Who did you want to be when you where 7?

[Scowling Dragon]

I wanted to be a super-spy who was also an Ice-Cream man.

Of course I would have a secret base in my truck.

[Dr.Epic]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Classic_bugsbunny.png

Yes.:smallwink:

[Socratov]

B. A. Baracus

but I always was Face when my friends and I prentended to be the A-team. Only years later did it occur to me that I had the best deal :smallamused:

[Starwulf]

A mage from Final Fantasy, casting Fire spells against whomever made me mad!

[MoonCat]

Vulcanologist.

I was pretty obsessed, I actually studied it a lot, before going to Vesuvius and realizing that more than anything, even volcanoes, I loved history.

[Malak'ai]

Lion-O.
Yep. I wanted to be the leader of the ThunderCats (never realized he was a kid trapped in a mans body). I wanted a power glove and a knife that turned into a sword that gave you super sight.

[Castaras]

Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin.

I was all about wanting to be an astronaut and go to the moon.



Couple of years later I ended up wanting to be Athena or Artemis.

[Aedilred]

Sam Neill's character from Jurassic Park (Grant, was it?) Now, to be fair, that film wasn't actually out when I was seven, but it was who I wanted to be when I was seven, regardless.

[Morph Bark]

When I was 7?

Hm, gotta think real good on that one. It's probably either a Super Saiyan, part of the A-Team or one of the guys on Discovery Channel.

[Eldan]

I'm not sure if it was seven, but when I was a kid, I wanted to be a train driver for a while.

[Lentrax]

I had this really odd hankering to be an Italian plumber, who was also a pro golfer and a doctor. And a tennis player.

[Traab]

Herpetologist. I was so big into snakes, man I would read every book I could get my hands on. I ever got ahold of what was pretty much a snake encyclopedia, that covered every species, its habitat, its diet, basically, everything I needed to know to find, catch, and raise one if I wanted. Really odd part was at the end it gave me instructions on how to kill skin and cure the snakeskin. It was like, "Ok guys, now that you have raised this snake from a cricket eating baby to a rat devouring adult, its to time chop off its head, skin it, then prepare it to be turned into boots!"

[SDF]

Robocop

I have it on tape.

[AndToBeLoved]

Catwoman. Previous to that, Ariel. Previous to that, a cashier at Nob Hill.

[Drakeburn]

I always wanted to be a soldier (like the green plastic army men from Toy Story). And then a lawyer..........

Now, I want to become a game designer. :smallbiggrin:

[Creed]

Ferris Bueller.
I never got to that level of coolness (as one might expect) but I still live by the mantra.
'Life moves pretty fast; if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!'

[Remmirath]

Either an astronaut or a paleontologist. I wasn't real sure on which, and I figured I could probably just do both. I also thought being in the army might be pretty neat.

Later I realized that I don't actually have the patience or most other necessary traits besides curiosity for either of the first two, and I'm too paranoidly attached to my own survival for the third. I'm still quite interested in things relating to all of them, but none of those careers would've worked out for me.

[Gettles]

I wanted to be an NBA center.

[grimbold]

a killer whale trainer

my mom thought i was weird, then she foudn a killer whale trainer playmobil set :D

[Beacon of Chaos]

When I was 7? Pretty sure I wanted to be like Sonic the Hedgehog. Or at the very least to work for Sega.

[Strawberries]

An astronaut or a F15 pilot. Then I realised that to be an F15 pilot you also needed to be in the military, so I switched to astronaut, scientist or judge. I graduated in chemistry, so it sorta worked out for me. :smalltongue:

[Adlan]

I must have been about 8, but I recall telling my mum I wanted to go to Israel and join the IDF.

Silly parents, you should worry about what you let other people teach your kids, because that upset my mum quite a lot.

Oddly enough, I joined the OTC, but my final year as Section IC was enough. finished this summer after nearly 4 years.

[Haruki-kun]

When I was seven... Realistically? I think I wanted to be an astronaut. Less realistically? Mega Man X. I freakin' loved that game (original SNES one) and I wished I had an x-Buster. :smalltongue:

Also, Zero. Cuz Zero's cool.

[pendell]

An astronaut.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[nedz]

An astronaut, but then, men were walking on the moon at the time.

Nowadays, astronauts are just truck drivers.

[Totally Guy]

A mad scientist. Like off the TV.

But really they were mad engineers that called themselves scientists to seem more important.

[Silkspinner]

I... didn't want to be anyone.

