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That island dream job in Australia? Osama bin Laden wants it along with 9000 others
When the dream job to work as a caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef islands in Queensland, Australia was announced, more than 9,000 people applied--including Osama bin Laden. At least from the video posted in the article in The Sydney Morning Herald, it looks like Osama bin Laden applied.
Full, scraggly beard? Check. White robe with matching hat? Check. A certain droning quality to the voice? Check. The video, though, as real as it seems, is dubbed.
The guy saying that he is versed in "sandy areas" and is experienced in "large scale event coordination" is not really bin Laden. Instead, the application was sent in as a joke. The dubbed voice also claims to have interests in the arts, crafts and renovating. The people collecting the applications did toss this one out. There are loads of legitimate contenders, however.
At this point, people from 162 countries have applied. If you're one of them, your competition is fierce. As Scott stated in Gadling's original post that announced this job, the application period closes on February 22. Eleven candidates will be chosen to be flown to Hamilton Island for an interview.
To see the video, go to the article and scroll down. Supposedly, the video is posted on YouTube, but I couldn't find it. The video reminded me of the video spoofs that David Letterman does on bin Laden from time to time.
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