Looking for work? Get stuffed!

If dressing up like a giant sock puppet is your idea of career nirvana, then Acme Mascots are looking for you. This local company is advertising for five buskers -- that's technical speak for an all-dressed, air-punching, stuffed-animal type of mascot not unlike Youppi! Just think, you can join the ranks of Ping the Penguin, Le Teen des Neiges and Lutin Barbiche! Pay is in the $12.75- to $17-an-hour range. Here's what you need to be: between 5'7" and 6'2", honest and energetic. Here's what you mustn't have: a tendency to sleep in, smelliness and a criminal record. Expect to perform at sporting and corporate events all over the place.