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Worst Jobs in Science

#3: Barnyard masturbator.

Ewwww! Yech! Bleah! I think I'd rather smell farts!

did
 
diddidit said:
#3: Barnyard masturbator.

Ewwww! Yech! Bleah! I think I'd rather smell farts!

did
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I had an uncle that ran a "sperm bank" so to speak, for dairy cattle breeding.

Until today I never gave his job much thought, but now that I think about what an average day "in the field" (pun intended) must have been interesting, to say the least.

So I say Ewwww! Yech! Bleah! also.

My uncle died recently, so my fleeting interest in this subject has now passed, knowing that I will likely never ask the question now.
 
Worst job in medicine...

Incision and drainage of cutaneous (or other) abcesses.

I'd take smelling farts (and often do unwittingly on a daily basis) over this any day. Rectal exams, you might think? I've already stuck my finger in so many butts... even that doesn't bother me anymore.

However, the only thing you can hope for when you're assigned an I&D is that you have a bad head cold... a REALLY bad head cold (i.e., temporary loss of all olfactory function). I haven't actually done one myself yet, but standing next to the doc doing it - actually standing within 3 or 4 feet of the doc doing it - is WAYYYY too close, trust me.

(Imagine putrid, grayish "cottage cheese"-looking material eructing out of an incision admixed with the smell of decaying, putrifying flesh and you might be able to understand.)

-TT
 
ThirdTwin said:
(Imagine putrid, grayish "cottage cheese"-looking material eructing out of an incision admixed with the smell of decaying, putrifying flesh and you might be able to understand.)

-TT
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Hmmm, that reminds me, time to clean out the fridge...
 
ThirdTwin said:
Worst job in medicine...
I've already stuck my finger in so many butts... even that doesn't bother me anymore.


-TT
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Can I use that as my tag line?
 
Hm, I guess my first job extracting and analyzing the volatile (and smelly) components of sweaty socks and underarm pads wasn't so bad after all. ;)
 
diddidit said:
#3: Barnyard masturbator.

Ewwww! Yech! Bleah! I think I'd rather smell farts!

did
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I actually saw this poor woman trying to get something out of a rhinocerous for a captive breeding program. The rhinocerie were not breeding by themselves, so it was decided to try to help them out.

A lot of effort for no return.
 
I have a biostatistician friend whose job it was to analyze data and write up write-ups on the topic of rectal surgery stuff and related issues. :)

He said the jokes really never got old.
 
When I saw the title, I figured I'd have a look and then come up with some funny entries of my own, but the stuff they have is clearly the worst.

I busted a gut just looking at the icons.
 
a_unique_person said:


I actually saw this poor woman trying to get something out of a rhinocerous for a captive breeding program. The rhinocerie were not breeding by themselves, so it was decided to try to help them out.

A lot of effort for no return.
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And I thought powdered rhino horn was a good aphrodisiac!
 
I once worked the urine and stool bench of a microbio path lab in Zimbabwe. Many people claim it metaphorically but I could claim that literally, I had a ◊◊◊◊ job!!!
 
That's the problem with living organisms. They're basically big sacks full of smelly goop. It's as though God intentionally designed our biosphere for the sole purpose of grossing us out.
 
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