I'm always hungry 2 hours before lunch at
work.

3. Hooked on drugs - I've seen at first hand what drugs can do to someone and in my
point of view anyone who resorts to hard drugs turns into a pathetic loser. If you
turn to stealing, borrowing from friends and/or relatives, or prostitute yourself for
money just to get that next high, you need to be beaten around the head with
a two- by-four for half an hour to knock some sense into you. Of course, after
that you probably won't have a need for hard drugs anymore......or solid food for
that matter

4. Grown-up - I love to play and I always will. RPG's, Table Top Wargames, computer-
games, board-games, CCG's...I've enjoyed them all and I'm definite I still will when
I'm forty, sixty or eighty. As a matter of fact, I'm looking forward to the time when
our little boy will be a bit older, so I'll be able to play them with him.

Of course, me
starting to become senile at that time will make it easier for him to cheat.

5. An African Safari Guide - Okay, that was my gf's suggestion, but I can see her point.
Africa is way too damn hot, I hate the outdoors and all I could show the tourists is
how fast a human can accelerate from one to 60 when chased by an enraged bull-
elephant or how long it would take for an average Kenian lion-pride to finish off one
skinny Dutchman.

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:05 pm

5. An astronaut. (I don't think they let you in with dodgy vision - or fucked-up bones.)
4. An arachnophile.
3. A teacher. (I am... not a patient person.)
2. Incurious.
1. A ballerina.

Van Der Litreb · Post by **Van Der Litreb** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:35 am

1) A soldier.
2) A conservative.
3) Working for a conservative company.
4) A linguist.
5) An addict.

Daki · Post by **Daki** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:54 am

5. A fighter pilot. Too large to fit in any sized cockpit.

4. Any type of professional musician. I have NO aptitude for any instrument.

3. An Accountant. I went to university for this and found out VERY quickly that I could never do this as a profession. It wasn't the work itself (that was easy). There was no challenge there.

2. Day care worker. It's not that I don't like kids or that I'm not good with kids... but I know that would wear my patience thing very quickly and I would be forced to quit.

1. Cab Driver / Truck Driver / Any kind of professional driver. My knees cannot take long period in a car and doing that for a living would be a lesson in unending pain.

One other gets an honorable mention but doesn't make the list since it's sooooo far fetched... A Priest.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:51 am

DV8 wrote:I thought very long and very hard about this. Very.
5. A secret service agent. - I went through the process of application and I got accepted for the program. But...I found that I couldn't comply with some of the orders that I was given. Though, the military psychologists were incredibly surprised at my congition of the troubles one would have to go through when hard decisions had to be made to put foot to ass. They gladly wanted me. I gladly said no.

Could you elaborate?

Serious Paul · Post by **Serious Paul** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:04 am

Happy. The other four kind of seem pointless in comparison.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:06 am

Spiral wrote:
DV8 wrote:I thought very long and very hard about this. Very.
5. A secret service agent. - I went through the process of application and I got accepted for the program. But...I found that I couldn't comply with some of the orders that I was given. Though, the military psychologists were incredibly surprised at my congition of the troubles one would have to go through when hard decisions had to be made to put foot to ass. They gladly wanted me. I gladly said no.
Could you elaborate?

Well, what can I say? I went through the application and had to do about two or three times the amount of time with various interviewers and psycho-analists than any of the others in my batch of applicants. I thought that I over-analysed everything, while, in the end, they were very happy with my results. I thought my over-analysis would be viewed as indecisiveness, or perhaps a lack of courage, while they thought I was accurately aware of the trouble a person would face while out in the field, such as the difficulty with which certain decisions come. They thought I would be perfect for the job. I didn't think I had what it took. I thought it would be more of an data-analysis sort of intelligence job, they thought I would be more suited for a field agent's job. I didn't want that.

Eva · Post by **Eva** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:19 pm

A pathologist.
A professional singer.
My mother.
Fat.
As smart as I could've been.

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:29 pm

How do you know you won't get fat? Age does some horrible things sometimes. Accidents, injury, etc, etc. I don't think that's something you can really say.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:24 pm

Probably the same reason why Veed thinks he'll never be an addict. (Though, I'm fairly sure he, too, has his addictions.

