Encore: Occupations

[Digit]

"She's an astronaut-- a valet at the parking lot. A farmer working the land."
-Shania Twain, She's Not Just a Pretty Face

I'll take astronaut and valet for today and tomorrow, if that's alright.

[Katya]

agent
architect
astronaut
author
baker
banker
bodyguard
boxer
builder
bus driver
businessman
cabinet maker
candyman
captain
chef
clown
cop
cowboy
DJ
doctor
drummer
entertainer
executioner
executive
farmer
fireman
fishmonger
florist
forester
gambler
general
guide
hangman
hooker
judge
king
knight
lawyer (abogado)
librarian
manager
matchmaker
merchant
miner
muffin man
nurse
operator
photographer
poet
policeman
postman
preacher
priest
professor
prophet
queen
ranger
roller derby queen
sailor
scientist
senator
servant
shepherd
sheriff
singer
[black]smith
soldier
stock car boy
supermodel
swimmer
tailor
teacher
umpire
valet
veterinarian
waitress
wizard
wrestlers
writer

[Katya]

"Lovely Rita, meter maid, may I inquire discreetly, when are you free to take some tea with me?"

-The Beatles. "Lovely Rita."

[Defy V]

I can think of two right now for Saturday and Sunday. If I don't think of one for today then I'll go out.

"I'm a rambling wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer!"

-Georgia Tech fight song

"Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub, and who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker . . ."

-Rub a dub dub

[Marduk]

"When I go out with artists, they talk about language and the Cubists and the Dali's, and I try to catch the meanings, and keep up, with all of their martinis"

-Crash Test Dummies, "When I Go Out With Artists"

[yayfulness]

"Eleven pipers piping."

-"The Twelve Days of Christmas" (traditional)

[Katya]

"Eleven pipers piping."

-"The Twelve Days of Christmas" (traditional)

Nice.

Here's my Day 10 entry:

"A wand'ring minstrel I, a thing of shreds and patches . . ."

"A Wand'ring Minstrel I." The Mikado

(I'm finding Gilbert and Sullivan quite useful, this game.)

[Digit]

Santa Claus is coming to town!
-Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Real job? check

(Ha, from that link: "television producer Jonathan Meath studied at the International School of Santa Claus and earned the degree Master of Santa Claus in 2006" The International School of Santa Claus...I wonder if the Ho Ho Ho'ing class is an elective or part of the core curriculum )

[yayfulness]

"And his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."

-Handel, "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

[Marduk]

"Mr. president I hereby pardon you of all your crimes, for they are just as much mine"

-Live "10,000 Years (Peace is Now)"

[Katya]

Day 11

"One was a butler, the Jeeves of his time."

"Go, Go, Go Joseph." Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

[yayfulness]

"Some people say we're not rappers." "That hurts our feelings." "It hurts our feelings when people say we're not rappers."

-Flight of the Conchords, "Hurt Feelings"

[Digit]

The maid was in the garden
hanging out the clothes
when down came a blackbird
and pecked off her nose.

-Sing a song of sixpence

[Marduk]

"The iron boats go as the mariners all know"

-Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

[Dead Cat]

DAY 12

Sorry that I haven't been on the ball these last couple days. Honestly, I have no excuse. But I'm back now, so that's good, right?

In:
Katya
yayfulness
Digit
Marduk

[Katya]

"Snip snip the chambermaids who stole their clothes."

"It's a Maze." The Secret Garden.

[yayfulness]

"But when the taxman comes to the door, Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale."

-Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Fortunate Son"

[Digit]

Ground control to major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
-Space Oddity

[Marduk]

"Now Paul is a real-estate novelist who never had time for a wife"

-Billy Joel, "Piano Man"

[yayfulness]

"Now Paul is a real-estate novelist who never had time for a wife"

-Billy Joel, "Piano Man"

I think that song has already been used, actually.

Also, Digit, I approve of your song choice.