While mining a small pocket of emeralds, this two person crew on the planet Baunmaald talks about why Rick became a MEGAlodus Miner. It all boils down to Compensating Wage Differentials.
About this creation
(Rick daydreaming about being back on his home planet Gregatia)
Rick: "You know, I was almost a Stegosaurus Rancher."
Jackson: "What!?...A stegosaurus rancher!?"
Rick: "Yeah, you know, raise them and take care of them until they're old, when their muscles get all tender, and then turn them into Stego burgers or something."
Jackson: "Stego burgers! What the heck? Where are you from?"
Rick: "Yeah Stego Burgers. Oh and Stego jerky, and stego ribs..."
Jackson: "Really?"
Rick: "And stego sirloin, and ground stego and..."
Jackson: (To himself: What on earth brought this up?)
Jackson: "So why did you become a MEGAlodus miner then?"
Rick: "Yeah it's simple. Although I liked being a Stego Rancher, chicks dig men who live a dangerous life. While mining you have to consider the fact that there were indigenous people trying to kill you and other mining groups, the probability of creatures on the planets willing to eat you, gaseous pockets that explode, being away from home for years, having to work really hard..."
Rick: "To sum it up, MEGAlodus outweighs being a Stego rancher."
Jackson: "All because chicks dig men who live dangerous lives? But aren't Stegos dangerous? They seem like they'd be poorly tempered and try to trample you."
Rick: "Not really. Would you want to kill the man who cleans your poop?"
Well hopefully this one was funny too. Again it was economics based. I plan on adding a lot more (funny - to me) "overheard conversations" in the next few weeks...I hope.