Virgil61 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 The Worst Jobs in History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Reminds me of a story I heard that men killed themselves lest they be forced to dredge the Cloaca Maxima. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) I watched some of this and I nominate the wattle and daub hands on dung smearing operative as the worst of the lot, never mind mixing the collected excrement with straw , making the hurdles was back breaking. At least gold miners wern't out in the rain. I am personally aquainted with a person whos ancestor was Groom of The Stool to Henry The Eighth, ok its not nice but at least it was for the richest most influential person in town. Edited January 16, 2006 by Pertinax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil61 Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 ... Groom of The Stool ... That was my vote for the worst of the jobs outlined perhaps only surpassed by the technical qualifications required to be a castrato (insert uncomfortable laugh here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) There is a publication in Britain called "Crap Jobs"-may I share this link with you: http://www.idler.co.uk/ I personaly own many of the publications from this estimable libertine site. '" Crap Towns" is also an excellent read. and back to the original thread : a patrilineal great-grandfather of mine died in the workhouse (see victorian entry). Edited January 16, 2006 by Pertinax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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