The scouts,

[DaveK]

 

[Pacu]

We had a couple of girls in our troop, explorer post and Order of the Arrow.

The scoutmasters were always on guard

[Zed]

yeah i was surprised they mixed, but coral is a bit of a tom boy so she dont mind , she isnt a girly girl 

[DaveK]

I was in the Scouts - it was great fun

On St. George's day, we used to do a massive parade with all the local Girl Guides, Sea Cadets, Boys Brigade etc leading up to a service in Lichfield Cathedral - quite a spectacular event really.There used to be hundreds, maybe thousands of kids. Every year it ended up in a massive brawl between us and the Boys' Brigade

We always won too 

[Pacu]

we would play a game called "hot butter and blue beans"

hide an offical scout belt
the person that finds it beats the hell out of the other scouts until they reach a safe zone.
person doing the beating has to say hot butter and blue beans upon discovering the belt before the beating takes place
person that found the belt gets to hide it next

also we would play paintball except with bb guns

and flour bomb campouts...take flour and put in into rolled up paper towels. Use these to play capture the flag.

[DaveK]

we would play a game called "hot butter and blue beans"

hide an offical scout belt
the person that finds it beats the hell out of the other scouts until they reach a safe zone.
person doing the beating has to say hot butter and blue beans upon discovering the belt before the beating takes place
person that found the belt gets to hide it next

also we would play paintball except with bb guns

and flour bomb campouts...take flour and put in into rolled up paper towels. Use these to play capture the flag.

 

Well, that's put Paul off the idea anyway

[Medic82]

They let girls in the Scouts now? 

I suppose they have to really nowadays don't they? 

Do the Brownies and Girl Guides still exist then?

In Norway they have merged the YMCA and YWCA to the Norwegian YWCA-YMCA and everyone wear’s the same uniform.

[DaveK]

YMCA = Young Men's Christian Association, yeah?

It sounds like it's quite a different thing in Norway Medic. Over here I'm sure it's just an organisation to help people who've fallen on hard times - not a youth "group" as such, and certainly no uniforms or anything.

[Pacu]

we would play a game called "hot butter and blue beans"

hide an offical scout belt
the person that finds it beats the hell out of the other scouts until they reach a safe zone.
person doing the beating has to say hot butter and blue beans upon discovering the belt before the beating takes place
person that found the belt gets to hide it next

also we would play paintball except with bb guns

and flour bomb campouts...take flour and put in into rolled up paper towels. Use these to play capture the flag.

 

Well, that's put Paul off the idea anyway

and our scoutmaster would whoop our arses with a canoe paddle should we misbehave

[Medic82]

YMCA = Young Men's Christian Association, yeah?

It sounds like it's quite a different thing in Norway Medic. Over here I'm sure it's just an organisation to help people who've fallen on hard times - not a youth "group" as such, and certainly no uniforms or anything.

The YMCA and YWCA is the scouts in Norway, we do help the local community through fundraisers and participating in activities like picking thrash around the public parks and so forth, be we don’t help single people who've fallen on hard times with food or shelter, that is something that the city helps them with. For the uniform it’s just a shirt with all the badges that you have earned and the classic scout scarf.

[DaveK]

YMCA = Young Men's Christian Association, yeah?

It sounds like it's quite a different thing in Norway Medic. Over here I'm sure it's just an organisation to help people who've fallen on hard times - not a youth "group" as such, and certainly no uniforms or anything.

The YMCA and YWCA is the scouts in Norway, we do help the local community through fundraisers and participating in activities like picking thrash around the public parks and so forth, be we don’t help single people who've fallen on hard times with food or shelter, that is something that the city helps them with. For the uniform it’s just a shirt with all the badges that you have earned and the classic scout scarf.

Cool. I just assumed that the YMCA would be the same the world over - I guess not! I think it's an American organisation originally is it?

[Medic82]

YMCA = Young Men's Christian Association, yeah?

It sounds like it's quite a different thing in Norway Medic. Over here I'm sure it's just an organisation to help people who've fallen on hard times - not a youth "group" as such, and certainly no uniforms or anything.

The YMCA and YWCA is the scouts in Norway, we do help the local community through fundraisers and participating in activities like picking thrash around the public parks and so forth, be we don’t help single people who've fallen on hard times with food or shelter, that is something that the city helps them with. For the uniform it’s just a shirt with all the badges that you have earned and the classic scout scarf.

Cool. I just assumed that the YMCA would be the same the world over - I guess not! I think it's an American organisation originally is it?

The dude that started it all was British

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell

[DaveK]

Baden Powell started the Scouts - I meant the YMCA

[Medic82]

Baden Powell started the Scouts - I meant the YMCA

He's like the Leatherman of Scouts

[DaveK]

In the scouts, you were taught an awful lot about him.

He was a very foresighted guy it proved.

[Zed]

im lucky enough to live near brown sea island,baden took the scouts there alot, im sure they still use the island , it is a cool place to go but sadly not cheap now on the boat