A friend of mine asks these questions often in the course of her job:

Will you be doing anything athletic?
Are you likely to perspire?
Do you need to be comfortable?
Are you going for sexy, silly, or ironic?
Oil based or water?

Guess what she does for a living.

14 Responses to “A guessing game”

  1. alisgray Says:

    …sells wigs?

  2. dculver Says:

    make-up artist

  3. literaticat Says:

    Lingerie sales?

    Body painter?

    Knitter of jaunty Penis Cozies?

  4. janeandsimple Says:

    i’m torn between clothing designer and portrait painter, but is that last even an occupation? i figure i’m wrong on both counts and she actually, i don’t know, works in a bike shop or something.

  5. sdn Says:

    something to do with body paint.

  6. kenllama Says:

    but for question #4, I’d have said massage therapist.
    taking #4 into account, I’ll have to go with hair stylist.

  7. iliketea Says:

    Face-painter?

  8. night__flower Says:

    a painter of some kind

  9. thisisnotanlj Says:

    Some people have gotten elements of it, but no one’s got it exactly. , here is a hint: you know her.

  10. anonymous Says:

    Is she a professional clown face designer?

  11. jactitation Says:

    Cosmetologist?

  12. niemandsmeisje Says:

    a caricaturist (if that’s how they call it)?

  13. nerdpony Says:

    She sells perfumes?

  14. nerdpony Says:

    …or sex toys.

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