Jokes/Wild Geese/Bridges/Comet

It was pointed out to me rather forcefully sometime back , that
most humor is at the expense of another. This indicates that either
the hearing group is over sensitive, or the telling group is under-
sensitive.

I do not necessarily regard the Parrot joke as inappropriate, but
that's just me. A joke teller will always offend someone.
Unfortunately. Especially when we have so many running around now,
looking to be offended.

Regarding Marc's betting joke, I _do_ find it inappropriate for Scouts.
IMHO, it is the "bodily function". Which is _exactly_ why kids of this
age group would love it.

There is a story about Abraham Lincoln.

There was a group of men gathered, that included the President. One
man spoke up "Gentlemen, I have a story to tell, seeing as no ladies
are present...". to which the President replied, "No sir, but there
are gentlemen present." The story was never told.

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Wild Geese

I have never seen the harm in being sent on wild goose chases, and I
have gone after everything from relative bearing grease and red/green
running light oil to shore line and fallopian tubing. Including the
infamous "snipe hunt". I never felt that I was being "hazed" by this,
and if fact felt that if I wasn't accepted, they wouldn't waste the
time to send me/us on those.

Re. the above segment, I think it's a sad commentary on today's society
that we have become so intolerant of things that every joke must stand
the "Church" test before being told, and every time honored tradition
must be viewed with suspicion lest those honoring them "abuse" the
younger generations.

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The rope bridge on page 532 of the Boy Scout Handbook is a "Monkey
Bridge". It is a standard pioneering project, and is described starting
on page 91 of the 1995 printing of the Pioneering Merit Badge book.

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Tonight, I viewed the comet Hale-Bopp again, at about 7:30. From
directly facing the pole star, it was relative bearing -45 degrees
(0=north, 270=-90=west) at an elevation of 30 degrees. Can't miss
it - it's that "fuzzy" star. Of course, _this_ was in Phoenix.

YiS,

Chuck Bramlet, ASM Troop 323
Thunderbird District, Grand Canyon Council, Phoenix, Az.

I "used to be" an Antelope! (and a good ol' Antelope, too...) WEM-10-95
Please E-mail any replies to: >> chuckb@aztec.asu.edu <<
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