Chicken Man

"chicken-man" - noun. A census-taker, humorous.
"William Craigie's 'Dictionary of American English', 1940


In an 1881 survey of Britain, residents were asked to provide their "rank, profession or occupation." Some of the more unusual verbatim responses, either entered by the subjects themselves or by interviewers and preserved by the London Genealogical Society included:

-Teacher of Wax Flowers
-Hand in Hartley's Jam
-He play all day long
-Egg-cracker
-Slob Brickmaker
-Emasculator
-Dog Performer
-Sampler of Drugs
-Formerly Fat
-Turnip Shepherd
-Very Feeble
-Proprietor of Midgets
-Gymnast to House Painter
-Knocker-Up of Work People
-Fifty-two Years an Imbecile
-Examiner of Under-Clothing
-Colorist of Artificial Fish
-Supposed to be a lady
-Rust Attendant at Lavatory

And here I am a mere business manager. Dear boss--I don't mean to complain, but could I get my business cards changed? I would REALLY REALLY like to be a Turnip Shepherd from now on. Or a Proprietor of Midgets.

I was gonna be an Examiner of Under Clothing. But my wife said no.

Maybe next year.

by Baron Rackow

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Here is #4 and #7

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