By Solarina Ho

TIRED of working in a restaurant or toiling in a shopping mall during the summer?

Why not try getting paid to shop, to write Buddhist texts or to collect urine in a prison.

Job sites across the Internet are luring applicants with ads that promise fun, adventure and once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

"Yes, you have to take the time to look through it all, but they're definitely there and available," said Lisa Epstein, of the job site Monster.ca.

Jobs posted on the Internet include pest control technician, ballroom dance instructor, or even a prison healthcare worker.

"A job that was on our site recently was a medical position to do urine collection of prisoners at Kingston Penitentiary," said Patrick Sullivan, the president of Workopolis.com, referring to one of Canada's maximum security prisons.

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