I'll mention that to the bald, middle-aged midget tomorrow!Wearing a white coat and working with animals = babe magnet (so I'm told ).
I'll mention that to the bald, middle-aged midget tomorrow!Wearing a white coat and working with animals = babe magnet (so I'm told ).
I'm a Blacksmith can't really jazz that up
He got fed up with the 'look' when he answered the "What do you do?" question, and started saying that 'he worked with animals'.
Going the other way, I know the head of an IT for a firm of stockbrokers whose business card reads "Chief Pointy Head".
Sometimes I want to punch google in it's smug little faceI once met a guy (quite a famous guy actually!) who worked for Google; his job was “Chief Futurologist”.
And his customer services opposite number was “Director of User Happiness"
And, the old one, that we use, is about Orthopaedic surgeons being 'Carpenters'Of course this can work the other way as well. Mrs R has a friend who is a consultant vascular surgeon and he calls himself a plumber.
Pest controller from LabdicksWhen I was a Police Officer, we used to go on Christmas Party nights out at local venues where the DJ would introduce the various groups present, and we would tell him that we were pest controllers from a fictitious company. It wasn't exactly a mistruth, and we didn't want our true identity known for obvious reasons.
Known as fairies around here...And no as there isn't really any other way to describe an electrician. Even sparks or sparky is a bit of a giveaway.
Nah, I've always said it how it is. Gardener, factory monkey, bouncer, soldier, bodyguard, copper. People and organisations that glam up the names of mundane jobs should be sacked for having too much time on their hands.