At a recent outing I overheard an adult explaining to a scout that a certain skit was outlawed by 'national'.
I have heard similar things throughout my scouting career. Scouting seems to attract doctrinaire, fussy, hairsplitting, nitpicking, pompous, priggish, people who promulgate rules and regulations from thin air. We are relentlessly policed by self-appointed inspectors of uniforms, advancement experts, Eagle project czars and various keepers of the unknowable.
Actually anyone can debunk these misapprehensions with three relatively thin books, the Uniform and Insignia Guide, the Guide to Safe Scouting and the Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures Guide. There have been many times I have answered an incorrect assertion with the correct policy and received a doubtful grimace.
Donald S. Roberts has gleaned a number of these legends from an E-list. I have heard many of them; some are quite entertaining.
Which skit was it?
Posted by: A.B. | February 24, 2006 at 09:05 AM