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What did you want to be when you grew up?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on August 15, 2012
“When I was four I said to my grandma ‘yes, I want to be a Chippendale (dancer).’”
“I wanted to be a radiologist. I watched a lot of them on TV when I was young.”
“I wanted to be a marine biologist.”
“I wanted to be a Nintendo 64 game seller.”
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Comments
AnnaUndercover 9 months, 1 week ago
I wanted to be: (in chronological order) a horse trainer, a writer, an architect, a writer again, a film director, a sports medicine person, a ballet company artistic director, environmentalist, a corps de ballet girl, a director at a nonprofit.
And then... I graduated from college. And then I lost my dream job.
And then I had to get practical, or Sallie Mae would've come after me.
RoeDapple 9 months, 1 week ago
A truck driver. Been there. Done that.
Or a gynecologist. Oh well . . .
by RoeDapple
labmonkey 9 months, 1 week ago
It was better you drove a deuce and a half, because you cannot turn away deuce and a halves when you are a gynecologist.
rockchalker52 9 months, 1 week ago
Honestly? Retired. Ever since I can remember.
kansanbygrace 9 months, 1 week ago
+1!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 9 months, 1 week ago
Never wanted to grow up.
hitme 9 months, 1 week ago
taller
Andini 9 months, 1 week ago
This guy>>>>>>>>
by Andini
riverdrifter 9 months, 1 week ago
That's not funny, that's sick!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 9 months, 1 week ago
Tange,
Oh never mind.
I don't want to cheapen myself.
Ron Holzwarth 9 months, 1 week ago
A happy, well adjusted, adult.
I apparently failed on all three counts.
Gart 9 months, 1 week ago
A hydroponic garden cleaner. - a few benefits.
Is that a LJW style question? An oxymoron but understand the question conveyed. Please try to improve. Sophomoric, at least.
As a wee little chap, guess I wanted to be a good person and help those that could not help themselves. Then I got sued at age 9 for breaking a window from a paper I through to some old hags house. Turned out, she lost due to city code which said her windows were out of compliance by many years. Made a yearly reminder to blow off a couple bricks of BLACK CATS on her porch for many years with my buddies. Yeah, I know, not nice.
Anyone have some old, aged black powder?? Just taking a poll. Time for a smoke. . . .
misterlee 9 months, 1 week ago
archeologist , then film director or actor.
RoeDapple 9 months, 1 week ago
Would a couple of pounds of 40 year old Dupont 4756 help you out? Probably gonna through it on the burn pile anyway . . .
RoeDapple 9 months, 1 week ago
"throw"
snap_pop_no_crackle 9 months, 1 week ago
The Lone Ranger
fudgelover 9 months, 1 week ago
I am 60 years old, and still haven't figured that out.
fleeba 9 months, 1 week ago
A veterinarian. Then someone told me how much more school I'd have to go through...
CWGOKU 9 months, 1 week ago
John Holmes
CWGOKU 9 months, 1 week ago
The wife keeps on wondering when I will grow up. I do not have any desire to do so, yet
Eddie_Haskell 9 months, 1 week ago
Alive. For the past few years I've wanted to be Bob Dylan. Now that he's skipping KC for the 2nd straight year, the whole thing is starting to lose it's luster. Maybe I can be Mike Caron, without the white guilt.
hitme 9 months, 1 week ago
The bomber pilot to lead the first wave in the war with Ecuador.
jackbinkelman 9 months, 1 week ago
And YOU have a picture of the Beatles... Hmmmm
CWGOKU 9 months, 1 week ago
Don't give up the dream, Bobby Gamage
grammaddy 9 months, 1 week ago
Grown.
grammaddy 9 months, 1 week ago
And rich.
Frankie8 9 months, 1 week ago
cowgirl
oneeye_wilbur 9 months, 1 week ago
A full Wilbur with 2 Eyes.
Frankie8 9 months, 1 week ago
War reporter embedded with a unit in Afghanistan, I will wear a burka so no one will know if I am carrying or not. Ha!
Romans832 9 months, 1 week ago
When elevators were not self-service, I wanted to be an elevator operator. And I get a chance to fulfill my wish if I'm closest to the buttons when there are other riders. :-)
Frankie8 9 months, 1 week ago
PETER PAN:
Listen to your teacher. Repeat after me::
I won't grow up,:
I don't want to go to school.:
Just to learn to be a parrot,:
And recite a silly rule.:
If growing up means:
It would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree,:
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up:
Not me!:
Not I,:
I won't grow up,:
I don't want to wear a tie.
And a serious expression
In the middle of July.
And if it means I must prepare
To shoulder burdens with a worried air,
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me,
Not I,
Not me!
So there!
Never gonna be a man,
I won't!
Like to see somebody try
And make me.
Anyone who wants to try
And make me turn into a man,
Catch me if you can.
I won't grow up.
Not a penny will I pinch.
I will never grow a mustache,
Or a fraction of an inch.
'Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were.
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up,
No sir,
Not I,
Not me,
So there!
I won't grow up!
I will never even try
I will do what Peter tells me
And I'll never ask him why
We won't grow up!
We will never grow a day
And if someone tries to make ust
We will simply run away
I won't grow up!
No, I promise that I won't
I will stay a boy forever
And be banished if I don't!
And Never Land will always be
The home of beauty and joy
And neverty
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
No sir!
Not me!
Elire40 9 months, 1 week ago
i wanted to be mentally ill all of my life and have lame butt hospital staff and social workers who do nothing for my life, not really, and that's what i wanted to spend my whole life doing, is being mentally ill, and having lame butt social workers and hospital staff all around me, that don't do doo doo for my life what so ever! that intake lady at bert and nash is total witch! yep, that intake lady at bert and nash is a total witch! fall through the cracks?! i fall through the cracks, really?! well, you have fallen through my cracks lady! yep, you have fallen through my freaking cracks you dumb lady! by the way: don't rent from remington square apartments, they make possible renters feel very bad about themselves. yep, remington square apartments make possible renters feel very bad about themselves and i would not rent from them people! no people should rent from them at all! by the way: i tried to jump out of the car on the road back to texas. just to let you all know, i tried to jump out of a moving car on my road trip back to texas. from elise renee gingerich age 40
RoeDapple 9 months, 1 week ago
Some posts are beyond priceless. Just sayin'
faceit 9 months, 1 week ago
It would seem that there is a common element in a few of the recent posts, All kidding aside, there is help out there, but you may have to work at it.
faceit 9 months, 1 week ago
an ingnore poster filter would be welcome along with a copy/paste filter. Also, stop allowing pictures or other items (song lyrics of entire songs) and anything else that just takes up space to be posted.
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