Category: Let's talk
Now, the other day I was having an intriguing conversation on here over the public quicknotes: some of us were being suitably conservative, but others were asserting that being blind doesn't matter, you can do absolutely any job apart from drive if you have the determination to do it. This is so patently not true that I thought that she who made this assertion, and those who agreed with her, were joking, but no!!! The aforesaid zoner maintained that she would be determined to join the army when I put such an occupation to her, and although she retreated a little from this later on she still maintained that you could do anything even if you were blind! That's not true of course. it got me thinking, however, about jobs that would be completely unsuited for blind people, such as a handwriting expert. How many blind handwriting experts do you see around the place eh? so, zoners all, your challenge is to come up with similarly inappropriate occupations for blind people, something that imagining a blind person doing makes you laugh. The more politically incorrect, and the more inappropriate, the better! the objective of this topic is not to be helpful at all. On the contrary, treat it instead as a joke at all our expense.
along the transport line of thaught, how about a pilot as 20 20 vision is required
In the army, a soldier, because you have to be able to know whose who. (In my opinion, we shouldn't need to have war, but that's getting off topic.) But anyway, as a soldier yeah, you'd have to know who and where the enemy soldiers are.
Leilani
Hmm, good efforts so far guys, but we can do better than that surely? How about a blind accident reconstruction expert?
or what about a blind cosmetic surgion!
or a blind eye surgeon
Now a blind eye-surgeon would just be irony personified! What about a blind war correspondent, stumbling around?
How about an astronaut.
blind optician?
or astronomer?
or what about a blind photographer. "I'll do your wedding photo's for ya, the results will be blinding" ...
or a blind camera man
Or a blind postman. stumbling around.
Hehe, I'll have to cross the line here, blind gynocologist (especially amale one) now that'd be quite an interesting job, blind fashion expert would also be in good order and blind interrior decorator, something I think would certainly make for a fun job and interesting homes.
I think in the case of the blind soldier every soldier in every army should shout his/her country or ethnicity identification once every minute in order for blind soldiers from the opposite army to hit him/her with a bullet, I think otherwise it's just simply not fair game.
how's about a blind trapeze artist eh? Now who was this person who made the claim that blind people can do anything...or is that classified info?
How about a blind crystal-gazer?
or a blind skyDiver
joking aside sb, I know a guy who is blind and sky-dives apparently! He also recently climbed to the summit of Kilimanjaro...in a group with a guide of course. Pretty amazing!
Indeed, very amazing. But he had sighted assistance of course and if he had not, then he would have had to use the rocks on the mountainside as a form of braille I suppose.
a blind cartographer would certainly make a fortune, coming up with exact map of countries along with descriptive information about vegetation etc, this might be mighty useful and, the obvious of course, a blind bus driver .. and also I really do wonder what my hair would look like after going to the blind employers only barber shop, a blind hair stylist would definitely do well in the arts community.
Additionally, I'm not sure whether a blind miner, quarryman or crane-driver would inspire confidence.
hehehehe, well actually I think wildebrew has just found me the perfect job! .. i would like to open a hair dressing salon ... I'll set a new trend in hair styles ... any takers?
and as part of the service I shall also offer a makeover service
Miner would be ok it's dark down there anyway....
Before you go to Sugarbaby's hairdressers, make sure you're ensured against losing your ears.
ah yeh it's dark, but the blind minor wouldn't know when the canary snuffed it because of the poison gasses ...
he might just hear the thud as the poor little mite hits the bottom of his cage....awwww PS sugarbaby can I make an appointment for ear trimming pls?????? hehehehe
and let's not forget ... the blind cartoonist! ... yes freya you may come to my salon at 9:00 sharp tomorrow
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F1 driver...mountain rescue helicopter pilot....air traffic controller...art critic.....film director...forensic photographer...professional darts player...jet pilot..SAS member... pub bouncer in Glasgow...footballer..
and goblin giving us the example of the blind iliterate I see ...
AH NOW WE GOT IT ...
Well blind people can do every job if they have sighted assistance. How about a blind person dealing wit hchemical things? This might have dangerous consequences if he uses the wrong chemicals, lol. I never heard of a blind person studying chemistry or medecin.
Every job so you would be quite happy if the pilot flying to your rescue was blind...Its a nice ideal this we can do anything but unfortunately impossible...yes a blind person could fly but only for their own enjoyment...
Blind people can't do everything, because in some jobs, let's face it, they'd be blundering fools! can you imagine a blind fireman for instance?
I think they should have purely blind F1 racing with no sighted help on driving or navigation what so ever.
Well okay, let#s say, nearly everything. Of course no dangerous jobs like flying or things like that. A blind dentist would be funny, or a blind architect.
