You Might Be Taking
Scouting Too Seriously If ....
YOU MIGHT BE TAKING SCOUTING TOO SERIOUSLY IF....
- You buy that '89 Chevy Caprice because you really like that fleur-di-lis
hood ornament.
- Your favorite color is olive drab.
- You decide to lash together the new deck on the back of your house.
- You plan to serve foil meals at your next dinner party.
- You walk the streets in broad daylight with a drinking cup and flashlight
hanging from your belt.
- You raise your hand in the Scout sign at a heated business meeting.
- You were arrested by airport security because you wouldn't give up your
official BSA pocket knife until the cop said "thank you".
- You don't mind losing power to your house for three days.
- Your son hides his copy of Boy's Life from you.
- Your plans for remodeling the bathroom include digging the hole deeper.
- You trade your 25 foot center console fishing boat in on that great little
15 foot canoe.
- Your favorite movie is Follow Me Boys starring Fred McMurray, and you spent
months trying to convince Disney to release it on home video.
- Your patron saint is Ward Cleaver.
- You disconnect the automatic dishwasher in favor of the "3 pot method".
- You sneak a cup of "bug juice" after the troop turns in for the night.
- You can start a fire by rubbing two sticks together.
- You gave your wife a mummy bag rated for -15 degrees Fahrenheit for Christmas.
- You name one of your kids Baden.
- You can recite the 12 points of the Scout Law backwards, in order, in three
seconds flat.
- You bought 10,000 shares of Coleman stock on an inside tip they were about
to release a microwave accessory for their camp stove line.
- You can't eat eggs anymore unless they are cooked in a zip-locked bag.
- You plan to get rich by writing a best selling Dutch oven cook book.
- You actually own a left-handed smoke shifter.
- Singing Scout Vespers makes you cry uncontrollably.
- You were disappointed when Scouting Magazine didn't win the Pulitzer Prize
last year.
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