If you’ve had any forays into the world of freelance work (either buying or selling) you will have come across the ‘gig site’ Fiverr. Like the character from Watership Down, just spelled differently. The premise of Fiverr is that any gig is just $5. Freelance professionals from around the world stand ready to help clear your schedule for an Abraham Lincoln (Or five Washingtons, or a Jefferson and three Washingtons, or two Jeffersons and a Washington). That’s enough chit chat about the two dollar bill.
What makes Fiverr cool are the business services sure; anyone can get a logo designed or a video made or what have you on the cheap. There’s IT and data entry jobs, but the best jobs are the ones that have nothing to do with the business world.
I give you the weirdest Fiverr gigs.
When starting a gig Fiverr gives you this prompt ‘I will ____ for $5’, so all of these entries will follow that format.
I will write any message on my lips and take a picture for $5.
This seems like it has better reach than the kissing booth at the county fair. A couple of the messages are clearly promotional in nature so this actually could be construed as an advertising gig more than performance art or excessive drug use.
I will wear an animal mask and hold a sign for $5.
Again this straddles the line between performance art and advertising but serious points for originality. I wonder if you have to pay extra for fantasy creatures. Come to find out that a unicorn is ‘classified’ by ‘the man’ as a fantasy creature. You can also select his torso covering as in wearing a shirt or shirtless. At what point does he say ‘no’ I wonder?
Photos.com proudly presents the work of Jack Robinson
I will take a picture of my cat or dog in any scenario for $5.
This is a great find. I’ve been paying $35 for my current animal photography 
service. It also oozes confidence. Any scenario? Really? I want to see your cat fighter-bombing ISIS forces who are actually your dog…the same dog pictured left who is watching dog porn on what I can only imagine is dial-up.
I will send you pictures of my corgi for $5.
I emailed and checked. She is fresh out of Dachshund. This is actually a brilliant alternative to a Kickstarter program; send us funding for our wacky project and we’ll send you pictures of our cute dog. Although the sample picture she provides kind of defeats the purpose. You can save %5 just by viewing her gig.
Love your walls! Hang beautiful photographs, expertly framed from Photos.com by Getty Images.
Of course this wouldn’t be a post about silly Fiverr gigs if I didn’t share my own with you: I will write a haiku for you for $5. That’s right, I will write you a three line poem about whatever topic you want with the syllable pattern 5-7-5 for $5. For $10, I’ll write two. High five for capitalism!
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Scotch and Hot Dogs 