Australia Hires ‘Chief Funster’
Everyone wishes they could get paid to have fun... Andrew Smith gets a check for it.
That's right. Smith is the recently appointed Chief Funster for New South Wales in Australia. According to Gizmodo, the 25-year-old California native won a contest for the position, which requires him to have 802,000 moments of fun in six months (that's one for every square kilometer of the region). By "fun" we mean skydiving, rappelling from cliffs, hanging out with pro athletes, visiting local breweries, "slipping down a 91-meter-long typhoon waterslide; and being chased by a massive pig." It's all part of a campaign to promote the area, and Smith earns his keep by showing people how exciting a visit to New South Wales would be.
ABC News reports that the lucky employee studied Finance in college before moving to South Korea, and was one of six people selected from 18 finalists and 620,000 applications from 196 different countries.
It was a tough hiring process, but from the look of the photos, Smith is totally fulfilling all job requirements. He's currently halfway through his stint, and says the most difficult part of the job is fitting so much fun into so little time.
Perhaps Smith deserves a promotion!
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