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Trial lawyers hire panels of mock jurors to practice presenting their cases. Ironically, a mock juror makes about $15 an hour, and that's more than you'll make in an entire day for jury duty in some places.

Here's a look at some strange jobs from Schiff's book.

Golf Ball Diver — The worse you golf, the more Jeffrey Bleim earns. He pulls on a wet suit, 25 pounds of scuba gear, and dives for gold in the form of abandoned golf balls. On a typical day at Falcon's Fire Golf Course in Kissimmee, Fla., he'll retrieve 5,000 golf balls. They're shipped off to a refurbishing company, which pays Bleim about 10 cents apiece.

Earthworm Farmer — Peter Chase is a rancher who can deliver a thousand head in a five-pound box. Don't worry about a stampede. Chase delivers the goods via U.S. priority mail. In fact, the ease of earthworm farming is what attracted Chase to the business. He has 20 beds of soil in his Trinidad, Colo., garage. A pound of Red Wrigglers (used for composting) sells for about $15-$20.

Funeral Parlor Cosmetologist — You can't get an appointment with this beautician. Claudia DeJohn-Saraceno of New York fixes hair and makeup for the deceased, often working from pictures. Her brother and husband are both funeral directors, but her life isn't much like HBO's Six Feet Under. "It's a very personal job," she says.

Odor Judge — Betty Lyon has been sniffing armpits for 35 years, helping to make the perfect deodorant. As an odor judge for Hilltop Labs in Cincinnati, she also sniffs diapers, cat litter and other consumer goods. Lyons says it takes an acute sense of smell to do her job. When it comes to body odor, she says you are what you eat.

"Alcohol, fried chicken, pickles, everything," she told Canada's National Post, "comes out under your arm. It comes out any place you sweat, it comes out on your feet. And if you smoke, we can tell what's old stale smoke and what's recent smoke."

Scoreboard Operator — Boston's Fenway Park is one of the few stadiums with a manually operated scoreboard, making Chris Elias the last of a dying breed. For the last 12 years, he's been guaranteed a seat. It'd be the perfect job, if only the Red Sox could ever finish ahead of the Yankees.