What did you want to be when you grew up?

OutlawPete

The first thing I can remember telling my Dad I wanted to be, was a Bounty Hunter / Stunt Man .. cause that's what Colt Seavers (Lee Majors) in the The Fall Guy tv show.

I used to have this plasic gun and holster tucked under my arm, just like his and me my best mate would play The Fall Guy. I would lock him up and then he would escape and then I'd go around the estate chasing him on my bike, doing stunts as we went (made some ramps and the like) all the while trying to get my man so I could collect the bounty money:cool:

We were in our late twenties at the time, but sure what the hell, we had fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw-GP1D6cdo

Incidentally, Jody was one of my first crushes too.


So good people of AH, what do you first remember wanting to be when you grew up?

davyjose

Astronaut.

I was obsessed with the solar system.

(Hint: didn't happen)

RichieC

I wanted to be a mother fking hustler.. you better axe somebody!

Pauleta

I wanted to play in Serie A but was never consistent enough and at the age of 25 i will accept any career path

KeithM89_old

A Fire-engine.

davyjose

Pauleta wrote: »

I wanted to play in Serie A but was never consistent even remotely talented enough and at the age of 25 i will accept any career path

Let's be honest?

nullzero

Financially solvent.

arybvtcw0eolkf

A soldier.

Guess what, I'm a soldier

Ickle Magoo

I wanted to be a doctor...and when I was a bit older, a pathologist.

eternal

I had three dreams of what to become and I became them all ,quite well so am happy.

strobe

I wanted to be Michael Corleone.

deathrider

A Street Fighter... Well, that was 'till my mate (who also wanted to be a street fighter) attempted to preform an epic dragon punch at the top of a fairly steep hill. As I looked down at his busted body lying in a heap at the bottom of the hill mere seconds later, I decided that street fighting wasn't for me.

bonerm

OutlawPete wrote: »

The first thing I can remember telling my Dad I wanted to be, was a Bounty Hunter / Stunt Man .. cause that's what Colt Seavers (Lee Majors) in the The Fall Guy tv show.

I used to have this plasic gun and holster tucked under my arm, just like his and me my best mate would play The Fall Guy. I would lock him up and then he would escape and then I'd go around the estate chasing him on my bike, doing stunts as we went (made some ramps and the like) all the while trying to get my man so I could collect the bounty money:cool:

I don't The Fall Guy having a gun? Wasn't he more of a "punch yer lights out" kinda guy?

krudler

a dinosaur!

wiger toods

Superman, then An f1 driver for a short time and then a professional footballer!;)

Star Bingo

Pauleta wrote: »

I wanted to play in Serie A but was never consistent enough and at the age of 25 i will accept any career path

still young for Serie A tbh. entry level!

lift yer weights, eat yer pasta, 'defy age' n u are there

Turtwig

Pilot/Astronaut I was obsessed with all things that flew and space. Would spend ages just flying my X Wing in Star Wars Rogue Squadron for the N64. There were very few levels that allowed you to fully free roam but I still loved it. Even though I played all the N64 Star Wars from Rogue Squadron onwards (I loved E1 racer and RS) I'd never actually seen a star wars movie until Episode in the Cinema which I thought was magnificent and amazing the whole concept of a Jedi blew me away.

deathrider

wiger toods wrote: »

Superman, then An f1 driver for a short time and then a professional footballer!;)

You must have had seriously high standards if just being Superman wasn't enough for you.

starbelgrade

OutlawPete wrote: »

The first thing I can remember telling my Dad I wanted to be, was a Bounty Hunter / Stunt Man .. cause that's what Colt Seavers (Lee Majors) in the The Fall Guy tv show.

Funny that, because I remember wanting to be the Million Dollar Man (another Lee Majors character)!

Then I grew out of that idea as I realised that being a bionic man was a bit unrealisitic. So then I decided that I wanted to be Evil Kenevil.

Despite that, my dream to marry Wonder Woman stayed the same.

KungPao

A train driver.

Never actually did anything towards being a train driver, and I'd still like to be one.

But as far as I've heard you need to serve your time and bide your time at IE to be one.....which could take a hell of a long time

The way things are now, I can't imagine IE are exactly dying for staff.

davyjose

bonerm wrote: »

I don't The Fall Guy having a gun? Wasn't he more of a "punch yer lights out" kinda guy?

