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Foolish job opportunity: Austrian hotel seeks a jester with style

Foolish job opportunity: Austrian hotel seeks a jester with style

Brush up on your lute playing skills; a hotel in Austria is in search of a jester.

The Rogner Bad Blumau hotel in the province of Styria is calling for applications from any fool who is up to the job — that is, the job of acting like a fool. The Associated Press reports the candidate should bring a musical instrument to the interview for a demonstration.

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Don't forget your four-cornered hat and a sample of biting wit befitting of a performance for Queen Elizabeth I.

The hotel's director, Melanie Franke, told the Austrian Times she was looking for a jester that was creative and fun.

"At the royal courts, jesters were a luxury that kinds allowed themselves," she told the news outlet. "Today, the client is king."

The position will pay about $1,900 a month, according to the reports.

Those who missed their chance to become a polar bear spotter in Norway can take this opportunity to build the bizarre resume they've always wanted.

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If prancing around isn't your idea of a career, consider taking a pointer from one of these three Australians recently profiled by Perth Now. One of them tastes dog food for a living, another smells armpits for Unilever and the last, a paint manufacturer employee, stares at walls.