When you were a kid what did you want to be when you were older

[hbk4894]

i wanted to be a wrestler or a shopkeeper - neither happened.

[Crimson Dynamo]

a farmer

[Jay.]

I wanted to be a teacher lmao

And I'm currently studying in the hope to be one.

[MTVN]

Postman

[Josy]

Super Ted

[Jake.]

'on the tv like ant and dec' according to my mum

[smudgie]

Interior designer...always messing about and changing stuff around.

[Kyle]

Rainforest conservationist.

[joeysteele]

From being 5 years old and for the first time sitting up all night watching the general election of 1997 with my Dad, I have always wanted to be an MP,and still do.

[the truth]

rich...im halfway there
wanted to play cricket for England...didn't he play cricket at any level
I wanted big muscles like the incredible hulk , didn't quite make that
fancied being a rock star, never wanted to be an astronaut, always fancied being a writer
written a few scripts but never made any money with that

[RichardG]

first a train driver
then a video game programmer
then an architect
then a dentist
then a kpop star

now idk :shrug:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

rich

[the truth]

independence was by biggest goal
I used to look at workmen working away listening to their radios and think wow those guys don't have to go to school....that's what I want to be is free , free from school and all the cliques , free to go make my own way in the world. that's really what drove me

[Niamh.]

I wanted to be a Vet

[armand.kay]

Rich and famous.

[Ammi]

...my mum...

[Ammi]

Super Ted

..OMG Super Ted and Spotty..:lovedup:...

[Natalie.]

cat deeley

[kirklancaster]

When I was about 8 or 9, I would rise whilst all those in my house were still sleeping and I would go downstairs into the tiny rabbit hutch of a room and stoke up the dying coal fire.

I would make a cup of tea and sit there on the tatty sofa in a silence broken only by the metallic ticking of the mantle clock, and my dad's chronic wheezing - borne of too many years breathing in coal dust and from too many years fighting a war in malarial jungles over 5,000 miles away.

I would take in the poverty of that tiny room - from the scuffed lino covering the stone-flagged floor, to the broken tatty furniture - and always - my eyes would eventually fasten on my father's old rusting 'push-bike' which was propped up against the wall. Then as I listened to him fighting for breath and violently coughing in his sleep, I would look at the leather saddle bag on his bike and picture him putting into it his flask of strong tea and the pork dripping sandwiches he'd take to the 'pit' for his 'snap'.

As I'd finish the last dregs of my tea, and as the old man's tortured rasping from upstairs grew more violent, I'd look at the framed monochrome photo's of the Queen, and George VI, and Churchill, jostling for prominence with others of my dad in uniform with some of his mates.

Then my eyes would drop to a cockroach which dared to leave the shadows of its sanctuary in the crevice of the cracked tiled hearth and I'd squash it with my foot. It was at that VERY moment that I KNEW just what I wanted to be when I grew up -- ANYTHING but like my dumb, cannon-fodder parents.

[Josy]

..OMG Super Ted and Spotty..:lovedup:...

The dream team :love:

[Cherie]

From being 5 years old and for the first time sitting up all night watching the general election of 1997 with my Dad, I have always wanted to be an MP,and still do.

Imagine having our very own MP on TIBB :fan:

[Cherie]

When I was about 8 or 9, I would rise whilst all those in my house were still sleeping and I would go downstairs into the tiny rabbit hutch of a room and stoke up the dying coal fire.

I would make a cup of tea and sit there on the tatty sofa in a silence broken only by the metallic ticking of the mantle clock, and my dad's chronic wheezing - borne of too many years breathing in coal dust and from too many years fighting a war in malarial jungles over 5,000 miles away.

I would take in the poverty of that tiny room - from the scuffed lino covering the stone-flagged floor, to the broken tatty furniture - and always - my eyes would eventually fasten on my father's old rusting 'push-bike' which was propped up against the wall. Then as I listened to him fighting for breath and violently coughing in his sleep, I would look at the leather saddle bag on his bike and picture him putting into it his flask of strong tea and the pork dripping sandwiches he'd take to the 'pit' for his 'snap'.

As I'd finish the last dregs of my tea, and as the old man's tortured rasping from upstairs grew more violent, I'd look at the framed monochrome photo's of the Queen, and George VI, and Churchill, jostling for prominence with others of my dad in uniform with some of his mates.

Then my eyes would drop to a cockroach which dared to leave the shadows of its sanctuary in the crevice of the cracked tiled hearth and I'd squash it with my foot. It was at that VERY moment that I KNEW just what I wanted to be when I grew up -- ANYTHING but like my dumb, cannon-fodder parents.



It's very sad that you think of your parents in that way Kirk.

[kirklancaster]

It's very sad that you think of your parents in that way Kirk.

:laugh: No, I loved both my parents Cherie, but they WERE dumb cannon fodder. Despite both being educated and intelligent, they were totally compliant with a wholly unjust system, totally subservient to it, and totally grateful for small mercies; conditioned to posses no ambition, and to never question whether they possessed the qualities which could have elevated their status and quality of life.

To be fair to them they were of the 'norm' for working class people of that time, and they were Labour supporters all of their lives, so they must have been aware that the social system was 'not quite right' then.

I think, that Donovan's song "Gold Watch Blues" summed up my feelings at that time:

"Here's your gold watch and the shackles for your chains
And your piece of paper, to say you left here sane
And if you've a son who wants a good career
Just get him to sign on the dotted line and work for 50 years"

That old pit winding gear NEVER beckoned me - Thank God.

