Did You Pick the Right Profession?
@cynicalandoutspoken (4725)
United States
June 24, 2009 10:51am CST
It becomes ever more apparent to me every day that my husband, who is a lawyer, should have been a stand up comedian. The problem with his comedy act is that he is more of a "George Carlin" comedian and less like a "prime time TV" comedian. But I am certain he missed his true calling.
Just last night while watching "America's Got Talent" he observed that the show should be called "America's got Mental Illness" after watching some guy break things with a hammer that was being hung from hooks in his eyes.
Then when they showed a bunch of prepubescent little girls in leotards with big colorful dots on them I said "what is that" he said it was a bunch of kids wearing Twister mats...in other words, "a pedophiles wet dream"!
I'm still laughing!
And I think I should have been a lawyer because I love to argue and I've gotten rather good at pointing a "positive spin" on things.
So how about you? Are you in the right profession? Or if you could be anything at all, what would you want to be and why?
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
24 Jun 09
I wanna be your husband's booking agent.................keep him on the road or on tv, so you can laugh at him without getting any grief for it! Rofl
@cynicalandoutspoken (4725)
• United States
24 Jun 09
He doesn't mind when I laugh at him when he is being funny. He minds when I elbow him in the face and giggle uncontrollably while apologizing. It doesn't help that while I am giggling and apologizing he says something like "yes your apparent concern is staggering" which just makes me giggle harder.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
24 Jun 09
So you elbow him when you're both awake, and he elbow's you in his sleep.
A match made in heaven! ROFL
I still wanna be his agent..................more so I can laugh at him and not get canned! LOL
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
24 Jun 09
You or your husband should write down his lines, and if there's a comedy club anywhere near you...give it a try. Doesn't matter if he's a lawyer, and certainly could be done as a hobby. A friend of mine who is also a lawyer has developed that same George Carlinish humor. Must be something about the profession. Is there anything stopping you from going to law school, or pursuing some sort of paralegal profession? BTW...did you ever make that second recipe I sent you for the Spanish pork?
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
24 Jun 09
You obviously wear too many hats to just be a lawyer. You're also a doctor, teacher, mediator and law enforcement...not necessarily one at a time! Imade my match with one, and now I'm struggling with a step-daughter who has never known a day of discipline in her life.
If your going to grill the pork, another (easy) thing is to rub it with pesto rub a day or so before you cook it. You can get a pesto dry rub. It's a nice change and also has great flavor.
I'm sorry about your best friend. I hope that happy memories remain as the sadness fades.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
25 Jun 09
It is very tough to say. i wanted to become an engineer.I had done engineering. Then i thought that software is my cup of tea.i am in software.
@OConnell87 (1042)
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24 Jun 09
your husband could always be a comedian as a hobby. i'm lucky that i just graduated from uni in chemistry and decided i don't want to work in a lab so i can go back to uni next and study something else
@cynicalandoutspoken (4725)
• United States
24 Jun 09
That's what I was always afraid of. I was afraid I would put in the time and spend all kinds of money to get a degree in something and then decide I didn't want to do that anymore and have to put in more time and spend more money to learn something else.
