so, The Teen asks me "what is

the most dangerous occupation?"

and I suggest being a fisherman as the possible answer

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not because the above is his favourite show, but because having watched an episode I'm amazed at what people will put themselves thru to earn their livings. . .

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. . .and the boats sink

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. . .and people are knocked off the decks and they drown

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when I do a little bit of research, it turns out that I am correct; I also suggested construction workers - but surprisingly you are more likely to be killed whilst driving a cab than you are by falling off a building; being a fisherman is more than 21 times as dangerous as the average profession (whatever that may be) (altho it does remind me of a conversation that KAZ was having!)
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but quite why I'm thinking about being killed on the job, I don't know

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oh, I remember now - The Teen was asking

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ho hum
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anyhow, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is an interesting word, isn't it? it's a fear of long words, I found it out whilst I was looking for the following ditty (Christopher mentioned something about drinking Cilit-Bang, you see) (note the *line* ). . .
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. . .and it goes something like this: they call me the rhymenocerous

. . .and it continues along various line, one of which is this: they call me the hiphop-potamus, my lyrics are bottomless . . .and another of which is this: *I have to rinse my mouth out with Listerine* (now, I've never tasted Cilit-Bang, but I have swilled with Listerine, and it's fairly unplesant and I can only imagine that Cilit-Bang is worse)

now, I have no idea why Christopher's drinking habits led me there (I think I need to get to know him a little better) (if I haven't frightened him off already) (I hope he'll hang about and get to know me a little better - he seems a lovely chap), and that's the beauty of the www isn't it. . .
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I would have thought that he'd prefer a Winter Pimms myself, but there you go! and now, for some reason, I've ended up (in my head) in a much happier place: Mel's xmas hippo!!