I am a little more than shocked that anyone would pay the hefty $15 fee David Rees of Artisanal Pencil Sharpening charges per professionally sharpened pencil.\u00a0 His service works by you either sending him your favorite pencil (if you actually have one) or he\u2019ll take a brand new No. 2 pencil and carefully and lovingly sharpen it to perfection for you. But wait\u2014he goes further.\u00a0 He\u2019ll insert the perfect pencil into a pencil-sized plastic tube, then place that into a larger plastic tube.\u00a0 This is so that you can throw it against a wall and it won\u2019t break.\u00a0 Just to make it weirder, Rees sends you back the pencil with a Certificate of Authenticity and<\/em> the precious pencil shavings.\u00a0 It sounds like this guy has time traveled to the future by accident, bringing with him a service that might have been more useful in the 18th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professional Snuggler\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n This one is truly bizarre, and, I\u2019m sure out of most people\u2019s comfort zones.\u00a0 But fascinatingly enough, one 29-year old Jackie Samuel, a resident of Rochester, New York charges $60 an hour for \u2018private snuggling session\u2019 with I assume are mostly male clients.\u00a0 She does strictly set the rules beforehand: she will only snuggle in her house, and she is not to be touched anywhere \u2018covered by underwear.\u2019\u00a0 Who would pay for such a service?\u00a0 Samuel says mostly war veterans and people between relationships.\u00a0 Check out her website at www.thesnuggery.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professional Ethical Hacker<\/a><\/p>\n Hacking can be an honest profession and even a desk job.\u00a0 Companies hire hackers to find glitches in their computer systems, and the job pays well\u2014up to $123,900 a year.\u00a0 You do need a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science or information technology, however.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professional Cat Catcher<\/a><\/p>\n One New York City resident Jordana Serebrenik makes her living off of her business Catch Your Cat.\u00a0 The service she provides is exactly that\u2014corralling your cat into and out of places in situations where the owner would prefer not to.\u00a0 Like, into a carrier to go to the vet for instance.\u00a0 Turns out the elderly, visually impaired, and emotionally attached pet owners are more than eager to pay her $80 fee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Voice-Over Work<\/a><\/p>\n Though I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a hard market to break into, voice-over work pays well if you land the right gig.\u00a0 From cartoons to radio commercials, a voice-over can earn $325 for just five minutes of audio work.\u00a0 Of course, that\u2019s an experienced voice-over\u2019s salary, like the deep-voiced dude we hear narrating movie trailers.\u00a0 But lesser-known folks can still make $50,000 to $80,000 per year, if you can find consist work.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing your voice needs to have that something special as well\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fish out of water?<\/strong><\/p>\n A great number of bizarre and dangerous, yet high-paying positions involve being underwater for a large part of the day.\u00a0 Bad swimmers, beware:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professional Golf Ball Diver<\/a><\/p>\n Someone\u2019s got to get those balls.\u00a0 Golf ball divers work about four days a week, depending on how badly golfers are playing on a given day.\u00a0 The water on a golf course is usually gross, and the divers work until they\u2019ve retrieved about 4,000 balls.\u00a0 On the bright side, divers can make up to $100,000 a year for their dirty work.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Submarine Cook<\/p>\n In Australia, a submarine cook with at least six years experience will make around $187,000 a year, which is the same salary as a junior admiral.\u00a0 The base pay is actually low, but there are tons of \u2018bonuses\u2019 that blow up the paycheck.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because the position is considered \u2018critical to the navy.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oil and Gas Diver<\/a><\/p>\n This pays about $80K a year, though for a large part of the day you are underwater in dangerous circumstances, usually inspecting and installing rigs or welding pipes.\u00a0 This is a growing field, and divers will soon be more in demand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pearl Diver<\/a><\/p>\n Another job in Australia that pays very well, as dangerous as it is.\u00a0 Working offshore pays about $1,216 per day, while working overseas the daily rate is around $500.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Check out Odee.com<\/a> for more weird and unconventional jobs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/about_doc_0211-e12864129926866-146x150.jpg\" "\\"about_doc_0211-e1286412992686\\"")
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