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> I wanted to be a garbage collector

I used to say that (from age six) to dissuade further questioning from dull adults. It usually worked.

I used to say "I want to be a junkie when I grow up" because there was this series of anti-drug commercials that would end with the line "Nobody ever says they want to be a junkie when they grow up" and I wanted to prove them wrong.

Did you achieve your dreams?

Not that one.

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