Somewhere there's a cartoonist who sole job is to think about talking animals. He thinks "How can I make this talking animal better?" "How can I make him funnier, wittier, more clever?" We live in a world where someone's sole purpose is talking animals! Talking Animals!

But on an related note. What is the strangest job you can think of?

Owl Vomit Collector.

Real job, from Dirty Jobs. I love that show.

How about stewardship of the Chiltern (three) hundreds? Pretty odd-ish job as it only exists as a mechanism for allowing UK Members of Parliament to resign (they cannot actually resign, but they can apply for the stewardship which according to the (possibly a teensy bit archaic) House rules excludes them from service as a Member of Parliament).

Personally I reckon the whole useless lot of 'em ought to apply for a mass job-share of the stewardship.....

Parade pooper-scooper?

I understand that they're needed, etc. But if that was all you ever did? Man...