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Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:58 pm

1. A mother
2. Work in any environment that involves small children up to teenagers
3. Happy
4. A fighter pilot (my math sucks dick and the military doesn't like putting women in dogfight situations)
5. Rich

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:13 pm

Gunny wrote:1. A mother
2. Work in any environment that involves small children up to teenagers

I'll steal those for my list, 5th and 6th.

laughing Monkey · Post by **laughing Monkey** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:51 pm

I don't want to grow up! If I did I .......

5. Sales Clerk - people piss me off
4. Deep sea diver
3. Lab monkey
2. President
1. My mother

Sock_Monkey · Post by **Sock_Monkey** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:32 pm

5) Intelligent
4) Hansome
3) Charming
2) Responsible
1) Respected.

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:48 pm

6. Be the one who gets to make the laws regarding driving and vehicle laws. (damnit)
7. An assassin (I'd enjoy my work too much)

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:42 am

I think I'll go with Deev's idea of things I can't be

1) Management. I'm a good 2IC or great when I'm a leader trusted to my own devices, but I can't fuction as management, I need more direction than that entails from either those above me or those I'm being the leader of.

2) Blood donor. Blood donations saved my life when I was a couple of weeks old, but I've only been able to give blood twice, and the second time the doctor told me it was an appreciated thought, but it would be better if I didn't try again.

3) Anti-social. I might be uncomfortable, nervous, depressed or scared, but as often as that happens in social situations even with friends, I can't not do it. I'll go out to a bar with friends being completely scared about what to do or say rather than sit at home every time.

4) Famous. I want to be appreciated and noticed for what I do, but I can't handle being the center of attention. A brief moment and then letting me fade back into the background is fine, but I would just buckle under constant attention.

5) Everything I want to be in my head. I have drive, and ambition, and energy, but I can't focus it towards one goal at a time. There are too many things in life I want to be and do that the best I can hope for is that someday I'll get there with a few of them, and just keep working at the rest.

FlakJacket · Post by **FlakJacket** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:50 am

DV8 wrote:I thought very long and very hard about this. Very.

5. A secret service agent.

Steinmeijer. Dennis Steinmeijer. White Russian. Shaken, not stirred.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:50 am

1 Jewish.
2 My mother.
3 Silly.
4 Alone.
5 Finished.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:54 am

Liniah wrote:How do you know you won't get fat?

She won't.

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 6:51 pm

DV8 wrote:Probably the same reason why Veed thinks he'll never be an addict. (Though, I'm fairly sure he, too, has his addictions. )

Yeah, I was going to mention that one too. Do computer games count as an addiction, or do you mean an actual physical, medical addiction, Veed?

3278 wrote:She won't.

Oh, so you can see the future now? Cool! Will I get my phd by the year 2008?

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:07 pm

Liniah wrote:Oh, so you can see the future now? Cool! Will I get my phd by the year 2008?

* DV8 shakes the 32

Ehm, "only if you eat your leafy greens." There you have it.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:19 pm

Liniah wrote:Oh, so you can see the future now? Cool! Will I get my phd by the year 2008?

No. You'll be pregnant, and laughing.

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:04 pm

...I don't get it.

Anyway, if you're bringing that into the picture...you're saying Eva will be childless?

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:39 pm

OH OH!!! I wanna shake the 32!!

TheHeather · Post by **TheHeather** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:32 am

1. A nun

2. A doctor

3. Decisive

4.Regretful

5. Someone's wife

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:38 am

I was trying to think up a list of 5 things, the problem is there's more than that, and it all falls under one thing that I think sums everything up:

I won't ever be more than I am.

The Next Big Thing · Post by **The Next Big Thing** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:34 pm

1. Forgotten...are you kidding, Me forgotten?!!!
2. Lonely.....Same as above!
3. Bitter..... It's all good. I can't be what I ain't!
4. Old..... I'm never old, I'm THE NEXT BIG THING!!!!
5. Humble.....'nuff said baby!