What did you aspire to be when you were young?

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  1. lizolove's Avatar
    1 05-02-2012  15:06
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    What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    I can't really remember, but my brother went through phases of wanting to be:

    - A police dog
    - A police horse
    - A fire engine


    Seriously.
    He was a lot older than you'd expect someone wanting these careers to be. :rolleyes:




    I did want to be a pokemon at one point. Yes, you read correctly, not a pokemon master like Ash, Brock or Misty, but a POKEMON, like Pikachu.
    Ah, aspirations!
    Last edited by lizolove; 05-02-2012 at 17:42.
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    2 05-02-2012  15:10
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    Dinosaur.....
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    3 05-02-2012  15:13
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    (Original post by HellOnHighHeels)
    Dinosaur.....
    That would be so cool!
    I think I went through a phase like that. I blame Jurassic park!
    I vaguely remember wishing for a pet dinosaur. Oh, my 4-year-old odd mind!
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    4 05-02-2012  15:14
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    Grave digger
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    5 05-02-2012  15:14
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    Lion
    Dinosaur.

    And later on:
    Rock star
    Footballer.
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    6 05-02-2012  15:15
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    I wanted to be a tooth fairy Still wouldn't mind such a career
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    7 05-02-2012  15:17
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    (Original post by NightBear)
    I wanted to be a tooth fairy Still wouldn't mind such a career
    I'd love that! Mostly because I'd be able to fly...
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    8 05-02-2012  15:19
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    (Original post by lizolove)
    I'd love that! Mostly because I'd be able to fly...
    Same! Not so much that I get to gift money to toothless kids, but, the being-able-to-fly bit is pretty awesome.
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    9 05-02-2012  15:20
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    I had loads of career ambitions, but farmer and doctor were my two main ones.
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    10 05-02-2012  15:21
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    Investment banker



    me kid....


    A lorry driver actually
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    11 05-02-2012  15:21
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    Pilot.
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    12 05-02-2012  15:22
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    Mathematician..... then Entrepreneur.
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    13 05-02-2012  15:22
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    I always wanted to work in Mission Control in NASA
    When we had a dressing up day in primary school and the theme was space everyone else came as aliens/spacemen and I rocked up in a shirt, tie and name-badge
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    14 05-02-2012  15:22
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    Lol mine was really silly.... I wanted to be a barbie doll designer
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    15 05-02-2012  15:22
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    I went through phases of aspiring to different careers, though the main professions were a lawyer or actress.
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    16 05-02-2012  15:24
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    Zoologist for the largest part of my life, then I realised I had to be good at science, and threw away the idea.
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    17 05-02-2012  15:24
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    I wanted to be :

    an author
    an archaeologist
    a zoologist
    an air traffic controller


    My daughter (who is 6) wants to be an astronaut. When she was 3 she wanted to be a primary school teacher.

    My son (who is 4) wants to be a train driver...but he also wants to be Ben 10, and a dinosaur, and spiderman, and sticky boy (his own superhero invention lol).

    My other son (who is 2) wants to be a train driver as well.
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    18 05-02-2012  15:24
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    When I was about 4, I wanted to be a clown. I took it far too seriously and would only answer to the name "Coco" for a few months.

    Then I wanted to be a palaeontologist. I was really serious about that one, I was a little dino expert :yep:
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    19 05-02-2012  15:25
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    Then:

    Archaeologist
    Astronomer

    Now:

    Anything that pays the bills and isn't soul destroying and gives me time to pursue music on the side.
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    20 05-02-2012  15:26
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    Re: What did you aspire to be when you were young?
    An Artist.
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