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Gamester
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04 Dec 2006, 2:42 pm

Writer.

you're first novel sucks, but you can keep on writing, till one day you pull of a Rowling.

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04 Dec 2006, 3:09 pm

Weather forecaster.

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04 Dec 2006, 9:33 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Rock star.

You can live off the royalties from one good album ferever.

A Mr. Hammer from Oakland, California disagrees with you.

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04 Dec 2006, 9:39 pm

spelunking

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04 Dec 2006, 9:41 pm

corrupt policeman whos crap at actually catching criminals but great at fiddling the books.

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04 Dec 2006, 11:55 pm

Gamester wrote:

Writer.

you're first novel sucks, but you can keep on writing, till one day you pull of a Rowling.

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Rock star.

You can live off the royalties from one good album ferever.

I would submit that these would be cases of either milking success to the last drop (Rock Star) or subsisting until success (writer)... neither of which counts as failure.

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05 Dec 2006, 12:03 am

Wife.

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05 Dec 2006, 12:40 am

Eeeeyowch. (Stands a safe distance away from CanyonWind.)

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05 Dec 2006, 12:41 am

Oh! Just to be snarky.... Parent. Because if your kid does something stupid, you can sue someone else for it.

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