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If we lived 100-200 years ago, What job would everyone have

29-05-2008 07:16PM

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magick

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I think Hangman, near Stephens Green rotting Corpses everwhere in the sunshine.....nice!

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#2 29-05-2008 07:24PM

scruff321

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i think id be an apprentice :pac:

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#3 29-05-2008 07:28PM

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At this age? I'd have been hung by magick years ago.

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#4 29-05-2008 07:29PM

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Blacksmith.

-Funk

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#5 29-05-2008 07:32PM

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94 years ago i would of probably been sent to fight in world war 1

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#6 29-05-2008 08:05PM

Rb

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Wouldn't need to work.

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#7 29-05-2008 08:15PM

Sir Molle

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Probably a mage or a rogue.

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#8 29-05-2008 08:21PM

Clink

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I'd still do what I currently work at. And in the same building!

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#9 29-05-2008 08:38PM

callaway92

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Id be a Bum

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#10 29-05-2008 08:38PM

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Clink wrote: »

I'd still do what I currently work at. And in the same building!

hookers rarely change where they work

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#11 29-05-2008 08:42PM

bronte

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I'd be a town personality.

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#12 29-05-2008 08:43PM

monkeyfudge

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Alchemist for me please...

Although being a hangman does look like fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADkpyVWAwQ

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#13 29-05-2008 08:45PM

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200 years ago? Baby factory.

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#14 29-05-2008 08:57PM

Steve_o

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The town idiot!!!:D

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#15 29-05-2008 08:58PM

gaeilgegrinds

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Wouldn't change a thing!

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#16 29-05-2008 09:15PM

Sofaspud

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Ye olde Customer Services Representative!

Or a pub landlord, that'd be fun!

"Another tankard of ale, fair squire?"

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#17 29-05-2008 09:18PM

ejmaztec

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I'd be a TV repair-man.

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#18 29-05-2008 09:19PM

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Mildly insane political theorist.

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#19 29-05-2008 09:22PM

Davidius

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Irish Nationalist and great scientist. :pac:

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#20 29-05-2008 11:05PM

Puddleduck

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Ideally, a blacksmith

In reality, Im either a hooker, or a baby producer nearing the golden years

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#21 29-05-2008 11:15PM

Thirdfox

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Probably still a lawyer (law student to be precise).

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#22 29-05-2008 11:23PM

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Soldier. See the world, supress the peasants. Its all good!

I would probably be a battle field engineer.

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#23 29-05-2008 11:51PM

MooseJam

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executioner

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#24 30-05-2008 12:06AM

celticwe

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id be a stay at home dad

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#25 30-05-2008 12:09AM

Dashticle

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Liberal environmentalist.

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#26 30-05-2008 12:21AM

Capt'n Midnight

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I'd be working in the potato factories

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#27 30-05-2008 12:21AM

Phantasm

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I'd be the giver of birth, maid, cook...etc.

You man-baystards!

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#28 30-05-2008 12:39AM

bassman22

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An Explorer, definitely an explorer, I've actually thought about this one before

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#29 30-05-2008 12:41AM

ShoulderChip

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Aide de camp
no wait
shaman

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#30 30-05-2008 01:16AM

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Roaming England looking for general labour work!

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#31 30-05-2008 01:41AM

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kmart6 wrote: »

Roaming England looking for general labour work!

F*ck that, I just got sponsored a ticket to that "New World" they're on about!

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