Top 10 Unusual and Odd Jobs

From golf ball divers to chicken sexers - this is our pick of the top 10 most unusual and odd jobs from around the world so if you're sitting in your office cursing your job, thank God you don't have to do any of these.

Cow Inseminator

The cattle industry has grown to become one of great industries of the world. The breeding of top quality cattle is a vital part of the industry which has given rise to a new science. The process is quite sophisticated and even employs computer systems for its tasks. But no computer can do the job of a cow inseminator. Imagine yourself having your arm shoulder deep in a female cow- this is exactly the job of a cow inseminator. The objective is to fertilize the cow with a donor semen. Surely an odd experience for the cow as well.

Airplane Repo

If you own an airplane and you fall behind airplane loans, then you can find yourself come face to face with an airplane repo. This odd job is filled with amazing thrills and adventures and an airplane repo lives a life of a real life James Bond. However, the risk is worth it as the job pays 10,000$ to 90,000$ a year.
If you're planning for a career as an aircraft repo, then be prepared for tough work, though. Some repo men get shot at or tossed in a foreign prison. 

Golf Ball Diver

No, don't think of it as a combination of golf and scuba diving, this is completely GOLF. A golf ball diver's job is to dive into golf course lakes in search of lost golf balls. They collect them and clean them and put them to sell. Simple enough.

Watching Paint Dry

This is probably one of the most boring jobs in the world. This man's job is to see how long it takes for a paint to dry. This can sound dull but is a very important job for paint industries.

Human Scarecrow

Do you live in the country and annoyed of people telling you have no career, then here's a job for you. You know crows are a nuisance for farmers, eating their precious crops. You can now be a solution. Dressed in loose trousers and old fashioned straw hats, here's a chance to show your worth by scaring those pesky crows as a human scarecrow. So, how do you like your new job.

Odd Job Journalist

We all know about odd jobs all around the world but here is a job for you in which you actually go through all the odd jobs in order to earn yourself some handful money. Yes, its actually the job of an odd job journalist in which you have to write about all the odd jobs around the world. This really sounds some heck of a job.

Chicken Sexer

As we all know that chicks are really cute but how will it hit you if someone asks you separate those young cute chicks according to their sex. You might find it odd but people known as chicken sexers are actually paid to separate those young cute chicks according to their sex. A pretty odd job but more than that a real difficult one I must say.

Cartoon people/Mascots

Remember when you were young and visited some carnivals with your parents, you meet one of your favorite cartoon characters. Actually these are not the real cartoon characters surely but are some people who are actually present in there. An entertainment for you but not for the one who is actually doing it.

Furniture Tester

Every single human in this world just wants to get paid for just sitting. But, there are some lucky human beings present who are actually being paid for just sitting. The furniture testers are paid for testing furniture by just sitting on them. A heavenly job which every single person in the universe would love to do but a real odd one I must say.

Fortune Cookie Writer

As a child, I always wondered who the heck is behind these fortune cookies. Now I know that there is no divinity involved but just a simple guy who calls himself the fortune cookie writer. If you also have the skills to write someone else's fortune, then don't be late for applying this FORTUNE job.

The World's Greatest Bizarre Festivals

Festivals are a mean of exhibiting culture and traditions and to bring people closer. But sometimes, these festivals can be really really weird. From baby jumping to rotten sneakers, this is our pick of the wackiest and weirdest festivals in the world.

La Tomatina, Valencia

I found La Tomatina to be one of the most fun festivals in the world. La Tomatina is held in the town of Bunol, Valencia. During the annual La Tomatina Festival, people gather in the town's main square and engage in a tomato fight. The festival's origins date back to 1945 when young men started a brawl by throwing tomatoes at each other during the parade of Gigantes y Cabezudos.

To make the festival safe, there are some simple rules one of which is that you must squeeze the tomato before you throw in order to avoid injuries.

El Colacho (Baby Jumping Festival), Spain

When I was gathering this list of the weirdest festivals, El Colacho was one of those who really made my mouth stuck open in astonishment. I'm sure, it can do the same to you. El Colacho, or the Baby Jumping Festival belongs to the crazy Spanish.
El Colacho, takes place every year right from 1620. El Colacho involves men dressed as devils and jumping over babies born during the last 12 months. The babies are laid on mattresses placed on the streets. It is said that the practice cleanses the babies from sin. It is regarded as the world's most dangerous festivals and efforts are being made by the Roman Catholic Church to eradicate it.

International Rotten Sneaker Contest, USA

This bizarre festival is definitely one of America's weirdest festivals. Sneakers do smell yukkkk! owing to the thousands of sweat glands that cover our feet. So, if you have a pair of old sneakers which make your nose proud, then hurry up and compete for the International Rotten Sneaker Contest. If you have the odour to make it to the top, then your sneakers will be placed in the prestigious (or rather smelly) 'House of fume'.

Bognor Birdman Festival, England

The Bognor Birdman is a festival held each summer where human powered flying machines compete for money. The festival takes place on a south English beach resort. The Bognor Birdman Festival was started in 1971. The aim of participants is to fly 50 yards in their human powered flying machines. The current record for the longest distance flown in 89.2 metres set way back in 1992.

National Sleepy Head Day, Finland

The National Sleepy Head Day is celebrated in Finland on 27 July each year. On this day, the last person to wake up in the house (called as the "laziest") is woken up by water, either by throwing in the river or sea or by throwing water in the face.
The origins of the day is based on the story of Saint of Ephesus, who slept for 200 years hiding from the persecution of the Roman Emperor.

Konaki Sumo, Japan

What's the first thing that strikes your mind when you here 'Japan'? For many of you'll, it will be of giant, n@ked men shedding sweat to push the other one out of the ring. If that's weird for you, then wait for a sec because there is something even stranger.
Konaki Sumo (Japanese for crying sumo) is a bizarre festival which is being held for 400 years in temples of Japan. Two sumos, each carrying a baby, face each other to see whose baby cries first. It can sound really cruel, but it's nothing but a wish for good health because the more the baby cries, the healthier it is.

Festival of Near Death Experience, Spain

If you've been through an event which almost took your life, then the Festival of Near Death Experiences is the place to be. This totally bizarre festival is hosted in the Galician town of As Neves every year. The festival is held on 29 July to celebrate live's closest shaves. People who have experienced death and survived are carried in coffins to the church, carried by their family members where they tell the world about their encounters with death.

The Battle of Dead Rat, Spain

If you've always found rats to disgusting, ugly little creatures, then this is not really a festival worth going out of your way to attend. Dubbed as the battle of the dead rats, this bizarre festival takes place in the Spanish town of El Puig. It consists of pots containing candies. The participants are then asked to smash the pots with their sticks. So, where are the rats? If a participant smashes a non-candy pot, he picks up a dead rat and throws it at each other. 

Monkey Buffet Festival, Thailand

No, we're not monkeying around. This strange festival is actually held in the Lopburi province of Thailand. The festivals includes a grand feast of fruits and vegetables for the 2000 macaques of the area.
The aim of the festival is nothing but to promote tourism in the area. Now that's selfish! :(

Sidewalk Egg Frying, USA

There can't be a better way to enjoy a sizzling hot day than this. The sidewalk Egg Frying Competition takes place on 4th July every year to chill in scorching summer temperatures and compete to fry their eggs on the sidewalk. Using everything from magnifying glasses and aluminium foils to more sophisticated home build machines, the participants try to cook their eggs in less than 15 minutes.