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Karl Reinhard would rather call himself a pathoecologist. Its serious business when Karl tells you that such a study helps in establishing the relationships between human behavior and environment and the diseases they had.

Golf Ball Diver

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Searches the depths of golf course bodies of water to find lost golf balls to refinish and resell. Brett Parker says it’s not the same as diving into a swimming pool and he’s had close encounters with everything from water moccasins to gators!

Fortune writer

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Lisa Yang is probably America’s most widely read writers (and one of the most anonymous). She composes 100 pearls of wisdom a month for her father’s company in San Francisco which is taken by 90% of fortune cookie manufacturers over the country!

Gum Buster

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Remove gum stuck to sidewalks, street benches and other unwanted areas by de-sticking the gum through a steaming process. You won’t believe how successful the gum-removing business has been for Mr. Duane Cummins! He has also not officially endorsed a gum-brand as of now.

Mermaids

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Performance artists who don their mermaid tails and dive in fin first into 10,000 gallons of saltwater aquariums as watchers ogle away! Julie Atlas Muz who works at Coral Room, a nightclub in NYC says mingling with puffers and angelfish was never so much fun!

Hard Boiler

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Sounds like a hard core action movie eh? Well not exactly close, Mike Rowe makes a decent living out of boiling various kinds of animal hair until it curls for later use. A whiff of that stuff would make you shudder for a couple of weeks!

There you go, this opens up a whole new frontier; who wouldn’t want to dive for balls or poke and prod brown goo? Well they’re jobs; someone’s got to do ‘em!

Odor Tester

This job does seem to be more than a little unpleasant, and I’m sure that not just anyone would want to do it. But someone has to, and I’ve heard that the money can be good. If you have the nose for it, that is.

Weed Farmer

No, I’m not talking about the weed that you can smoke! Weed farmers actually grow weeds and then sell them to horticulture schools and labs for research purposes. I know it sounds a little more exciting than it really is but they do provide an important service.

Carny

Who didn’t dream about running away to join a circus or carnival as a young child? If you love to travel and meet new people then this just might be the job for you. True you usually don’t spend more than a couple of nights in each town, and the work is hard. But the pay is good and you’ll never find yourself bored with this job.

Pet Food Tester

It’s hard to believe, but some pet food manufacturers actually employee human taste testers. I would think that they would do better using pets, but the testers say that they have trained their palate to detect the types of foods enjoyed by cats and dogs.

Furniture Tester

This is one job that’s sure to excite any couch potato. Can you imagine actually getting paid to sit on a couch? This would be the perfect job for me, just as long as I had my laptop. But unfortunately the job isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. After all not just anyone can do a job like this one.

Snake Milker

A snake milker collects venom from a live snake, snake milking is vital to produce antivenin. With the price of some snake venoms bringing $2000 per gram, in spite of the obvious dangers snake milking can be a very profitable job. Most snake milkers will be bitten several times during their career. Luckily for them antivenin is always close at hand and because of this death from the bites is extremely rare.

Laughter Therapist

Laughter it has been said, is the best medicine. Believe it or not there really is a big calling for laughter therapists. Laughter has been found to relieve pain and stress and contributes to a persons overall health by boosting a persons immune system. Overall this one sounds like a pretty good job.

Wrinkle Chaser

This job actually has nothing to do with your skin. And I guarantee that if you try and use an iron to remove facial wrinkles all you’re going to end up with is a nasty burn. But it would be nice of we could just smooth out our skin so easily.  A wrinkle chaser, a job by the way that is in high demand inspects and removes wrinkles from shoes using a specialty iron.