When you were a kid...

[LostInAnomie]

What did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a Thundercat, specifically Panthro.

[ohiosmith]

1. An adult. I didn't make it.

[gonefishing]

2. The President of the United States

LOL

[DarkPhenyx]

3. A Biologist.

And I am a Biologist. Funny thing is I thought it paid better adn came with more perks.

[gyopsy]

4. An inventor

It didn't last. :)

[Delano]

5. A gub'mint bureaucrat like my dad.

He was in charge of the Department of Labor Wage & Hour Office in my hometown.

His job (making sure employers paid the minimum wage, etc.) had some part in my becoming a liberal...I'll never forget the unpaid furloughs my dad took when Reagan shut down the government.

Of course, I didn't become a bureaucrat - wish I had, then I'd have some benefits, pension, etc.

[maveric]

6. Oceanographer.

But one thing led to another and I became a shipbuilder.

[Commendatori]

7. A major-leaguer

Specifically, a Philadelphia Phillie. I did have my cup of coffee in the bigs, but not in a Philly uniform.

[Madrone]

8. According to my mom -

When I was really young I wanted to be a clown, a veterinarian, AND a tuba player.

LOL - wtf?

[trof]

9. Al Jolson

and then a cowboy.
And then, when I was somewhat matured, a journalist/author.
That's why I became an airline pilot.
:silly:

[Career Prole]

10. I spent literally years of my childhood worrying about jail.

I read when I was in grade school that Al Capone went to jail for tax evasion and I had no idea how to pay taxes or when to start paying them. I didn't want to ask for fear of being found out.
Honest.:D

[bratcatinok]

11. Awwww, that's sweet!

It's funny how kids get an idea in their heads and hold on to it.

I wanted to be an archaeologist specifically in Egypt since I was fascinated with Egyptian mythology.

I grew up to be a mortgage banker.

[Career Prole]

14. I took a different path as well...

...I've never been to jail.:D

Edited to say :hi:

[bloodyjack]

12. i wanted to be a paleontologist, robin hood, and a cripple

because their lives looked so easy. silly, i know.

also for some reason i thought Richard Nixon criminalized sex, and my parents never bothered to set me straight. now look at me.

[roguevalley]

15. I wanted to be two of your three. You guess which ones. :)

I wanted to be an egyptologist but I comfort myself in knowing two
people who are.

[bloodyjack]

35. you wanted to be Robin Hood the paleontologist?

fat lot of good that would do! i guess you might steal fossils from museums and lob them at the poor and the needy! very thoughtful, very thoughtful indeed!

or did you want to be a crippled Robin Hood? a crippled paleontologist? man, kids are weird.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

13. a railroad engineer, particularly on the Chicago L

...probab ly a pretty boring job, now that I think of it.

[Deja Q]

16. Actor or comedian

Some speculated I'd go on stage.

Some actually do now.

But I haven't the memory skills or ability to keep a straight face or ability to speak in front of an audience.

I could be a tv writer... but that's gone the way of the dodo thanks to "reality" tv... :eyes:

[gpandas]

17. fireman nt

[Kadie]

18. Forest Ranger

still sounds like a good idea.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

29. Me too!

well, I live in the forest, and that was the real point, so I feel I've achieved my childhood ambition.

[_]

19. Cat burglar or Government agent

Inspiration came from two of my favorite TV shows at the time: "It Takes a Thief" and Mission: Impossible".

[slinkerwink]

20. I wanted to be a ninja assassin, a vet, a doctor, and a spaceship captain

[Canuckistanian]

21. An Ice Delivery Man

Then a Typesetter, then an amphibious car designer, then a railway caboose supervisor. Then much later, a dot-com entrpreneur.
<sigh>

[SarahB]

22. I wanted to be a cast member on SNL

Or a lounge singer. Or a shrink. Couldn't decide. Still can't quite decide.

[Catshrink]

23. I wanted to be a teacher....

it took me 30 years, but doggone it, I made it.

[southerngirlwriter]

24. Unafraid.

nt

[carols]

25. A meteorologist

I was probably the only kid on the block with a crush on the local weather guy...
Carol

[Pithlet]

27. I still want to be a meteorologist.

I would love to get into that field. It's always been a topic of interest for me.

[LDS Jock]

39. I would love to do that.

I'm a weather nut. Or maybe a storm chaser. And as far as a crush goes, how could anyone NOT have a crush on Jim Cantore of the weather channel? What a hottie!

[Pithlet]

26. A firefighter

This was back in the early 70's, and there were probably few female firefighters back then. My parents never questioned it or told me I couldn't be one, even when my kindergarten teacher mentioned it in the parent teacher conference, and thought it was strange.

[PartyPooper]

28. I was molested. And, I was attacked by a Doberman Pincher.

So, it has been a difficult ride, to say the least.

I just wanted to survive.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

30. A lawyer...go figure

:shrug:

[mwdem]

31. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle!!!

eom

[Interrobang]

32. I didn't know.

I still don't know.

I'm trying to be a technical writer, but that's not working out so well. I'm thinking about trying to get into another line of work.

[UnAmericanJoe]

33. Comic Book Writer/Punk Rocker

[FDRrocks]

34. A writer

Reading and writing were the only things I truely excelled out. Now I type! Insurance crap!

[HEyHEY]

36. A cop on Horseback

[FDRrocks]

37. Are mounties hard up?

Like the police, if you know?

Do you guys even have mounties anymore? I mean, as the major policing force?

[HEyHEY]

38. Hard up I doubt

But the RCMP is the major police force all over Canada, mostly in small towns

[LDS Jock]

40. I wanted to be a mountie

or marry one, one or the other, after reading "Mrs. Mike" years ago. The story of a young girl who moves to Canada and is swept off her feet by a charming Canadian Mountie.

[BlondieK143]

41. A figure skater or a doc.

I used to go into the kitchen with my sock feet (aka ice skates) and slide around the floor doing spins and all sorts of stuff. Yes, I was a deprived child.

[Bonhomme Richard]

42. An Oceanographer..........

That or Marine Biologist. Not to be. Either too lazy as a student or didn't have the smarts for science. Most likely the former because I have since designed equipment used by the military and have a patent pending for another item.

[RebelOne]

43. A veterinarian or a figure skater

But now I'm just a lowly copyeditor.

[cleofus1]

44. i wanted to be a musician...

and I am...well sort of...