Chances are, they know more about sex than we ever did when we were on their age. It’s so easy to Google stuff nowadays.

Anyway, back to the topic.

I know a few people selling their underwear… they even include skid marks and um… you know the other stuff. And they charge extra for it. Guess some people do go for that stuff (eww…)

Get naked? Well, standing there won’t be the issue but of course my other body parts have a mind of their own and are not that cooperative.

Try delivering sex products in Saudi Arabia and you’ll end up in jail. Guaranteed. =b

Overall, truth of the matter is that many people do try these things out once or twice at least. In REAL life, we do what we must to survive. ^_^

Peace!

When I saw that the magazine was going be about cash-generating ideas, I figured it would be filled with old ideas I’d heard a million times before. It was these new/funny ideas that drew me to the piece.

Hey, when times are rough, people get creative. VERY creative.

Nonetheless, these suggestion certainly match the title of the article, “unorthodox.” I am sure most of us have done something like this in our college days. Who knows, perhaps the economy will force some of us into a, “unorthodoxed” mid-life crisis. . .

These “testers” or whoever waste ER stuff precious time when someone with a legitimate emergency has to wait. A friend of mine was waiting for 3 hours with a ruptured appendix. She was in pain. I wonder what these people would say if they were the ones waiting while someone else was just testing how ER works.

Incidentally, if you go to an ER pretending, they’ll probably order tests, including CT scans. That quite a large dose of radiation equivalent of a few hundred X rays. Increases your chance of cancer 10 years later. It’s also cumulative, so it’ll add up to all the tests you may actually need at some point in your life. Plus the risk of dye allergy. When you really need it, the benefits normally outweight the risks, but for money? Well, I am sure an increased risk of cancer is worth $14-$35 an hour.

To anyone thinking of unsubscribing, I doubt they actually unsubscribed. I get that from my readers too. It’s a cry for attention, especially when you put your own blog address in when you enter the comment. I bet they even signed up to receive followup comments to this article. The article wasn’t written by Nickel AND it was highlighting jobs already mentioned in a non-adult publication. Do you stop your kids from reading Time Out Chicago? Is it on the naughty list?

As for donating plasma, I will say you have to be okay with pain. I had 6 med students trying both arms for 30 minutes to find the vein. It’s the big blue one RIGHT THERE! They eventually gave up, said I had “rolling veins” and blamed it on me, but they gave me the money anyway. As for “rolling veins”, it’s just a line used by inexperienced fools when they can’t stick a vein properly.

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I would do the transcriber thing, as long as I was able to chose the topics and stuff. I wouldn’t want to transcribe three hours worth of bird documentation or something equally snooze-worthy.

Thanks for the interesting tips!

I also heard once about being a product/commercial test group was something you could get paid for. I registered for a site once and never heard back.

Is the acting one sort of like being a mystery shopper? Is it as a test for the emergency room to diagnose you properly?

For those that think this post is too racy for children… sure fine, but to unsubscribe from all the other great information that I have seen on this blog… it would take a heck of a lot more than this. Maybe if he posted naked pictures, or tried to tell me to take all my money out of the stock market and put it in my mattress.

I would be perfectly comfortable if my 12 year old sister read this blog. She would gain so much more than she would lose. And have you seen the crap they watch on You Tube? Check your browser history sometime.

I plan to send this link to the many many unemployed people I know. Maybe their new subscriptions will offset those that were offended.

Poor kids….

The kids better stick to myspace and facebook since those are so pure and innocent.

As for the marriage thing – if that was mentioned in the Chicago area, it was probably regarding the massive Polish community. According to my Polish friend (a legal US citizen) the going rate for marriage (to obtain citizenship) is about $25,000-$30,000. But keep in mind there’s strings and background checks (over time) involved…and you know, that pesky thing called morals.

I don’t understand how the first one (acting sick) makes you money …

Give Nickel a break!! It’s not even him posting, it’s a guest blog! If we can’t have some laughs in these trying times then when can we?

I just want to know who is purchasing these used underwear… that really freaks me out.

I don’t see anything wrong with this post. I always find it interesting what people will get their knickers in a twist about. Oh, well (shrug). You can’t make everybody happy all of the time.

Ummm, do a lot of KIDS read PF blogs?

I’m pretty conservative and I don’t see what’s so offensive about this list.

Sorry, Nate

Another oddball job a friend does is get prodded… He spends monday nights being examined by first year med students who are learning how to give physicals. This pays pretty well and is apparently a lot of fun (messing with the kids minds )

But yeah, it does seem like there are a bunch of sexually oriented jobs on this list.