September 15, 2006     

NOTE FROM DAVE:

One of my favorite TV shows is “Dirty
Jobs”(Discovery Channel). Viewers send
in descriptions of their nasty jobs,
and the host shares them with us.
It’s actually pretty interesting, and
sometimes more gross than “Fear Factor.”
Here are some SF suggestions.

The Top 10 SF Dirty Jobs

10> Whoever has to clean up the cleanup bots after a Lazarus Long
family orgy.

9> Ferengi ear-hair trimmer/cleaner. (On the plus side, you get to
keep anything you dig out.)

8> Ectoplasm clean-up specialist, GhostBusters, Inc.

7> Massage therapist on a Vogon constructor ship.

6> Dune stilsuit technician.

5> Being Mad Max’s Jewish auto mechanic is pretty much hell on
wheels, so to speak.

4> Wookiee full-body barber. (The hair gets matted *everywhere*.)

3> Jabba the Hut’s proctologist.

2> Gollum’s loincloth laundress.

and the Number 1 SF Dirty Job…

1> Pooper scooper on the Planet of the Apes.

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Credits:

Selected from 35 submissions from 10 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 1, 2
Darin Oberhart, Bettendorf, IA — 3, 6
Guy Reeves, Houston, TX — 4, 9
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 5
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 7, 10
Tom Rodman, Durham, NC — 8, Topic
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — SF List Moderator