Bliund formula 1 would be hilarious! People would crash out of the race it's true, just like happens in real formula 1, but unlike real formula 1 it would be competitive, people would overtake, and most revolutionery of all, a different person would win each week! Now here's one for you: how about a blind gamekeeper, blundering around after the poachers? It would be ridiculous! AT least it would be about as ridiculous as a blind poacher!
hmmm ... what about a blind lion tamer.
once you've had that haircut and that hair-raising adventure on the track, how about a nice meal with me as your blind waitor? who knows what you'll get but i can guarantee it'll probably be not what you ordered
Hmm yes indeed, and make sure you bring a napkin for when he pours the gravy in your lap. Then perhaps you can settle down afterwards and watch the news, with the blind war correspondent, blundering around Phallujah waiting to see if someone will help him cross the road.
with regards to pilots. I was actually told in France about an organisation for pilots that are blind, in plains. It's all electronic and the copilot can see. so, that one, guys, is actually possible, the person gave me the address but I have since which forgotten it, but I was increjuless as you all when I heard it.
I've heard that too, and a more strange and bizarre bunch of people you could never come across, or at least that's what I thought when I met them. And of course the co-pilot can see, but that's cheating! Imagine there were no co-pilot, what then? We're talking about jobs for the blind, that the blind do on their own without someone to hold their hands.
Let's complete our blind pilot's set with a blind navigator, a blind air-traffic controller and blind stuardesses.... "You're exits are here, um, there I think, and possibly over there somewhere... Would you like beef or fish sir? I can't ttell the difference from the packages, but you won't know the difference from the taste so it doesn't matter.... The pilot has switched on the seatbelt sign, nobody panick, oh wait, that's just the microwave."
Erin
Blind gladiators? UI tell you, the Romans had the right idea. I'd have loved to have seen some of those comic fights they used to put in between the main events at the imperial games, where dwarves fought giants etc. How about, in view of that, a blind bull-fighter?
Wow, blind pilots? Sounds interesting.
LOL!...WW I'd love to see all blind F1 can you imagine the panic among the sighted pit crew when the leading Ferrari roars in to refuel...
and the word is incredulous! imagine a lawyer being incapable of spelling such an easy word...I'd laugh if it wasn't so pathetic...
hmmm well actually it wasn't the lawyer who misspelled the word so ... above poss not counted ...
Oh dear Goblin you've really slipped on a proverbial banana skin, haven't you? It was not I who spelt incredulous in error now, was it? Now if my name were Goblin, I'd be pontificating about how I demand an apology, how everyone's so immature and how nobody is capable of understanding simple things, but thankfully I just find the whole thing funny. You know, if we were to expand this topic from inappropriate jobs for the blind to inappropriate jobs for certain types of people or communities of people, and if I were feeling mischievous, in light of what Goblin has written above I might suggest that to have a Glaswegian in the observer corps would be ridiculous! But of course, I wouldn't ever suggest that, would I? How about a blind jockey, riding a blind racehorse?
Or a glaswegian mediator? Oops sorry I forgot, the topic hasn't been extended, has it?
Passport forger. Highway lane dividing line painter. Signal flag tower operator. Awesome topic, Lawlord :-).
Cryptologist.
Sorry susanne but are we talking about a blind passport forder, or a glaswegian one? How about a blind immigration official? There would be even more of the sods getting into the country illegally than we have at the moment!
Fallujah!
A blind sniper, or was that covered in the soldier category?
A blind club bouncer, checking everyone's ID,
A blind digital photo-editor, just imagine the beautiful colours... on the teeth and eyes...
A blind city-road-planner, although I suspect most of ours are already.
A blind film critic specialising in silent films? And Goblin, if I took the time to go back and collect together all your numerous spelling errors they would merit a topic all of their own. Two can play this game old lad.
now what about a blind dress maker, or a blind decorator, or perhaps, a blind painter. of the artistic variety ... having said that these days you can paint pretty much anything and pass it off as art so maybe not
How about a blind pirate? I know that's not really a job, but it does pay rather well they tell me and I imagine a blind pirate would be a blundering fool of the highest order.
Professional bird watcher. Gas meter reader. Life guard.
Hehe, a blind pirate. With two eye-patches and a guide parrot. Yarhrhrhrhr!! Love the topic btw.
And are there really professional birdwatchers? I suppose ornothology fits the bill. Alright, marine biologist. It was my dream when I was a kid, but it's a surprisingly vision-dependant field.
And, blind fencer? The kind with the swords rather than the kind who build fences, although that could be amusing too.
How about a blind plummer, blind electrician, blind physisist who deals specificaly with light refraction if there is sucha specialist field, and a blind botanist.
I wouldn't think a plumber would be too impossible. As long as you know what tools and parts are what. But I don't know. *smiles* But how about a blind stuntman. Don't know if that one was mentioned but I would think that'd have to be very tricky to pull off. *smiles*
Leilani
I don't know if it has already been mentioned, but what about a blind person in the space? An astronaut? That might be quite ... adventurous.