[TheForge] Boy Scout Demo

[Andrew Vida]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:09:59 -0400, John Newman <johnnewman@sympatico.ca> 
wrote:

> get them to crank your blower,

	GOOD GRIEF!  You *disgusting* little man!  Someone call
	the police.

> maybe strike for you,

	Goodness, will the obscenities NEVER stop?!!

> Just having some  of them bend or twist something hot can impress
> them a lot.

	Oh, GROSS!

> Mentioning that you a couple or them can do this near the end of
> your demo can be a good carrot to get them to pay attention.

	The old "piece of candy, little boy?" routine.  Criminal!

> I ran an event at a regional scout camp several years ago with Venturers
> (scouts 14-17) where I had a patrol of 4-7 Venturers come by for about an
> hour.  I showed them how to make a tent peg  them each of them made three
> pegs.

	Oh sure... tent pegs... I'm sure they were tent pegs.