mc5 - ... so help me God.

I worked in a fireworks factory, but the work fizzled out.

I used to be a terrible songwriter until I composed myself.

I was once going to be Chief Photographer for the local rag and was rather disappointed when the editor told me I was no longer in the picture.

Dujon

I took up a job with a bra manufacturer but they went bust.

Riff

I tried to get work as a network security analyst, but I just couldn't hack it.

Riff

After that, I considered a job at Planters, but they make you work for peanuts.

Riff

[DrQ] "made redundant" -- brilliant!

Bob the dog

I lost my job in meat refrigeration after the company I worked for relocated to the West Midlands and I was sent to Coventry and given the cold shoulder.

Dujon

I was once a barker but I left of my own free will - it's a dog of a job.

Tina

I too worked under the big top, but it was a three ring circus.

Angus Prune

I used to work for a removal firm, but I just felt boxed in.