Postby drawscore » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:20 pm
We used to send them off to the waterfront for "50 feet of shoreline," or "the keys to the oarlocks." We also had them look for the "keys to the outdoor chapel," and to the air marina/air strip across the lake, for "a bucket of prop wash," or "50 feet of flight line."
When I was in service, and stationed on an Air Force Base, we used to send the new kids (pay grades E-2/E-3, and even a couple of 2nd lieutenants) for the prop wash and flight line, too. An amazing number of them fell for it.
Our troop cheer was "frowned upon" by the district and council people, but we got away with it for two reasons: First, we were good (and having a membership that fluctuated between 44 and 52, helped, too) We were in the top two in district competitions, and top five in council competitions. The other reason, was that our assistant senior patrol leader was the youngest son of the deputy commanding general of the army post where my dad was stationed. He was an Eagle Scout, West Point graduate, sat on both the district and council boards, and if the district or council ever needed help or support, all they needed to do, was pick up the phone, and call him.
But in today's scouts, even with all that going for us, I think the district and council people would be all over us for the cheer. It went like this:
"Troop 27, we're the best!
We take what's ours, and steal the rest!
We chew tobacco; smoke cigars,
And push old ladies in front of cars."
We were a rowdy bunch of hell raisers, but we were good, we knew our stuff, and we had fun.
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