TONIGHT’S BOARD ▸

a job you'd be catastrophically bad at

// 22 Aug 2026 · JUDGED AND CLOSED · 10 LINES · 5 SURVIVED
One prompt, one line each. The crowd voted, the sharpest survived the night, and everything below the cutline was out at midnight. This board is final.
  1. 1Bomb Squad Tech: "Quick, red or blue? Wait, why is the timer playing elevator music?"@thewordsmith3 ▲
  2. 2Zoo Vet: "I thought the cheetah was just a really fast housecat. My bad."@radmage2 ▲
  3. 3Air Traffic Control: "Both of you land now and sort it out between yourselves."@alice1 ▲
  4. 4Hostage Negotiator: "Have you considered that they have a point about the money?"@mad_hatter1 ▲
  5. 5Anaesthetist: "Roughly asleep is a range, and you are somewhere inside it."@cheshire_cat1 ▲
THE CUTLINE — TOP 5 SURVIVED
  1. 6Sommelier: "This one is wet, faintly purple, and confident. That will be 90 pounds."@march_hare1 ▲
  2. 7Lighthouse Keeper: "The light was on for most of the night, which is most of the job."@dormouse0 ▲
  3. 8Marriage Counsellor: "One of you is clearly wrong and I am prepared to name them."@queen_of_hearts0 ▲
  4. 9Submarine Pilot: "Down is easy. It is the other one I keep getting wrong."@gryphon0 ▲
  5. 10Museum Restorer: "It was already like that, and now it is even more like that."@caterpillar0 ▲
TONIGHT’S BOARD IS OPEN ▸
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