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I Could Have Been ...; but there's always a good reason why not
Topic Started: Jan 27 2005, 07:13 AM (92 Views)
PapaC
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Posted Image I Could Have Been ...

... a big wheel, but I never spoke up.
... a cardiologist, but my heart just wasn't in it.
... a brewer, but I didn't have the head for it.
... a candle maker, but it got on my wick.
... a geometry teacher, but I hung around in the wrong circles.
... a bridge builder, but I had fallen arches.
... an elevator operator, but I kept getting the shaft.
... a fairy tale author, but I was too Grimm.
... a Director of the Hallelujah Chorus, but I couldn't Handel it.
... a psychiatrist, but I was a freud.
... a thief, but I couldn't take it.
... a snooker player, but I missed my cue.
... a lawyer, but it was all too brief.
... a printer of church literature, but I used the wrong font.
... a skier, but I sloped off.
... a racing driver, but I failed the crash course.
... a lumberjack, but I couldn't tell the wood from the trees.
... the owner of that big London ferris wheel, if some girl had given me the eye.
... a tennis equipment manufacturer, but I didn't want to get into that racquet.
... a sugar manufacturer, but I wasn't refined enough
... a computer criminal, but I couldn't hack it.
... a pro golfer, but I didn't have the balls for it.
... a construction engineer, but I was steamrollered into something else.
... a sauna attendant, but I kept getting too steamed up.
... a theatrical entrepeneur, but I was only playing at it.
... a masseur, but I threw in the towel.
... a painter, but I brushed it off.
... a demolition man, but it blew up in my face.
... a physiotherapist, but I was given the elbow.
... an electrician, but I got my wires crossed.
... Santa Claus, but they gave me the sack.
... a fine antiques salesman, but I needed more polish.
... an infantryman, but I got cold feet.
... a sniper, but I was fired instead.
... a sandwich vendor, but I got the cold shoulder.
... a cabbie, but I drove people to distraction.
... a vampire hunter, but I couldn't put a stake in the business.
... a footballer, but they gave me the boot.
... a billposter, but I was given my notice.
... a nurse, but I couldn't care less.
... a miller, but I couldn't face the daily grind.
... a percussionist, but I was drummed out.
... a mathematician, but it didn't add up.
... a teacher, but everyone else was in a different class.
... a potter, but I kept cracking up.
... a darts player, but I didn't see the point.
... a baker, but I wasn't kneaded.
... a fishmonger, but there was no plaice for me.
... a carpenter, but I had a chip on my shoulder.
... an engraver, but I never made an impression.
... a juggler, but I kept throwing up.
... a jigsaw maker, but I went to pieces.
... a tower builder in Pisa, but I didn't have the inclination.
... an olympic rower, until I had a stroke.
... a novellist, but that's another story.

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The combined warpery of SP brains ought to be able to create hundreds of these, so get your creative thinking heads on and see if you can generate a batch, not just singles - let's have a few at a time.


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*picks up gauntlet and gently hands it back to PapaC*

I could have been...

- a tobacconist, but my performance just wasn't up to snuff

- a revolutionist, but it ran me in circles

- a dogcatcher, but the thought hounded me day and night

- a troglodyte, but I wouldn't cave to the pressure

- a scuba diver, but I'm too shallow

- a salsa dancer, but my Mombo wouldn't let me (ow! don't hurt me!)

- a weaver, but I went back and forth on the idea

- a thoracic surgeon, but I didn't have the guts (I also could have been a skeleton, but for that sad fact)

- a cutlery saleswoman, but I didn't see the point

- a forward for United, but I backed out

- a strange person.... :oops:


(you know there were some on your list that I... :lol2: )
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tsrill
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:lol2: Oh my, some of those are really bad :D

Hmm,

I could have been...

...a scientist, but I couldn't figure out how
...a door-to-door salesman, but I didn't buy it
...a doctor, but I got sick of it
...police officer, but I copped out
...a manager, but I wouldn't manage it
...a captain, but I was grounded
...a pilot, but it just didn't take off
...an optician, but I didn't see the light
...a wildlife observer, but I couldn't bear the thought
...a road construction worker, but it led to nowhere
...a concert pianist, but I couldn't find the key to succes
...a mathematician, but it proved to be the wrong choice
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[Hijack]

"Librarians put it away right!" ^_^

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PapaC
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... A dictionary compiler, but I went through a bad spell
... A balloonist, but I let everyone down badly
... A railway porter, but I was a hopeless case
... A jockey, but I was only along for the ride
... A garbage collector, but the job was rubbish
... A firefighter, but I couldn't be bothered to put myself out
... A whisky distiller, but my application was scotched
... A trapeze artist, but I couldn't get to grips with it
... A tourist guide, but I lost my way
... A clockmaker, but I just ran out of time
... A speleologist, but I got myself into a hole
... A pig breeder, but I got into a rut
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tsrill
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...an athlete, but I ran away
...a metal worker, but I didn't manage the drill
...a journalist, but I messed up at the interview
...a proofreader, but I couldn't spell it out
...an accountant, but that doesn't count

-Tsrill
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EC Enforcer turned Mercenary

...A model, but I just didn't get the picture

...A skateboarder, but somebody Decked me

...a Philosopher, But I thought long and hard about it

...A conductor, But there were too many resistors

...A surfer, but I couldn't catch a Break

...A Musician, But I wasn't really noteworthy

...A Jedi, But my Sabre was too light (Owch...)

...A doorman, but I was too unhinged

...A Swordsman, but I wasn't sharp enough

...A Porn Star, but I really wasn't into it (Double owch....)
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