Ideal for: aspiring Grooms of the Stool Job Specification: While civilization made great strides in the invention of the sewer system, someone has to deal with the rather unpleasant task of emptying the cesspools. Now would that lucky gentleman be you? Don’t worry: you’ll get a big pail, and a horse to help [...]
Ideal for: Nobody! Job Specifications: You climb about three stories above the ground, and walk a very thin rope with nothing but a long stick to help you balance. But that’s not all. The crowd wants tricks, and tricks you’ll give them. Somersault. Jump. Pirouette. Perform numerous acrobats in midair, while the audience [...]
Ideal for: Anyone who is fit, brave and has no other possible career option. Job Specifications: Think of yourself as a slave that’s graduated to the status of lion meat…er, lion slayer. Drawbacks: Your wits, skills and a small sliver of metal is all that stands between you and certain death. [...]
Ideal for: Acrobats-in-training, bird enthusiasts, and anyone with a love for the outdoors Job Specifications: While your father collects eggs from birds’ nest, you follow behind him: climbing very high cliff ledges, keeping a close eye for angry seabirds ready to pick out your eyes, and gripping the guano-encoated rocks for dear life. [...]
Ideal for: those who want to travel Job Specifications: Your dad’s got the job of gathering the wood, but wouldn’t you know, he saved the best part of the work for you. . You get a good fire going, and keep it going for 100 hours straight. Drawbacks: You inhale toxic levels [...]
Ideal for: dog lovers Job specifications: The Plague has swept through Europe, and the experts have declared that it’s due to the bewitched cats who have cursed the city. The verdict is to kill them (much to the delight of the real culprits, the rats). Your job is to get a big stick [...]
Ideal for: children who wish to run away from home. Job Specifications: You climb about three stories above the ground, and walk a very thin rope with nothing but a long stick to help you balance. But that’s not all. The crowd wants tricks, and tricks you’ll give them. Somersault. Jump. Pirouette. Perform [...]
Ideal for: children who want to become famous and do not mind dying in the process Job specifications: You are a star—at least, while you’re alive. Basically you enter the arena and wave a bright red flag at a very angry bull. He stomps his feet, shakes his head, and charges. While your [...]
Ideal for: anyone who is not claustrophobic or in any way afraid of anything. Job Specifications: You are sent into the mineshafts to scout out possible paths and diffuse any pockets of noxious gases with the flame of your lantern. In one hand, you carry a canary in a cage. So it’s nice [...]
Ideal for: desperate animal lovers Job Specifications: Everyday you clean out the feed the horses, rub them down, check on their eyes and ears for any nasty bugs and then—grab a big shovel. This is your pooper scooper. And if it’s bigger than the usual, it’s because you aren’t looking at the average [...]