He was stuntman/bountyhunter, who drove a pickup truck, wore a stetson and was played by Lee Majors, in the country where bearing arms is a birthright.

And you think he didn't have a gun???

falan

I wanna be a motherf*ckin' hustler!!!

AnonoBoy

When I grew up I wanted to be an exciting accountant.

When I was a youngster I wanted to be an astronaut.

wiger toods

Star Bingo wrote: »

still young for Serie A tbh. entry level!

lift yer weights, eat yer pasta, 'defy age' n u are there

Yeah good advice there, even at 30 you'd still be considered a baby in Serie A. 40 years-coming to the end, 45+ years-time to starting thinking of the stud farm:pac::pac::pac::pac:

Ardennes1944

car designer:D

TheUsual

Mercenary. Like the A-Team, wanted by the U.S. Government for a crime I didn't commit.

That was before I knew what a mercenary does - pretty dodgy characters in real life.

Nemanja91

I wanted to be either a Soldier, builder, carpenter or Footballer.

Pretty_Pistol

I wanted to be an archaeologist.

TeddyTedson

I was never really sure and still don't know :( and I'm fecking 24!:mad:

ascanbe

When i was really young, Spiderman and after that an NBA basketball player.
Looking back, i realise that neither was every really likely to happen.

Deus Ex Machina

I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. Now I'm thinking more along the lines of being a waiter.

bonerm

TheUsual wrote: »

Mercenary. Like the A-Team, wanted by the U.S. Government for a crime I didn't commit.

That was before I knew what a mercenary does - pretty dodgy characters in real life.

Face-man pretty much fits that profile anyway. He's essentially a con-man and a serial rapist.

Hackysack

I wanted to be a bus driver.

Seriously. I used to love being on a bus when I was younger.

Since I still can't drive a car, my childhood dream (and potential eternal happiness) continues to elude me

General General

My mate Ted wanted to be the Joker when he was a kid.

He can juggle & shop lifts frequently.

darragh16

When I was a boy, I always wanted to be a baseball

A broadcast engineer, was obsessed with how television works. Then, in later years, a train driver. Instead I'm working in a computer repair shop.

ascanbe

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. Now I'm thinking more along the lines of being a waiter.

Keep the dream alive, man.
You could become a waiter in a restaurant frequented by aeronautical engineers and then, Good Will Hunting style, draw attention to your genius by strategically utilising the 'specials' chalk-board to outline your groundbreaking theories.

Ickle Magoo

darragh16 wrote: »

When I was a boy, I always wanted to be a baseball

Pitcher, fielder, hitter or the actual ball?

Star Bingo

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Pitcher, fielder, hitter or the actual ball?

the ball? his mother was a bat who used to strike hit him a lot :pac:

log-out time!

stevejr

I wanted to be Peter Pan....but sadly I never grew up.

Jesus Wept

KeithM89 wrote: »

A Fire-engine.

Same.

tonycascarino

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RubyRoss

A filmmaker - my dream died when that stupid show Dawson's Creek was on and people thought I wanted to be like the main character.

Poxyshamrock

a train driver

NoHornJan

Wish I'd never grown up.

Cormac2791

lorry driver, then footballer!!

Oranage2

zoo keeper.

then when i was a little older i wanted to be a millionaire by the age of 21.

now at the age of 24 years I've finally decided to be a cowboy

OutlawPete

NoHornJan wrote: »

Wish I'd never grown up.

Same here ..

Lets elope and just live out our days on the dole, eating food from Lidl and watching ITV4 and UK Gold all day.

im invisible

growing up my dad always told me 'the most important thing in life is to be happy'
so in school one day when the teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up i said 'happy'
she told me i didnt understand the question,
and i told her she didnt understand life...

NoHornJan

OutlawPete wrote: »

Same here ..

Lets elope and just leave out our days on the dole, eating food from Lidl and watching ITV4 and UK Gold all day.

Too good to be possible...

MadameGascar

I wanted to be a pig and my brother wanted to be a goat, but shortly after I decided that being a warden in animal prison might be a slightly more respectable position.