From Scouts-L@tcu.edu Mon Sep 29 09:06:43 1997 Return-Path: Scouts-L@tcu.edu Received: from outbound.Princeton.EDU (outbound.Princeton.EDU [128.112.128.84]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id JAA09365; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:06:43 -0400 Received: from lightpost by outbound.Princeton.EDU with SMTP id <541332-17170>; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:56:09 -0400 Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU (pucc.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.99]) by outbound.Princeton.EDU (8.8.0/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA14040; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:55:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@TCUBVM) by PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5308; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:52:16 -0400 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6842; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 07:55:09 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 0683 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 07:54:16 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0682; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 23:10:39 -0500 Received: from alley.gator.net by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Fri, 26 Sep 97 23:10:33 CDT Received: from default (gsv73.gator.net [207.243.60.73] (may be forged)) by alley.gator.net (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA13437 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:10:28 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by alley.gator.net id AAA13437 Message-ID: <199709270410.AAA13437@alley.gator.net> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 23:15:26 -0400 Reply-To: Bruce Major Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: Bruce Major Subject: Some Humor, an Intro... To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: A Hi, all! My name is Bruce Major. I am SM of Troop 84 in Gainesville, Florida, and new to SCOUTS-L. On the off chance some of you have not seen this before,= I send it along for your edification. I found portions of it to, um, resonate. : ) Enjoy! YOU MIGHT BE TAKING YOUR SCOUTING TOO SERIOUS IF: You buy that '89 Chevy Caprice because you really like that fleur-de-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 coffee 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 =20 pocket knife until the cop said "thank you". You didn'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 littl= e 15 foot canoe. Your favorite movie is "Follow Me Boys" starring Fred MacMurray, and you spent=20 months trying to convince Disney to release it on home video. You managed to find that 8th day in the week. 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. Latrines at camp start becoming comfortable. You felt you won a moral victory when BSA brought back knee high socks. You think campaign hats are cool. You gave your wife a mummy bag rated for -15 =B0 F for Christmas. You name one of your kids Baden. Your favorite tune is "Camp Granada" (hello mudda=85.hello fadda) by Alle= n Sherman. You can recite the 12 points of the Scout Law backwards, in order, in 3 seconds flat. You bought 10,000 shares of Coleman stock on an inside tip they were abou= t to release a=20 microwave accessory for their camp stove line. You can't eat eggs anymore unless they are cooked in a zip-lock bag. You plan to get rich by writing a best selling Dutch Oven cook book. You took a chemistry course at the local college to help you develop a better fire starter. You actually own a left-handed smoke shifter. The height of your social season is the district recognition dinner. A trip to Philmont is a pilgrimage. You are convinced the center of the universe is Irving, Texas. The sales operators at the BSA distribution Center's 800 number recognize your voice. Singing "Scout Vespers" makes you cry uncontrollably. You were disappointed when Scouting magazine didn't win the Pulitzer Priz= e last year. The Scouts in your troop chipped in to have you abducted by a professiona= l cult de-programmer. Rate Yourself! 30-36 - Hopeless. 24-30 Condition is "serious" but not fatal. 18-24 You're OK , (I'm OK) but be careful. 12-18 You must be an SA.=20 6-12 - You obviously still have a life. Under 6 - Still in Cub Scouts, right?=20