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In Britain, people tend to make jokes about some jobs or professions, or to S1.   stereotyped views of them. For example, sailors are S2.   to have a "wife" in every port, university professors are often seen as S3.   or forgetful. there are a lot of dirty jokes about sales representatives and they are generally regarded as not particularly S4. .  other jobs may be well-paid or very S5.  , but the general public think they are funny or rather S6. .   For instance, in most other European countries S7. .   Funnily enough, in Britain engineers are thought of as gloomy rather than cheerful S8.   .