The All American Job
 

What would you say is the most American job?

President.

I don't think there is one, that is what makes us America; but farmer or cowboy are close. Not just because I've done them. I have done others. Because of what it takes mentally and physically to do those jobs & what they produce.

selling cars?

Manager at a fast food joint.

A mom who makes apple pie, plays baseball, and eats hotdogs - all at the same time. :D

the quintessential answer
 

It's driving this, of course:

Defense contractor.

Oh man Kit... one of my favs, coincidentally I started thinking about that film yesterday for some reason, it plays with your mind. Might be a DVD pick soon.

I haven't seen it in years, myself, and it came up in conversation yesterday. Awesome classic.

I need to make a quick impulse visit to Amazon...

Pet psychic.

Weight loss counselor.

Infomercial host.

Cheerleader.

Linesman for the County. Kind of iconic for a certain generation.

Department of Transportation - always workin on the roads

Fireman.

toll both operator.

Travelling salesman.

I think I'm leaning towards Farmer. But that might just be the imagery we get from TV speaking.....I mean, there are farmers in every country...nothing particularly American about that. jinx offered Lawyer last night......but her instant answer was fireman. How about police officer or soldier?

All countries have those basic jobs: Cop, fireman, soldier, farmer. Nothing American about them at all. Look at Nazi propaganda sometime. Some strong themes there.

Americans invented fast food. Fast food restaurant manager all the way, baby.

My votes are for cheerleader and infomercial host. Nobody else has those and they are SO American :D

Engineers........electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, civil engineers, structural engineers, chemical engineers, industrial engineers, aerospace engineers, robotics engineers, software engineers, water/wastewater engineers, environmental engineers, safety engineers........engineers.

Damned right I'm prejudiced. ;)

Are we really the only country that has cheerleaders? I'm surprised that Japan doesn't.

Thief

Outsourcer

Aerobics instructor
Plastic surgeon

Noooo...Cary Grant was British (To Catch a Thief) :love:

Are we counting copycat nations? :lol: Hmm Japanese cheerleaders. In Japan, self promotion is not the social norm. it's generally a collectivist society isn't it? Somehow the image doesn't fit. But i'm sure they have them somewhere. You find little girls in cheerleader costumes in England too, and may even find the odd professional squad. But they're just copying the cool Americans. I'm sure they're everywhere, but see a picture of a cheerleader and you think "America".

Interesting -you're most likely to get an immigrant visa if you're an engineer, so you can't have enough of them! that's how we ended up here....

CEO

dot-com entrepreneur (though that's a relatively new thing)

commercial pilot

stock broker

Stock broker? Commercial Pilot? Why do those say America to you?

Yeah. Whether it's fair or not, those of the technical ilk seem to have less difficulty. Leeds and Woodchester are inundated with American engineers working ex-pat. If it weren't for the roundabouts, I'd be there now.

Ha, so really we're just swapping engineers :lol:

Only in their porn movies.:rolleyes:

immigration lawyer

:lol:

We're much more efficient.. in addition to the porn, we also recycle them as pharmaceutical salesdroids.

Professional High Stakes Poker Player.

Talentless female pop singer with fake boobs and subhuman IQ?

I believe the Spice Girls were British......

Hey, can I help it if other countries steal our most worthless pablum and shove it down the throats of *their* kids, too?

We invented talentless pop tarts, IMHO.

Pop Tart Tester -now that's American.....

Conservative Bible Thumping Drama Queen/King?

Mindless Media Drone?

Satan?

That's Great Satan to you. ;)

Working in the steel mills.


Tangent.
Ever wake up for work, school, whatever you have to do, go sit at the computer, access the cellar, youtube, facebook, yahoo news and then it's 30 minutes before you have to be there or leave to get to your destination on time? You haven't showered, put on clothes, eaten breakfast or brushed your teeth. Ever rationalize skipping all those to stay on the PC longer, then rationalize skipping your whole objective for the day? Gosh it's such a defeated feeling. But the internet is so addicting.

im gonna have to say working for the Safety, Health, & Wellness department, (making sure peoples chairs and computer monitors are ergonomically correct) at a bottled water company like Evian.

The long haul trucker. I'm amazed nobody has mentioned him yet.

Roughneck.... oil field worker. (buster)

Derrickman.........he's the one at the top of the rig slinging pipe into the elevators. Got no place to go should the damn thing blow.

Stevedore.........in the hold of a ship unloading and stacking 75 lb. sacks of flour. Tee shirt turns to solid sweat-and-flour glue.

Package store clerk........gets the occasional wrong end view of a .357.

I was thinking that but was too shy to say so.

Too shy? :lol2:

I always think of the North Sea Oil Fields, so not American to me....

Walmart Greeter

Cowboy...

And after watching Deadliest Catch, king crab fisherman, nowadays.

The guy who puts out oil well fires.

Red Adair

Who invented oil fields, wells and drilling for oil? Who took the technology around the world and trained the locals? John Wayne, that's who.

I'm gonna vote for the long haul trucker. How 'bout some Jerry Reed.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
a'we gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long why to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound just watch ol'Bandit run

Keep your foot hard on the peddle...son, never mind them brakes
let it all hang out cause we've got a run to make
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta,and there's beer in Texarcana
and we'll bring it back no matter what it takes

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
a'we gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound just watch ol'Bandit run ......

( banjo & guitar solo )

Old Smokey's got them ears on, he's hot on your trail
and he ain't gonna rest 'till you're in jail
So you gotta dodge him.... you gotta duck him
You've gotta keep that diesel truckin....
just put that hammer down and give it hell

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
a'we gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound just watch ol'Bandit run

Oops. Didn't mean to steal your idea.

They're completely different jobs. Red Adair didn't show up until my guys screwed the pooch or the natives got restless.

maybe.


Who invented America? Foreigners, that's who :p