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    The job could you talk yourself into being good at

    Inspired by this bloke



    Who's been interviewed around the world as an expert on the Royal Family, talking in an upper class English accent only for people to find out he's actually Tommy Muscatello, a 38-year-old Italian-American who grew up in upstate New York. (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...sex?CMP=twt_gu)

    What's the highest level/important job you think you could get away with calling yourself an expert in if no-one ever looked into your background? I once convinced someone that I was Didier Drogba on the night that Chelsea won the Champions League so I feel I could definitely get away with it but not sure in what subject I'd excel.

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    President of the U S of A.

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    Sales engineer.

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    Senior Twitter and Social Media Engagement Engineer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Sales engineer.

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    President of somewhere shit like Luxembourg or Denmark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Senior Twitter and Social Media Engagement Engineer.
    Your obsession with trying to do me down by degrading a job I've never had is so weird and Giggles still managed to beat you to an own.

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    pwn

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    Merc’d

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    Played, mates.

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    On the ropes.

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    Sports commentator. Really, I have nothing.

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    College level?

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    Hey, if Ray Hudson can commentate for years, I can rock that shit.

    "I played for Vancouver Whitecaps." Who's gonna background check that?

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    I could happily, and quite easily, make a break into shemale porn.

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    You'd have to do more than talk your way in though.

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    I don't know. Most jobs are more than likely heavily dependent on people just talking the talk (or at least appearing to) and doing as the people around them do, so I think anyone with a degree of intelligence could pass in a lot of non-specialist roles. Performing surgery is out, but, realistically, how hard can being a government minister be?

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    Proofreader. Did Yoda write this thread title?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raoul Duke View Post
    Proofreader. Did Yoda write this thread title?
    More like Jar Jar Binks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    You'd have to do more than talk your way in though.
    Dunno mate, I've got some top level patter

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raoul Duke View Post
    Proofreader. Did Yoda write this thread title?
    All the ways I tried to phrase it didn't fit into the topic character limit.

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    If you switched two words it would be merely clunky.

    To answer the question; any sports punditry or colour commentary, piece of piss.

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    A QI researcher, I know a lot of strange (and largely pointless) facts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    A QI researcher, I know a lot of strange (and largely pointless) facts.
    Like you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soldier View Post
    I could happily, and quite easily, make a break into shemale porn.
    Your boobs aren’t big enough.

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    Proof-reader.
    I'm a twit

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    When I applied to work for my local MP a couple of years ago the woman who rejected my application on his behalf cited my use of 'proof-reading' as proof my English skilz weren't up to scratch, because she had never seen it written that way.
    Last edited by Lewis; 01-06-2018 at 10:38 AM.

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    College professor.

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    Probably something related to food, like being a food critic seems pretty easy and I've watched enough cooking and food shows to know most of the faffy lingo I reckon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mazuuurk View Post
    Probably something related to food, like being a food critic seems pretty easy and I've watched enough cooking and food shows to know most of the faffy lingo I reckon.
    You're insane. A shite merchant would be very quickly exposed.

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