What did you want to be when you grow up...

[jump]

My little teenage sister is gonna be off to France to work on set for the new Martin Scorsese film and her attitude to it is "whatever" and response was "f**k I want to do it!". Which has got me thinking about what I wanted to be when I grew up, which was a fireman and I actually would of become one a few years ago if it wasn't for one my eyes of being messed up but hey-ho got a decent paying job now.

So what did everyone else want to be before they became an adult?

[ampersand]

i had periods of my childhood where i wanted to be a hairdresser and a gardener!

[Steve P]

When I was a kid I wanted to me a milkman. My reasoning was that I'd be home by late morning so would have the rest of the day free to play

[ampersand]

When I was a kid I wanted to me a milkman. My reasoning was that I'd be home by late morning so would have the rest of the day free to play

[RABun]

When i was really young - i wanted to be the one that engraved the word cussons on to soap

When i was a bit older i wanted to be a doctor. I still do really but i guess i'll have to settle for a construction project manager.

[jump]

i had periods of my childhood where i wanted to be a hairdresser and a gardener!

[ampersand]

Seriously? What kind of childhood did you have that you wanted to be a hairdresser?

[Alcatraz]

I wanted to be Alan Shearer

More recently, a radio host

[Steve P]

yeah that's why people want to be milkmen

[ampersand]

But I hadn't seen any of "The Confessions" films at the age of 4

[jump]

i miss the dodgy friday night channel five films. they had to go and clean up their act didn't they!

[ampersand]

I was thankinhg the same thing. To be 13 and staying up late on a Friday night, those where the days.

[benc]

when i was nine i wanted to be a baker and own my own bakery , then i wanted to be a chef

In my teens i wanted to be a policeman

Now i work in ICT Support

I also miss the late night C5 films, i really looked forward to watching them. Was a bit of an education for a 13 year old

[Steve P]

Fox Mulder and his Red Shoes Diaries seems rather tame in comparison to Redtube.

[rachbon]

jeeso, i wanted to be loads of things. i was always changing my mind.

i wanted to be one of those air steward people, or a vet.

[The Nal]

I want to be a mother f**kin' hustler

[jump]

I want to be a mother f**kin' hustler

[spwan-of-the-devil]

Get Rich Quick or a Rock Star

[MrZigster]

Rich and famous of course.

[LusciousLucy]

Aged 4 I walked through the hallowed doors of the cathedral of nature that is the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London. I said to my mum and dad, one day I will work here.

I had some idea and plan to be employed there by the age of 40 and went to uni and studied Archaeology with the aim of getting into museum work. I got into museum education training in 03 after answering an ad that said 'Are you unemployed? Do you like history and archaeology?' Answers: yes to both. A year later I was working in an Archaeology museum in Lincoln, by October 2006 I quit the Lincoln museum job for an 'as and when' bank staff position in the Learning Department at the NHM.

Aged 28, I walked back through the hallowed doors of the NHM as an employee. Got paid to chat shit about dinosaurs and other cool things from nature and science with kids.

Second dream job I had was to work at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Left NHM job in March 08 to go and do the same job I was doing in London in Sydney instead. Got paid twice as much as London to identify Aussie fauna and teach kids not be scared of all the insects and other bitey creatures, myself included!) Natch!

Kinda have 'retired' from this area of work now having achieved my childhood dream jobs and so at now 32 I am looking to gain successful employment within events and festivals (the ADULT dream job!)

[saratink]

I wanted to be loads of things..

Teacher, Lawyer, Body Piercer, Police officer, Famous...

now i just wanna be happy

[Smally]

I wanted to work as an aerospace mechanic (because my dad did it), then I realised my dad is a bellend.

[rexclark]

I wanted to be a soldier, glad I never went down that route.

[amy246]

I like this topic, my sis had this as the theme to her fancy dress 18th! There was everything and anything at the party that night! I was dressed like a princess, she was Tinkerbell, however there were also nurses, pilots, mechanics and MC Hammer there!

When i was little i wanted to be a vet (then i realised blood makes me squeamish), then a kids tv presenter (what can i say, i like drama, working with kids and getting involved!) and then a teacher (kinda diverted from that for the time being) however i currently work in a children's indoor play and party centre (which is ok apart from the fact they keep cutting hours!)

[MrZigster]

I wanted to work as an aerospace mechanic (because my dad did it), then I realised my dad is a bellend.