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Would I rather be an emergency doctor, a zookeeper, or a police crime scene investigator?
That's an easy one!
Having cared for my father with dementia for four long years, I would choose the occupation involving the fewest bodily excretions.
Zookeeper? That'd be a "hell no."
Emergency doctor? God no! I have very little patience. “Sick or not sick, everyone works today,” is my motto. When someone tells me they’re unwell, my instinct is to tell them to “Get up outta that and stop the malingering”
No, I think a crime scene investigator would suit me down to the ground.
Granted, some crime scenes could be a tad messy, but presumably I would have minions to deal with the gory bits, while I got on with the more cerebral task of joining the dots. I've been reading crime fiction for more than half a century, so there's little I don't know about the proper procedures, like putting on those dinky little plastic booties to avoid contaminating the scene.
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Besides, I was a title investigator of some considerable standing in a former life, you know.
While other title reconstruction experts sat on their arses poring over ancient tomes in the Land Registry and hoping for a miracle, I'd be tearing around Dublin on the back of a Honda 50, visiting properties and interrogating the neighbours to see what they knew.
That's another of my mottos, "Always go too far because that's where you'll find the truth" (Camus)
When Dublin’s light rail system was being constructed, it was my company that was hired to trace the owners of properties along the route that were to be compulsorily acquired, but whose ownership was unknown.
One of my greatest triumphs was discovering that one particularly mysterious property, for which nobody could establish title, turned out to be a caravan parked in someone’s driveway.
On the strength of that piece of detective work alone, I feel uniquely qualified for the investigator's position. Sure, I'd have the crime rate down to nothing in no time at all.
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Posted in response to Galenkp's Weekend experiences asking ' ' Would you rather be an emergency doctor at a hospital, a zoo keeper or a police crime scene investigator? Explain your choice".
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2 words for ya Dee Dubbya...
Eminent
Domain
What are you doing to that feline? I'm sure that counts as moggie abuse!
Luv me sum Moggies...
Haha! I guessed it right, detective of course. And that caravan case alone was proper detective work, what a mystery case solved! Lol. I bet while everyone else was busy reading files and doing paperwork, you were out there questioning and investigating people, digging away like Columbo. 😂
Of course you guessed correctly. Sure aren't you my number one fan? But I think I'm less Columbo and more Velma from Scooby Doo:)
Jeenkies!
Velma is my favorite character.
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What was I gonna say? Oh right right..
Jokes aside, I think If I had to choose, it would be between crime investigator or a zookeeper just because I love dealing with difficult animals and having them put in cages and because I love setting the cages free and freeing the animals. And I would have gotten away with it too that one time if it wasn't for those meddling kids and that stupid Mut, ;P
But sadly I look more Columbo than Velma.
Guilty as charged, number 1 fan, but hang on, shhh… (yes, I’m shushing you 😄) because I think you’ve got a few here lol. Well, Velma is definitely more observant and, I guess, a bit more direct than Columbo, haha. But I do like Columbo too because he’s very entertaining. I always think, “aha, he’s got them… hmm, what’s he going to do next?” But I can understand he can be a bit meandering in a nice way though, lol. Why don’t you make a little short story/book @deirdyweirdy, a mixture of humour and serious stuff turned into a comedy? Typical English/Irish tone. You are good at this. C'mon. 😉
Feck off, will ya. It's as much as I can do to write once a week!
🤣 okey dokey
I knew which you would choose instantly. Investigator suits you.
And that surprises me not one little bit:)
Agreed 😅
Agreed again...zoos are horrible institutions, prisons for animals. Did you see what they did Marius the giraffe in Denmark? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140210-giraffe-copenhagen-science Sliced him up as a science lessons for kids and fed the pieces to the lions.
Hell, no to zookeeper.
As for detective, oh you are a wonder. I'm not surprised. Clever, audacious and determined.
Unfortunately, I've been sort of a detective. Not a good fit for me. I'm not wily enough, and I just want to get along. Was a most dreadful experience.
I was a really good teacher...yes, excellent. But that's not one of our choices.
As always, your piece delights.
Yes, I read about Marius the giraffe. Disgusting! What a thing to be demonstrating to children. I still remember the trauma of having to dissect a frog in biology class.
You were a sort of detective? I must have missed that part of your CV. Do tell!
And thanks as always for your delightful comment.
Not one of my finer moments. I was just out of college...needed to support my mother and help my sister out as she went to school (long story there). Needed the cash so I took a terrible job. Boy was I bad at it. Ill suited. People everywhere. I found myself wanting to help them, instead of hunt them.
Only good thing was the money--and I met my husband. He is a very practical man. Everything I do badly, he does well. Handles people and they don't even know they are being handled :))) He's like a rock. Impervious to judgement. Just keeps moving and doing his thing.
More information than you needed, but this does take me back to those early days when I met my husband.
Not too much information at all. I'm delighted to hear of happy loving couples. In my experience, they're a rare phenomenon
I actually spent a few seconds contemplating after I read the beginning of this post. Wondering which you would choose and I got it bang on. I knew you would have no tolerance for s***. Both literal and otherwise.
I just wish I wasn't so bloody predictable!
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