[kirklancaster]

Imagine having our very own MP on TIBB :fan:

He'd actually make a great MP - but I doubt that he'd last very long, because ethics, compassion, philanthropy, mercy, honesty, and integrity are NOT the 'norm' in parliament and Joey would stick out like the proverbial 'sore thumb'.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

...my mum...

omg this is so cute :lovedup:

[rubymoo]

An Air Hostess......but at 5ft and a smidge i wasn't tall enough:(

[Niamh.]

An Air Hostess......but at 5ft and a smidge i wasn't tall enough:(

You have to be a certain height to be an Air Hostess? Why?

[rubymoo]

You have to be a certain height to be an Air Hostess? Why?

In those days (back in the late 80's/early 90's) you had to be a certain weight (which i was within) but the height was 5ft 5".

I think with some airlines there still are height restrictions (Heathrow it's 5ft 3").

[Niamh.]

In those days (back in the late 80's/early 90's) you had to be a certain weight (which i was within) but the height was 5ft 5".

I think with some airlines there still are height restrictions (Heathrow it's 5ft 3").

For what reason though? That seem really, really discriminatory

[kirklancaster]

For what reason though? That seem really, really discriminatory

I'm sure that it was to be able to reach the overhead compartments and such without struggling.

[Niamh.]

I'm sure that it was to be able to reach the overhead compartments and such without struggling.

Meh, in that case they could put height restrictions on jobs like supermarket workers etc.

[kirklancaster]

Meh, in that case they could put height restrictions on jobs like supermarket workers etc.

Yes - Or lower the shelves.:laugh:

[Livia]

When I was really little I wanted to be Madonna. My Mother says she still remembers the horror on my Father's face when I was about five and was strutting around in my mother's shoes and slip with rows and rows of beads singing 'Like a Virgin'.

[rubymoo]

For what reason though? That seem really, really discriminatory

As Kirk said it was to do with the overhead cabins, still they could have gave me an orange box:rant:

[kirklancaster]

As Kirk said it was to do with the overhead cabins, still they could have gave me an orange box:rant:

:laugh:

[kirklancaster]

When I was really little I wanted to be Madonna. My Mother says she still remembers the horror on my Father's face when I was about five and was strutting around in my mother's shoes and slip with rows and rows of beads singing 'Like a Virgin'.

And you grew up so HARD! :laugh: (only joking Liv)

[Vanessa]

When I was really little I wanted to be Madonna. My Mother says she still remembers the horror on my Father's face when I was about five and was strutting around in my mother's shoes and slip with rows and rows of beads singing 'Like a Virgin'.

:laugh:

[Vanessa]

A lawyer. :hugesmile:

[jennyjuniper]

I wanted to join the army. After the initial intelligence tests, which I passed. I was asked which career within the army I wanted to pursue. (At that time I was just 4' 11½'' and 7stone soaking wet. I'm still the same height, but considerably heavier)
When I said Military Police, they just laughed at me. Then I said Driver and I was told that apart from staff cars I would find it difficult to manage heavy vehicles. Then I said dog handler.
A sergeant asked me 'What would you do if a dog went savage'? I replied 'Run'. He shook his head and said, 'No, you would shoot it'.
Quite annoyed I replied 'You didn't tell me I had a gun'.
Anyway for all that they still wanted to sign me up, until the medical when I foolishly said I had had rheumatic fever as a child.
My own doctor told me later that if I had said nothing about it, they would never have known!
Anyway after that I decided to 'run away to sea' and so began my merchant navy career.

[kirklancaster]

I wanted to join the army. After the initial intelligence tests, which I passed. I was asked which career within the army I wanted to pursue. (At that time I was just 4' 11½'' and 7stone soaking wet. I'm still the same height, but considerably heavier)
When I said Military Police, they just laughed at me. Then I said Driver and I was told that apart from staff cars I would find it difficult to manage heavy vehicles. Then I said dog handler.
A sergeant asked me 'What would you do if a dog went savage'? I replied 'Run'. He shook his head and said, 'No, you would shoot it'.
Quite annoyed I replied 'You didn't tell me I had a gun'.
Anyway for all that they still wanted to sign me up, until the medical when I foolishly said I had had rheumatic fever as a child.
My own doctor told me later that if I had said nothing about it, they would never have known!
Anyway after that I decided to 'run away to sea' and so began my merchant navy career.

:laugh: You always bring a smile to my lips Jenny.

[Ammi]

When I was really little I wanted to be Madonna. My Mother says she still remembers the horror on my Father's face when I was about five and was strutting around in my mother's shoes and slip with rows and rows of beads singing 'Like a Virgin'.

..haha, I just so want to see family pics/videos of this..:lovedup:...

[the truth]

I wanted to join the army. After the initial intelligence tests, which I passed. I was asked which career within the army I wanted to pursue. (At that time I was just 4' 11½'' and 7stone soaking wet. I'm still the same height, but considerably heavier)
When I said Military Police, they just laughed at me. Then I said Driver and I was told that apart from staff cars I would find it difficult to manage heavy vehicles. Then I said dog handler.
A sergeant asked me 'What would you do if a dog went savage'? I replied 'Run'. He shook his head and said, 'No, you would shoot it'.
Quite annoyed I replied 'You didn't tell me I had a gun'.
Anyway for all that they still wanted to sign me up, until the medical when I foolishly said I had had rheumatic fever as a child.
My own doctor told me later that if I had said nothing about it, they would never have known!
Anyway after that I decided to 'run away to sea' and so began my merchant navy career.

great story that.....how did the merchant navy career go jenny?

[Cal.]

A celeb