Friday, May 28, 2010

Eli's Dream Jobs & Nightmare Jobs

This morning at breakfast, we received a telemarketer phone call. After I hung up, I told Eli how I had a job doing that once during college, and Eli suggested that I do my "dream job" instead. So I asked him, Eli, what are your dream jobs? Here's the list he rattled off. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote them down:

Eli's Dream Jobs:
1. Ice Cream Taster
2. Trampoline Trickster
3. Computer Whiz
4. Mattress Tester
5. Freestyle Swimmer
6. Holiday Window Painter
7. Oatmeal Maker
8. Playhouse Builder

Then he told me some jobs he "would NEVER do, even if someone paid me a million dollars!"
1. Shark Catcher (could get bitten)
2. Trapeeze Circus Person (could get badly hurt)
3. Perfume Mixer (the smell)
4. Toxic Waster Cleaner (really gross stuff)
5. Ship Captain (it could be exactly like Titanic!)
6. Computer Smasher (That I would never do.)
7. Electrician (could get electrocuted)
8. Bee Catcher

This is going to be a fun summer!

5 comments:

Leslie Cosgriff McKinney said...

Eli is one sharp fellow. I wonder what the qualifications for "ice-cream taster" are??? I think I want that one too!

emo said...

I choose Mattress Tester. Or Computer Smasher :)

Elizabeth said...

I'm laughing too hard to come up with a clever comment....!

Deborah said...

Eli, all your dream jobs are cool! But would you really do it when you're a grownup? Maybe it would be better if you were a grownup in your dreams, then you would do those jobs.

From, your cuz Carter

P.S. My mom thinks youre hilarious.

Sage said...

AH. Thanks for the laugh. What a clever kid!