"But when you have fun, it really doesn't seem like a job any more."

"What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your career?" the interviewer asks Dinger D. Dragon, mascot for the Fort Wayne Wizards.

"Have fun at work," replies Dinger, "especially in my line of work … it’s hard not to have a fun time at work. But when you have fun, it really doesn't seem like a job any more."

So, if it doesn't seem like a job, maybe it isn't.

Because the whole idea of calling something a "job" is to help you remember that it's not something you do for fun.

That should be your first warning. That should make it obvious that of all the things you need to be having in your fun-loving life, a job is maybe not one. Work maybe probably yes. A job. Maybe definitely not.

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith