I too apprenticed as a plumber, but my career went down the drain.

I tried to work as a plumber, but I didn't want to faucet.

Amazing: so did I - I was hopeless though and, inevitably and not unexpectedly, they gave me the elbow.

I used to market sporting equipment to the hockey community. When I approached the football authorities for a similar position they gave me the boot: they claimed I had unrealistic goals.

[Dujon] Did they tell you to puck off?
My last effort at holding down a job was as an assistant to an optician. It was going OK, but then I was framed.