Seriously, I could think of things I wanted to be able to do, special powers maybe. But I was perfectly happy with who I was. Still am.

I pretended to be the guard monster when kids on the playground were playing house or whatnot. Does that count?

[RandomNPC]

I'm the only one who wanted to be a ninja when he was seven?

[pendell]

I was 7 years old in 1978. I didn't even know what the word ninja mean then.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Scowling Dragon]

Your OOOOOOOOoOOOOoOooOOooooOOoOoOoOOLd

:smalltongue:

[Trog]

Spiderman. Or a cartoonist.

Grew up and worked as a graphic artist for a newspaper. ... Close enough. :smalltongue:

[Thajocoth]

I wanted to be the person I have now become.

I make video games. It's awesome. I love my job.

[noparlpf]

I don't remember being seven, but I think back then I was really into "Yu-gi-oh!" and "Harry Potter".

[grimbold]

\But really they were mad engineers that called themselves scientists to seem more important.

hrmm
never thought of it that way but its accurate!

[Story Time]

Scowling, that's rude.


Pendell, can you tell us if you would have wanted to be a ninja had you known what they were?

[Scowling Dragon]

I was just being silly.

[Story Time]

I was just being silly.

...please remember that when turning seventy. I wonder how you will think of it. Seriously, I ponder the thought. :smallsmile:


...did you have a nice Thanksgiving?

[Scowling Dragon]

I don't celebrate thanksgiving.

[Story Time]

...nice day between Thursday and now? :smalltongue:

[Scowling Dragon]

Yes. Sure was a good thursday.

[pendell]

Scowling, that's rude.


Pendell, can you tell us if you would have wanted to be a ninja had you known what they were?

*thinks about it* Probably not. Ninjas belong to a clan and clan discipline is quite strict. Doesn't fit a free spirit like me. There's also the rigid self discipline required of a ninja which I don't have. Hanging for hours from a tree upside down? No thanks!

I gravitate more towards the Jack "Bring me that horizon" Sparrow type of character. I like to trod untrodden grounds, plumb hidden depths, and reach the unreachable stars. I want to explore and discover new things, then publish those results to the world. Ninjas exist by hidden arts and live by deception. There entire life is one long secret. If anyone knows their name, they're doing something wrong. So a ninja is probably the opposite of what I would have chosen to be at age 7. Or age 42, come to think of it.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[nedz]

... Or age 42, come to think of it.

Youngster :smallbiggrin:

[Yora]

Hard to say. We were rather poor back then and had no VCR and only 5 TV channels. I wasn't really up to date with the entertainment hypes of 1991.

Except Star Trek, but that doesn't make for good heroes to emulate.

[pendell]

Youngster :smallbiggrin:

Heh.

Anyways, it seems there is a ninja or two left (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20135674). But not for long. Ummm ... maybe it's time to launch save the ninjas?

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Hbgplayer]

I wanted to be an astronaut; so much so that the room I'm currently in has blue carpets and really old glow in the dark stars on the ceiling.
Oh, or Luke Skywalker. I loved Star Wars, and this was in '99, before the new ones came out.

[grimbold]

Except Star Trek, but that doesn't make for good heroes to emulate.

really?
i've wanted to be spock since i discovered Star trek at age... 9 (i think?)

[Strawberries]

really?
i've wanted to be spock since i discovered Star trek at age... 9 (i think?)

Yeah, that was sorta where my 'Astronaut' and 'scientist' came from, as well. :smallwink: I've no idea where I picked up the 'judge' thing, though.

[grimbold]

Yeah, that was sorta where my 'Astronaut' and 'scientist' came from, as well. :smallwink: I've no idea where I picked up the 'judge' thing, though.

all the times when Kirk has to act as a intergalactic judge?

[Karoht]

When I was 7, it was 1989.
I wanted to be a Ghostbusting Ninja Turtle. For Hire.
I would use Ninja-stuff (I had not a single clue what Ninjitsu was back then) to beat up the ghosts that the proton packs and traps couldn't deal with. That was my logic at the time.

Shortly after that, I wanted to be a paleontologist, followed by Marine Biologist. By 1998 the plan was to be a writer for Gamepro magazine. And 2 years after that I got the crazy idea that rather than review games I should MAKE games instead.

