so i was wondering...

[Lolita]

How does one decide to become a proctologist? What is so inviting about this job?

[Markel]

Why don't you ask one?

[brainsmile]

I guess they like butts

[dbax791]

Economics 101: Supply and Demand

"It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it"

PS anyone old enough to remember this joke?

Q: What did the proctologist say when the nurse handed him a beer?
A: Thanks, but I asked for a "butt" light.

[Lolita]

Originally posted by Markel
Why don't you ask one?

i dont know any

[oblongmelon]

its a big bucks field..just like cardiology..ANYTHING specialty is..I always wanted to be a funeral director..

[YanksFanRy]

I know a man, age about 45, who is a podiatrist in a residential area for people over 60 only... lots of old feet! YUK!

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by oblongmelon
its a big bucks field..just like cardiology..ANYTHING specialty is..I always wanted to be a funeral director..

You weren't a very happy child were you?

[eSDee]

I remember this one comedian who said, "Why are hemorrhoids call hemorrhoids and asteroids called asteroids? Shouldn't it be the other way around? I guess if that was true you wouldn't be a proctologist you'd be an astronaut!"

[welfareloser]

i dunno, i mean, it sounds disgusting to a normal person with a normal job working with computers and customers and stuff, but once you get entrenched in any kind of medical training, you realize that proctology is really low on the gross-out scale. i'd much rather do that than some of the stuff i've done.

[topane]

I have a question: Is it normal for the proctologist to have both hands on your shoulders during the exam? Just wondering...

[oblongmelon]

Originally posted by Burzhui


You weren't a very happy child were you?

eh? I had an uncle who was a funeral director-they lived above the funeral home, we'd go to visit often, and of course were always brought to family funerals as kids,While we got our share of hysterical italian mourning done,it was also when we got to see our cousins and aunts and uncles put all squabbles aside and join together as a family. My uncle used to tell my older brothers and male cousins (at the time there were no female funeral directors) that there will always be people dying and you'd never be out of a job. We were always taught never to be afraid of death/dead people-basically because it's not the dead people that can hurt you, but the live ones. My unc was a pretty cool guy when it came down to discussing finances with some of the families..some just did not have the money to provide a grandiose funeral like some today-but he let them pay a bit at a time till it was paid off and NEVER drove them crazy for the money. And the poorest man was treated with as much respect as the wealthiest...now find a funeral director like that today!..That was why I was interested in being a funeral director as a kid.

[welfareloser]

good story, obby.

i would like to be a corpse makeup artiste. very low-stress job.

[oblongmelon]

OMG i've seen some WICKED makeup jobs....old ladies with red rosey cheeks, old men with so much pancake make up on you could have a buffet..some people just don't realize less is more...I remember when my girls were young, they had a friend who was 12 at the time and got hit by a car and eventually died of head injuries, the funeral director had her made up to look like a hooker-all this blue eyeshadow, red red lips, mascara..you would never know it was a kid. The mom was pissed and wouldn't let any more people into the funeral home until the kid was redone..

[welfareloser]

exactly. i'd do a good job. when my grandma died, they made her look beautiful - healthy and pretty with some very understated makeup. i really appreciated what they did.

[attgig]

For Podiatry, there are separate med schools for Podiatry....i guess people who can't make the grade and get rejected from normal med schools but then are accepted to podiatry schools..


As for Proctologist....i dunno, maybe people who fail at med school are given a second chance being a proctologist