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What Did You Want to be When You Grew Up?

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    #32
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    A pirate.

    They get such bad press nowadays though.


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    #33
    MissIT
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭MissIT


    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    jeez!! hey fiscal progress caught you out.

    You could be a €2 Euro girl.:cool:

    Nah.. €2 Euro girl doesn't have the same ring to it as Pound shop girl.
    It was the fancy title i was after :cool:

    I also wanted to be Sabrina the teenage witch! still waiting for that to happen..:(


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    #34
    994
    Closed Accounts Posts: 911 ✭✭✭994


    sam34 wrote: »
    i always wanted to be an astronaut.

    now, at the ripe old age of 29, i have come to terms with the fact that it's unlikely to happen!

    It could easily happen. In 30 years time, even the moderately rich will be space tourists - get saving!

    I went through stages of wanting to be a footballer, shopkeeper, inventor and scientist


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    #35
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Mod on Boards.ie


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    #36
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    994 wrote: »
    It could easily happen. In 30 years time, even the moderately rich will be space tourists - get saving!

    oh yeah, if space tourism becomes accessible, i'm there.

    but teh chances of me being a fully fledged astronaut and leading a mission "where no one has gone before" are slim, much as i hate to admit it!


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    #37
    genericguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭genericguy


    i wanted to be a scientist. be VERY careful what you wish for...


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    #38
    tfitzgerald
    Registered Users Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭tfitzgerald


    alive ! so far so good


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    #39
    baglady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 255 ✭✭baglady


    A primary teacher...but only the younger classes so I wouldn't have to teach hard things like long division...


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    #40
    legal eagle 1
    Registered Users Posts: 483 ✭✭legal eagle 1


    I wanted to be a postman!!haha my parents bought me this post office set when i was a child.......................thought it was class ;)


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    #41
    Captain-America
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    genericguy wrote: »
    i wanted to be a scientist. be VERY careful what you wish for...


    Batman's a scientist.



    I wanted to be Batman.


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    #42
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    at the age of 5 i wanted to be a forensic scientist- i think my dad put it in my head.
    i met my junior infants teacher bout 2 years ago and she told me she still remembered what i wanted to be!:D


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    #43
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    I wanted to be a shopkeeper.
    :(


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    #44
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Ostrich Babysitter.


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    #45
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    MissIT wrote: »
    Nah.. €2 Euro girl doesn't have the same ring to it as Pound shop girl.
    It was the fancy title i was after :cool:

    I also wanted to be Sabrina the teenage witch! still waiting for that to happen..:(

    I reckon you just wanted a pounding:cool:


    Subliminal stuff like.;)


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    #46
    magenta73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭magenta73


    a nurse!


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    #47
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    I remember telling my parents....
    ."When i grow up, i want to be a rock star"
    "Son, you can't do both "     they replied


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    #48
    chickenhawk
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭chickenhawk


    Pilot and a millionaire.

    Think it's going to be a long wait for the millionaire bit! :mad:


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    #49
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    A writer...

    But now I'm a scientist who can only write in the third person passive, terrible sad really! :)


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    #50
    GirlInterrupted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭GirlInterrupted


    A teacher, and Queen of the World.

    Despite my best efforts, I'm not Queen of the World (yet).


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    #51
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    A writer
    then physics research ;s


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    #52
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    GirlInterrupted wrote: »
    A teacher, and Queen of the World.

    Despite my best efforts, I'm not Queen of the World (yet).

    You have no chance unless you're infected with the ghey.:P


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    #53
    piby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 539 ✭✭✭piby


    For me it went like this growing up:

    1. Paleontologist
    2. Army Officer
    3. Doctor
    4. Scientist
    5. Writer

    I'm about to graduate as No. 4 but I think I'm going to try and become either No. 2 or No. 3 . . . or both!!
    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    A writer...

    But now I'm a scientist who can only write in the third person passive, terrible sad really! :)

    Yeah I'm the same, science isn't exactly great at encouraging your creative writing side!


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    #54
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    A writer...

    But now I'm a scientist who can only write in the third person passive, terrible sad really! :)

    yay, you're the same as me :D
    well, except I left the scientist track too >.>


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    #55
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    Captain-America wrote: »
    Batman's a scientist.



    I wanted to be Batman.

    Captain America was a scientific experiment, so you can stop your whining.

    I wanted to make jokes like the funny people do on tv.


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    #56
    taidghbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭taidghbaby


    frank out of shameless


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    #57
    GirlInterrupted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭GirlInterrupted


    taidghbaby wrote: »
    frank out of shameless

    You're not Frank, but you're definitely shameless.:P


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    #58
    taidghbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭taidghbaby


    GirlInterrupted wrote: »
    You're not Frank, but you're definitely shameless.:P
    sssssssshhhhhhh you :mad:


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    #59
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    years ago, my brother wanted to be a pillow.

    EDIT: He was 5.


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    #60
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Binman!, I remember telling my mother and she went mad. I thought it would be great to hang off the back of a truck all day. Still do TBH! and would not mind it at all after talking to 3 mates in the corpo, one just worked a while there as a binman and the others knew guys who were, they can earn an absolute fortune with overtime. One of the lads is on stupid money and gets ridiculous time off too.


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    #61
    Escapism
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Escapism


    I wanted to be an air hostess until someone told me i'd never be tall enough ... 5ft4 or so isn't short, right?! :P

    Then I wanted to be a teacher and I think I might end up lecturing in years to come but we'll see how that pans out.


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