And then I proceeded to do absolutely NONE of the above.
In retrospect I regret not pursuing Journalism to go work in media, which would have been part of the game review plan.
I regret not becoming a Ghostbusting Ninja Turtle most of all.
:smallfrown:

[Scarlet Knight]

When I was 7, I wanted to be Ringo Starr. Well, any Beatle, but I remember liking Ringo because was the funniest. :smallcool:

[Tengu_temp]

Paleonthologist. Because dinosaurs are awesome.

[warty goblin]

Hard to say. We were rather poor back then and had no VCR and only 5 TV channels. I wasn't really up to date with the entertainment hypes of 1991.

Except Star Trek, but that doesn't make for good heroes to emulate.

I was in much the same boat, except no TV at all. I think my chosen profession at the time would probably have been knight. Few other careers offer anywhere near the dragon-slaying potential, stylish protective gear, and the opportunity to hit things with swords.

My sword obsession started early. I still have some of the wooden swords I made back then. They're more dagger sized now, and I can't even fit my hand on their hilts...

[ForzaFiori]

I wanted to be the next Jackie Chan - I was almost a black belt by then already, and had started acting in school. I thought I'd be perfect for it.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

A journalist, if I recall. Oh yes, I was a stupid child. Now I've gone on to do bigger and better things with my life like

[Anarion]

Paleonthologist. Because dinosaurs are awesome.

This guy knows what he's talking about. When my parents let me pick my own wallpaper around that age, I had the whole room covered in dinosaurs. I got a bit distracted with enjoying law down the road, but dinosaurs never stopped being awesome. :smallsmile:

[grimbold]

dinosaurs are awesome.

Thank you captain obvious :smalltongue:

seriously though
i thought this was a fundamental law of the universe?

[Jay R]

Ten months before I turned seven, John Glenn orbited the earth. A month before I turned seven, President Kennedy gave his speech announcing that we would go to the moon within a decade.

Cowboy was out. Fireman was out. I wanted to be an astronaut.

[smuchmuch]

According to my parents, when I was aorund five/six I wanted to be a:
Paleontologist, Astronaut, Surgeon, Painter, Bus driver, Street sweeper and a Fireman
All of them, In that order.

edit: Oh and from my own muddeld memories, i vaguely remember wanting to be a test pilot, (leter, though, dodn't rember wich age exactly). If I couldn't be a paleontologist, that is.

... Right now I think I'll be lucky if I even end up getting the street sweeper job.

[Serpentine]

I wanted to be a little kid when I grew up.
I knew from an early age that being an adult was gonna suuuuuuck.

[grimbold]

I wanted to be a little kid when I grew up.
I knew from an early age that being an adult was gonna suuuuuuck.

if only all people realized that
then they wouldn't be in such a hurry to get there

[Anarion]

I wanted to be a little kid when I grew up.
I knew from an early age that being an adult was gonna suuuuuuck.

See, this is such a hard statement to make. It's pretty great having someone else take care of you, especially if that person is a great cook (basically the best part of visiting home during the holidays). On the other hand, being able to get up and go places whenever you want is pretty nice, as is staying out late and just generally setting one's own schedule.

It's also pretty nice to be old enough not to have any potty emergencies or throw a tantrum when you get really tired, though it would be nice to be young enough not to have to do dishes, laundry or vacuuming.

Edit: Also, this wasn't exactly correlated with being 21 in my case, but I do like wine and scotch, among other things.

[Jay R]

I wanted to be a little kid when I grew up.
I knew from an early age that being an adult was gonna suuuuuuck.

But it doesn't. As a grown-up, I can stay up past my bed time, eat a cookie before dinner, and watch the interesting TV shows.

There is one problem, though. I (sometimes) used to be able to get away from all the grown-ups and misbehave without being caught. But now the grown-up who's telling me to behave is myself, and he's always here.

[Anarion]

and watch the interesting TV shows.


*Looks at avatar, then back at thread*

...Yes.

[Serpentine]

Maybe this bit of information will help:
When I was 6, my mum left us with another man, and my dad moved us interstate, initially moving in with his parents. I spent the next several years - maybe right up to today, even - in a snug little bubble of "don'twannaknowwhat'sgoingon". Growing up, I think I knew even then, would mean having to know why bad things happen.

Also, who has "potty emergencies" at 7 that you couldn't have as a grown-up (e.g. In cases of the runs or whatever)? o.O

[Orzel]

Mad scientist with my own island, 30 goons, 3 robots, a tank of 33 carnivorous fish, and a big laser weapon.

[Mauve Shirt]

I think at that point in my life I wanted to be Mary Poppins.

