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	<title>wurk.net » weird</title>
	
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	<description>Your career. Your say.</description>
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		<title>Weird Jobs to Contemplate</title>
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		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/04/30/weird-jobs-to-contemplate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How many of the following jobs strike your fancy?

Professional bowling ball drillers
Onion graders
Anchor manufacturers
Snake wranglers
Colonic irrigationists
Accordion teacher
Firework lighter
Pet...<br/>
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		<title>Pubic Hair Tester</title>
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		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/04/23/pubic-hair-tester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chris Bell of the sample collection division of TrichoTech tests pubic hair for a living.  
What&#8217;s he looking for?  Drugs.  
And why is he looking for it?  To get you fired or exonerated.  
And...<br/>
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		<title>Tools of the trade: a vacuum cleaner, some jars, and a ‘wasp collecting suit’.</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wurk/weird/~3/104500374/</link>
		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/03/19/tools-of-the-trade-a-vacuum-cleaner-some-jars-and-a-wasp-collecting-suit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Bell</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Guessed the job yet? Kiwi John Eason guessed it a while ago, and now he&#8217;s making a decent living as a Wasp Collector. In fact, he believes he is one of only two people in New Zealand who...<br/>
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		<title>Onion Grader</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wurk/weird/~3/104500375/</link>
		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/03/18/onion-grader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How well do you know your onions?  To be an onion grader, you need to be able to determine the ideal:

Size
Shape
Ripeness
Colour

And, you need to know which onions are good...<br/>
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		<title>Sleep Director</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wurk/weird/~3/104500376/</link>
		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/03/07/sleep-director/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wayne Munnelly may have some people&#8217;s dream job, but I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s also some others&#8217; nightmare job.  Munnelly is Travelodge hotel chain&#8217;s sleep director and gets...<br/>
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		<title>Shape shifting, human-blood-drinking trainee butlers wanted.</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wurk/weird/~3/104500377/</link>
		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/02/10/shape-shifting-human-blood-drinking-trainee-butlers-wanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Bell</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As I was browsing around the ummm&#8230;. Royal Family website this morning (as one does&#8230;. bwahaha), I discovered they had a recruitment section.
No shit.
So I&#8217;m going to officially start...<br/>
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		<title>Stark raven mad.</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wurk/weird/~3/104500378/</link>
		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/02/02/stark-raven-mad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Bell</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;Derrick Coyle&#8217;s working day starts at the crack of dawn - literally - when he greets each of his ravens by name, letting them out of the cages where they spend the night.&#8221;
Who am I...<br/>
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		<title>A Casino Dealer’s New Year Resolutions</title>
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		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/01/11/a-casino-dealers-new-year-resolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[casino dealer]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Casinos are not familiar places to me.  And casino work is even less familiar.  I don&#8217;t think I have the brain power necessary to keep track of as many things as a dealer must.  
Check out this...<br/>
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		<title>Meteoriticist</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wurk/weird/~3/104500380/</link>
		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/01/04/meteoriticist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How do you even pronounce &#8220;meteoriticist&#8221;?  Not that my chosen profession - epidemiologist - is much better.
And what does it take to be a meteoriticist?  First, you&#8217;ve got to know...<br/>
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		<title>Is someone pulling the strings in your career?</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wurk/weird/~3/104500381/</link>
		<comments>http://wurk.net/2006/01/03/is-someone-pulling-the-strings-in-your-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Bell</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Not if you&#8217;re Laura Opshinsky, professional puppeteer. Laura, together with her husband, formed &#8216;We&#8217;re Holden Puppets&#8217; in 1979, and have performed at the Children&#8217;s...<br/>
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