Comments on: 10 Jobs You Didn’t Hear About On Career Day

By: Hanna

Hanna — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:12:48 +0000

Wonder if there’s a connection between the badger of #7 and the Firefly character?

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:10:33 +0000

Perhaps Boca Raton could use a Ratoner?

By: Momo

Momo — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:22:39 +0000

uhm all these are jobs that don’t exist in its entirety. disappointed in that sense, otherwise interesting ;)

By: Janey Mack

Janey Mack — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:37:10 +0000

Actually, Jonny, Beatrix Potter really did have a fancy rat–not rat terrier–named “Sammy.” And “The Tale of Samuel Whiskers,” really is dedicated to him. So I don’t know if she could be said to have kept “rats,” but she certainly kept at least one. Somehow I can only imagine she would have been horrified at the idea of keeping an animal specifically to kill other animals.

Beatrix Potter had a number of pets, both usual and unusual, and it is from observing them, as well as creatures in the wild, that she gained the knowledge of animals that served her so well in the drawing, painting, and writing of the stories she is remembered for. The original “Peter Rabbit” was one of her animal friends, as was the original “Benjamin Bunny.”

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:17:12 +0000

I think this was a very interesting list. I seem to always choose jobs that are obscure and these certainly fit the bill.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:37:08 +0000

“by Beatrix Potter is said to be related to her personal rat, one of Jack Black’s progeny.”

I believe should read “personal rat terrier…”. I don’t think she kept rats, but rather, a rat terrier to catch and kill them.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:29:00 +0000

You had me at “eat more paste” mmmmm, minty.