[Anarion]

Maybe this bit of information will help:
When I was 6, my mum left us with another man, and my dad moved us interstate, initially moving in with his parents. I spent the next several years - maybe right up to today, even - in a snug little bubble of "don'twannaknowwhat'sgoingon". Growing up, I think I knew even then, would mean having to know why bad things happen.

Also, who has "potty emergencies" at 7 that you couldn't have as a grown-up (e.g. In cases of the runs or whatever)? o.O

Ah, that does give it some perspective. I'd have to say that hasn't ever been my dream. I want to know why bad things happen, even when it's terrible, so I can help fix them.

As for the "potty emergencies" I wasn't referring specifically to age 7, just saying that one is a criteria for being too young. Though even at 7 I'd think most kids can't hold it as long as when they get older.


Mad scientist with my own island, 30 goons, 3 robots, a tank of 33 carnivorous fish, and a big laser weapon.

Two questions. First, what kind of robots are we talking here?
Second, why did you need the fish tank AND the laser?

[nedz]

Mad scientist with my own island, 30 goons, 3 robots, a tank of 33 carnivorous fish, and a big laser weapon.
Two questions. First, what kind of robots are we talking here?
Second, why did you need the fish tank AND the laser?

For when the man who likes martinis comes to visit.

[The Second]

I wanted to be Zorro/The Lone Ranger/Bilbo/Huck Finn/Luke Skywalker/Han Solo/Indiana Jones. I would have been the coolest hero EVER! Ride in on my white horse, fire up the lightsaber, swing across the canyon with my bullwhip, shoot the bad guys with my blaster, then refuse the reward money 'cause heroes apparently get their sustenance from basking in the glow of their adoring fans.

[Fri]

When I was 7 I wanted to be a mad scientist. Or scientist. Or engineer.

Should've pursued that dream. Sigh. This topic depresses me now. Like you wouldn't believe. Where is that kid now...

[Orzel]

Two questions. First, what kind of robots are we talking here?
Second, why did you need the fish tank AND the laser?

1 humanoid battelbot, 1 panther battlebot, and 1 bulterbot with a soda dispenser.

The laser was to threaten the world governments. First Chile, then the UK.

The fish were for "removal".

[Kjata]

Well, I was actually 8 when FF9 was released...

Some things never change.

[grimbold]

The fish were for "removal".

SOMEpony was a morbid 7 year old

:smallbiggrin:

[Fragenstein]

I don't really remember what I wanted to be at 7, but I do remember a conversation I once had with my brother about birthday wishes. He apparently always wished for friends and other things along those lines, which I considered to be a waste of a wish. You could make friends on your own.

I, on the other hand, always wished for magical powers because wishing is pretty much the only way to pick those up. In the end, neither of us were dissapointed. He always made lots of friends, and I didn't really believe wishes worked anyway.

[SarahV]

I wanted to be a super-spy who was also an Ice-Cream man.

You and I would have gotten along well. My plan was that I would be a teacher during the day, an ice-cream man after school, and an astronomer at night when the stars were out. :smallbiggrin:

And yes, I did tell people I wanted to be an ice cream MAN, because it didn't occur to me that I would more likely be an ice cream WOMAN.

It's possible that all three of those choices would have had a better outlook than my current career in print publishing. :smallannoyed:

[Winter_Wolf]

I wanted to be me, but a famous artist. As it happens, I still want that.

And I still don't have it.

I am a really bad decision maker.

[warty goblin]

SOMEpony was a morbid 7 year old

:smallbiggrin:

When I was about that age, I (briefly) had a dead rat and a string to swing it with. Not even joking.

[Orzel]

SOMEpony was a morbid 7 year old

:smallbiggrin:

How could I be an island owning mad scientist without a tank of man-eating fish?

I had everything planned. Though my plan hinged on laser weaponry and robots being cheap by now.

My other 7 year old dream jobs was an underworld information broker or a soda smuggler. I was convince soda and candy would be illegal by now .nd I wanted in the sugar black market

[KerfuffleMach2]

I wanted to be either a volcanologist or a planetologist.

Nobody else in my class even knew what those were.

I was raised on Bill Nye and Ms. Frizzle.

[Fragenstein]

When I was about that age, I (briefly) had a dead rat and a string to swing it with. Not even joking.

http://i49.tinypic.com/x5cg7r.jpg

[Emmerask]

I'm the only one who wanted to be a ninja when he was seven?

