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Posted by Grim..., 13:54, 17th October 2003:
 
What do people in your family do?

My brother is an Electrician, my mother is a vet and my father is a race car mechanic, for this man.
Posted by chandler, 13:59, 17th October 2003:
 
My dad is a Student Counsellor and Home Tutor
My mum is also a home tutor and does art classes and sets up exhibitions
My sister is at college
Posted by Sul, 14:09, 17th October 2003:
 
My dad fixes machines that fix the railways
My mum is a till-jockey in John Lewis
One sister is part time child carer (in a creche), rest of the time mother
The other has loads of medical problems and hasnt worked in ages. She's an internet addict.
Posted by earthworm, 14:10, 17th October 2003:
 
my dad is a joiner, my mum is a medical secretary and my brother is at college
Posted by plindoe, 14:33, 17th October 2003:
 
Mum teacher
dad headmaster (zambia)
stepdad retired lecturer
sister some sort of special needs job finder
stepbrother1 tiler
stepbrother2 somesort of factory dude
stepbrother3 yardie southerner who does loads of dodgey shit
stepsiter works in some sort of nursing type shit
stepmum dont really care these days seeing as she is trying to fuck my dad over
wife management accountant
Posted by Rosie, 15:11, 17th October 2003:
 
My mum works in an old peoples home.
My little sister works in an old peoples home.
(theres an awful lot of oaps around our way!)
My other sister works in a nursery.
My dad is a machanic the last time i heard
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 15:25, 17th October 2003:
 
My mother is a haridresser.

Thats all the family I have :(
Posted by Sul, 15:25, 17th October 2003:
 
awww :(

What does the missus do?
Posted by Rosie, 15:29, 17th October 2003:
 
Awww, foggy thats sad.

:(
Posted by friday, 15:44, 17th October 2003:
 
Foggy! Don't be sad for what you don't have, be happy for what you got!!!!

My Dad is a retired film maker & DIY style addict and will do anything that Mum would like
My Mum is a retired nurse and likes gutting houses and getting my Dad to redo them HER way
I have 3 brothers (all older than me)
A carpenter, an I don't know and another I don't know (but it has something to do with Rowan Atkinson)
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 15:45, 17th October 2003:
 
My missus is a Makerting Exec.
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 15:49, 17th October 2003:
 
Its cool, I aint sad..My father died about 7 years ago but at least I had 23 years with him, more than some people get...and my mother is excellent so alls well in the world of Foggie.

:)
Posted by arsepuppy, 15:57, 17th October 2003:
 
Dad - Retired nuclear ("it's pronounced 'NUCULAR'") physicist.
Mum - Ex-corseteer (bra fitter, essentially)
Sister 1 - Ex-Hotellier (proprietor, owner, that shit. She's too ill to do it now.)
Sister 2 - Practice Nurse (Soon to be GP)
Sister 3 - Ex-nurse, now a lathe operator in a car parts factory.

Grandad 1 - London Chef
Grandad 2 - London Aristocat/Violinist/Scary Rosicrucian, Friend of Abdicated King Edward and Oswald Mosely. Fascist, therefore (I'm Jewish with a Christian upbringing. Strange contrast, that). My dad had a weird dad.
Nan 1 - Grumble-mag star (briefly)
Nan 2 - Also a violinist/devil worshipper.
(all my grandparents are dead though. I miss the "1"s, but not the scary "2"s.
Posted by Grim..., 16:12, 17th October 2003:
 
Maternal Grandmother: Housewife, I think.
Maternal Grandfather: Something to do with Lloyds bank in Hong Kong (again, I think - maybe Cal knows a little more than me.). He was also a piper in WWII - the nutter =]

Paternal Grandmother: Cleaned posh houses breifly, then got married.
Paternal Grandfather: A lock operator (as in Canal lock, not sure if it's spelt like that).
Posted by gobbo, 16:22, 17th October 2003:
 
Dad: Architect
Mum: Dads personal skivvy

no brothers or sisters :)
Posted by arsepuppy, 17:34, 17th October 2003:
 
"likes gutting houses and getting my Dad to redo them HER way"

I read this as "gutting horses" :O
Posted by Redmaiden, 18:06, 17th October 2003:
 
Mum: Now a receptionist (has been a teacher and worked in a bookshop like moi)
Dad: Systems Manager (writes programes on his pooter that do stuff for Carneau Metal Box)
Brother: Chef and Dj (no not crappy kids parties)
Posted by arsepuppy, 18:15, 17th October 2003:
 
Reddy, is your brother or Dad called "George" at all?? Not taking the piss or anything, I just think the namesakes possibility would be funny....

...oh never mind.
Posted by Redmaiden, 10:00, 18th October 2003:
 
No, no one in my family is called George

how many times have I heard that question
Posted by cal, 12:00, 18th October 2003:
 
Mother: teacher
Brother 1: student
Brother 2: unempoyed
Father: some sort of consultancy bollocks
I share maternal grandparents with grim (wasn't he a merchant banker for lloyds investments?)
Paternal grandmother: housewife? (might be dead)
Paternal grandfather: vicar (pretty sure he's dead)