Awww, just like the Hitler's Aryan Youth, how precious.
post by Dankill at May 15,2009 7:49pm
I remember years ago when I was a Boy Scout, someone told me that in the event of a HUGE national emergency, Boy Scouts would get called to help out as a sort of last ditch thing or at the least to help out with minor emergency services.
post by BobNOMAAMRooney nli at May 15,2009 7:59pm
Scouting was super gay except for the part where I stole and scuttled a kayak and stabbed a kid with a swiss army knife at summer camp.
Scouting was super gay except for the part where I stole and scuttled a kayak and stabbed a kid with a swiss army knife at summer camp.
FACT. Scout camp sucked because they always had you working on merit badges and studying crap. I did one year of that and said fuck it. I stuck with regular summer camp where you actually did fun stuff. Like scare the shit out of younger campers with stories about dead kids in the lake that will come get you in the night or starting shananigans with the all girls camp nearby when they'd visit us.
post by Lamp nli at May 15,2009 9:28pm
I always went to day camp in the summer when I was a kid and I hated that just as much as school.
post by y_draig_goch at May 15,2009 9:59pm
Yeah oddly reminiscent of 1984. With the children reporting parents and neighbors for "thoughtcrimes"
Scouting was super gay except for the part where I stole and scuttled a kayak and stabbed a kid with a swiss army knife at summer camp.
FACT. Scout camp sucked because they always had you working on merit badges and studying crap. I did one year of that and said fuck it. I stuck with regular summer camp where you actually did fun stuff. Like scare the shit out of younger campers with stories about dead kids in the lake that will come get you in the night or starting shananigans with the all girls camp nearby when they'd visit us.
Protip: Have your troop not go but you wanna go anyway so your grandpa pays for it and they stick you in the "leftover troop," where there's nobody in charge that you're ever gonna have to see again, so you run around in the woods and break shit and play Mad Libs and D&D and throw pillowcases full of frogs off cliffs. It's like Lord of the Flies Lite.
explorers have been doing similar shit since the 90's...
they split explorers up in to 2 groups.. one focuses on outdoor pursuits/ leadership stuff .. it's called "venturing"
and the other called "exploring" is career prep type shit for those leaning towards law enforcement/fire/govt service type stuff.. alot of explorer posts are run by cops. LAPD has a huge post...