Let's try and get 1,000,000 replies to this post

[LooseCannon]

That must be the case in Canada, apparently. But in Soviet Russia and in Socialist Bulgaria, a tractor driver is a tractor driver and nothing else.

And we won the Cold War, so you're doing it wrong.

 

[Magnus]

Guys, do you think freelancing exists in Eastern Europe?

Is this a trick question?

 

[Diesel 11]

s all 'round.

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

We kept being told journalism wasn't a profession, but being a lawyer is.

A person drawing this particular distinction apparently thinks that what a separates a "profession" from an "occupation" mainly has to do with exams, governing bodies and letters after your name. Thus I would be a member of a "profession" since I am entitled to use the letters MAAT, but someone with the same experience and skills but qualified only by experience would not be (which is actually a sore point at the moment, with some accountants).

But there is also something called "the oldest profession", as represented by our old friend Charlotte. I don't think she had to pass any exams ...

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

But there is also something called "the oldest profession", as represented by our old friend Charlotte. I don't think she had to pass any exams ...

Not even an or ...

I'll get my coat.

 

[Diesel 11]

Yeah, you do that.

 

[Black Wizard]

That must be the case in Canada, apparently. But in Soviet Russia and in Socialist Bulgaria, a tractor driver is a tractor driver and nothing else.

It's interesting that Socialism/Communism exists to give everyone a job but doesn't allow anyone to build a career, and that Capitalism encourages people to work hard and move up the ladder, but it biased against the people who want to move up.

Isn't a tractor driver a farmer?

I'd say the same thing.

When I was in first grade, we had to learn by heart a short poem that contained the verse "My dad is a tractor driver and I am going to be a tractor driver too."

Are there Bulgarians whose surname is Traktordriverov(a), like the English names Thatcher, Carpenter, Smith etc.?

 

[Night Prowler]

Dunno about Bulgaria, but Traktorka as a female name exists here, although it's quite uncommon.

 

[Black Wizard]

As a first name?

 

[Night Prowler]

Yeah

 

[Black Wizard]

Yeah

It's not quite as glamorous as Mercedes or Porsche as a first name.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

This thread is fucking mental.

 

[Magnus]

or just 1/100 mental

 

[Black Wizard]

Cried, is fucking greater than, equal to, or less than 0.01?

 

[Magnus]

Cried is beyond numbers. The word I was looking for is centimental.

 

[Black Wizard]

I C what you did there.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Big respect for consecutive posts with approriate use of bold guys.

 

[Diesel 11]

I C Spain, I C France...

 

[Travis The Dragon]

I just see confusion.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

And now I see almost a full day with no posts.