Warning: keep your kids out of the BSA

[Fun_in_my_z]

Scout Master

Dear Mom & Dad,

Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and are worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Alan when it happened.

Oh yes, please call Alan's mother and tell her he is okay. He can't write because of the cast.

I got to ride in one of the search and rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would have found Alan in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning.

Scoutmaster Wayne got mad at Alan for going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Alan said he did tell him, but it was during the fire so he probably didn't hear him.

Mom, did you know that if you put gas on a fire, the gas will blow up? The wet wood didn't burn, but one of the tents did and also some of our clothes. Billy is going to look weird until his hair grows back.

We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Wayne gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked okay when we left. Scoutmaster Wayne said that with a car that old you have to expect something to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance.

We think it's a neat car. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if it's hot, sometimes he lets us ride on the fenders.

It gets pretty hot with 10 people in a car.

He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrol man stopped and talked to us. Scoutmaster Wayne is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver.

In fact, he is teaching Brian how to drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. All we ever see up there are logging trucks.

This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake. Scoutmaster Wayne wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and Alan was afraid he would sink because of his cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake. It was great. You can still see some of the trees under the water from the flood.

Scoutmaster Wayne isn't crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about the life jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on the car so we are trying not to cause him any trouble.

Guess what? We have all passed our first aid merit badges.

When Billy dived into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a Tourniquet works.

Brian and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Wayne said it probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said he got sick the same way with food he ate in prison. I'm so glad he got out and became our scoutmaster.

He said he sure figured out how to get things done better while he was doing his time. By the way, what is a pedal-file?

I have to go now. We are going to town to mail our letters. Don't worry about anything we are fine.

Love, your son

[mdbrandy]

Dude, your post title sure got my dander up until I opened it! I've seen this one before - pretty funny. Being Committee Chairman of our BSA troup and having 3 Boy Scouts of my own, some of it even rings true!

[TomoHawk]

I was a Boy Scout & leader for 25 years.... :|

And I remember ALL that stuff!

not

[Fun_in_my_z]

mdbrandy. Make sure your boys make their eagle, it opens up a hole bunch of opertunities for them.

Im not yet a eagle scout and ive allready been offered schoolerships. Looks good on job aplecations to.

Now before i miss spell much more i better shut up.

[mdbrandy]

mdbrandy. Make sure your boys make their eagle, it opens up a hole bunch of opertunities for them.

Im not yet a eagle scout and ive allready been offered schoolerships. Looks good on job aplecations to.

Now before i miss spell much more i better shut up.

My oldest has one more eagle required merit badge to go, and his eagle project. He's 16.5 years old, so has a year and a half left to do it. My middle scout just made Life last week, and he's only 13, so plenty of time. The youngest is only a Tenderfoot right now, so there's a long way to go. Plus he's in gymnastics, which will interfere with scouts, so he'll have to make a choice in the next year or two as to what he wants to do.

[Gophman]

mdbrandy, my response is the same as yours until I read it, very funny and yes all that does happen.

I am the Cubmaster for 60 boys and really enjoy the experience and my 7 yr old twins are getting a lot out of it.

[panchovisa]

Boy scouts was a blast until I got kicked out.

Seems the scout master didn't appreciate it when my buddy and I put our name tags on the "in water" side at the lake and snuck back to camp to smoke. When we got back to the lake we saw all the others holding hands and walking out into the lake. Of course we walked up behind the leader and asked "What kind of game are we playing?".

Well that, and three years as a tenderfoot (didn't want to be too competitive).

[Dead Roman]

got my eagle on the day of my 18th birthday last year. I thought this was gonna be serious. Pretty funny stuff though

[texas280]

I was all ready for battle when I read the title of the post, but got a real kick out of the letter. I'll have to send it to the rest of the camping committee of our Troop. If you've got Scouts in the family, try to encourage them to earn the Eagle rank by age 16. After the boys turn 16 we lose many to the "fumes" (gas fumes and perfumes). Its a hard task to earn the rank, so few do. The saddest thing is to talk to men I meet that were close to Eagle as a kid, but never finished. To a man, they regret it. That is a hard thing to explain that to a 17 year old Life Scout who is caught up with all thats going on in his senior year in high school and losing interest in the BSA program.

[Fun_in_my_z]

Yeah i guess i could have titles this thread a little better.

Im a 16 year old life scout. All reguirements are complete exept the paper work and the board.

Wish me luck!