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May 10, 2005

The Worst Jobs in History

Posted by Eric at 6:11 am. Filed under: General

Think you have it bad at work? Check out this site: The Worst Jobs in History.

Take this one, for example. The Guillemot-egg collector.

Collecting guillemot eggs – a common practice in what is popularly known as the ‘Dark Ages’ – involves climbing over the edge of a cliff and making your way down to the precarious ledges where the nests are found. To assist you in this task, you will be provided with a rope fashioned from seal skin and a bucket.

As well as the obvious danger of falling from a great height into a raging sea and being crushed against jagged rocks, you also run a high risk of being attacked by guillemots who quite naturally want to keep their eggs from your clutches. Such bird assaults may result in cuts and bruises or, more seriously, in loss of contact between you and the cliff face.

Via another Eric.


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