Indiana Jones, he is like a ninja only better :smallsmile:
SO archaeologist, or what I thought then it would be like :>

[Karoht]

I'm the only one who wanted to be a ninja when he was seven?
I said I wanted to be a Ghostbuster Ninja Turtle.

[grimbold]

I was convince soda and candy would be illegal by now .nd I wanted in the sugar black market

what made you think that?

[Mionelle]

After obsessive watching Animal Planet in the age of 7, I dreamed of being a zookeeper. But you know, not just an ordinary one, the best in the world!

[Karoht]

After obsessive watching Animal Planet in the age of 7, I dreamed of being a zookeeper. But you know, not just an ordinary one, the best in the world!
So, Steve Erwin then?
The best zookeeper in the world doesn't need cages or enclosures, just the real world to work with.
Rest in Peace, crocodile hunter.

[Zaggab]

I believe I wanted to be Spiderman. Or Einstein. Probably both at the same time.

I remember I used to imagine how much I would own at various games and sports if I was Spiderman.

[Karoht]

Surprisingly, I learned rather a lot about atomic science and biochem via Spiderman.

[Mionelle]

So, Steve Erwin then?
The best zookeeper in the world doesn't need cages or enclosures, just the real world to work with.
Rest in Peace, crocodile hunter.

Yeah, he was kind of idol in my childhood. :smallsmile:

[grimbold]

Yeah, he was kind of idol in my childhood. :smallsmile:

same
it was crushing when he died :smallfrown:

[snoopy13a]

I can't remember. Maybe a basketball player or a fireman?

[Fragenstein]

I can't remember. Maybe a basketball player or a fireman?

Possbily a WWI Flying Ace?

[Anarion]

Possbily a WWI Flying Ace?

And how would you have dealt with the Red Baron? :smalltongue:

[Fragenstein]

And how would you have dealt with the Red Baron? :smalltongue:

http://queenbeecoupons.com/wp-content/upload/2012/09/Red-Baron-pizza-Safeway.jpg
Deliciously and at Club Prices!

[snoopy13a]

Possbily a WWI Flying Ace?

Maybe. But also a shortshop, a World Famous Attorney, A World Famous Surgeon, a mystery author (it was a dark and stormy night . . .), a tennis player, etc.

The Red Baron would never take me alive--although he might shoot down my doghouse.

[IsaacTheHungry]

Let's see... Around 7 I had several. On that stuck in my head was I realy wanted to be a mad scientist.

Look at my current official job title...

"Mad Scientist"

I love my job :smallbiggrin:

www.Madscience.org

[stabbybelkar]

When I was 7, I wanted to be the Bhaalspawn from Baldur's Gate. My dad got that game for Christmas when I was six and I used to like playing it too. Of course, being 7, I was never able to get past that GODDAMN mage assassin that you meet when you first go to the Friendly Arm Inn. :smallfurious:


Oddly enough, back then, I always assumed that Imoen was the Bhaalspawn's sister years before BG2 came out and confirmed that she actually was.

[INoKnowNames]

This thread only has one appropriate answer:

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[Anarion]

This thread only has one appropriate answer:

http://static2.fjcdn.com/comments/And+this...+is+to+go...+even+further+beyond+_1fa48 0707815d7d6f83dbf2c832ea005.png

A blank spoiler box with a broken funnyjunk link? :smallconfused:

[Bulldog Psion]

I definitely wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus rex at that time. Everything T. rex (or dinosaur, for that matter) was cool in my book.

That, of course, was before I discovered swords, guns, and women. :smallwink:

[INoKnowNames]

A blank spoiler box with a broken funnyjunk link? :smallconfused:

Weird, it shows up when I look at it.

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/142/81fb98cfa2f843ccb177f7842ad13d25/l.jpg


I definitely wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus rex at that time. Everything T. rex (or dinosaur, for that matter) was cool in my book.

That, of course, was before I discovered swords, guns, and women. :smallwink:

Heh... I wanted to be a Dinosaur when I was like... 3. And 15.

[Bulldog Psion]

Heh... I wanted to be a Dinosaur when I was like... 3. And 15.

Heck if I know what I wanted to be when I was three, so you're ahead of me there. :smallcool:
15, too, eh? Well, that's more Space Marine territory for me, lol.

[grimbold]

And how would you have dealt with the Red Baron? :smalltongue:

i WAS the red baron :smalltongue:

[KingOfLaughter]

A soldier, I made it happen. :P