would island caretaking be your dream job?

[karyn]

Demand for "best job in the world" crashes website

from yahoo

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The chance to be the caretaker of a tiny tropical island in Australia has sparked so much interest around the world that a rush of applications crashed the website advertising the post.

The job, which offers a salary of $105,000 to spend six months on the Great Barrier Reef island of Hamilton, has been inundated with hundreds of thousands of prospective candidates.

An official from the state of Queensland, which is offering the position, said the job was created as an antidote to the global economic slump and was being advertised in 18 countries including the United States and China.

Local media said technicians had to restore the website (www.islandreefjob.com) after it could not cope with the volume of interest and crashed for several hours. Some sections are still not up and running.

Duties for the so-called "best job in the world" include feeding ocean fish, cleaning a pool and collecting deliveries of mail that arrive by plane.

The successful candidate will have to go scuba diving, snorkeling and hiking and enjoy at least 25 nearby island resorts. Thrown in is a luxury three-bedroom home and transportation to and from the island.

No skills, nor experience is needed, and there is no age requirement. The job starts in July.

(Writing by Miral Fahmy, editing by Dean Yates)

[helcyon]

Ok you have heard of Vlad the Impaler right? This from vladtheimpaler.com

One day, Vlad Dracula decided to cleanse his Kingdom of those he considered to be lazy and unproductive, those who suffered from illness, a handicap, or were simply born in poverty. He decreed that no one should go hungry in his Kingdom, and invited all the poor, unfortunate souls who tainted his concept of what society should be to a banquet in the great hall in Tirgoviste. Once he felt his "guests" had been well fed, not to mention drunk and complacent, Vlad made his appearance, asking them how they would enjoy never having to feel the pain of hunger ever again, or if they wished to never have to worry about anything ever again, to be without a care in the world. Of course, their reply was enthusiastic, so he obliged, ordering his men to board up the hall, which was then set ablaze. No one escaped.

So come on then... apply for the job... come to the island... it's too good to be true isn't it.

[Morning Glory]

Vlad was a son of a bitch, but you gotta admit that he got shit done.

[Mr Karl]

actualy it sounds like a shit job

[helcyon]

it's too good to be true isn't it.

In case you don't already know the whole thing is a crock concocted by an ad agency in cahoots with a tourism board. Ok then...

Dear Queensland Tourism Board,

Are you worried that no-one is coming to visit your islands? I know a way to ensure that you will never ever be lonely for tourists again. Please all of you come to a meeting inside a highly flammable barn. Leave your valuables outside at least 100m away. Don't forget to tell your ad agency that there is a way to ensure that they will never have to worry about not winning awards or getting accounts again. They just all have to turn up to the same meeting where the solution will be revealed I promise.

(signed) Asthma the Inhaler

[thegreendevil76]

I'm still holding out for the "male needed to service sexy rich ladies at exclusive stud farm" job. Hate for it to be posted on Monster.com while I was scuba diving around the Great Barrier Reef.

[helcyon]

Osama Bin-Laden applied for it according to the internet so he really must have: http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=45831