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10-03-2009, 04:47 PM
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Boy Scouts selling popcorn
if i get ONE more boy scout here trying to sell popcorn...."you can only have so much popcorn, you know"...i'm going to tell em...."i know where your puppy lives"
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10-03-2009, 05:12 PM
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Curmudgeon
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Originally Posted by dayexco
if i get ONE more boy scout here trying to sell popcorn...."you can only have so much popcorn, you know"...i'm going to tell em...."i know where your puppy lives"
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Does this mean I shouldn't
send my nephews over? 
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10-03-2009, 05:14 PM
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hahaha...i'd much rather have them ask for a donation to the pack, so they can keep ALL the money. we get all this "crap" in our house, cookies, popcorn, etc. etc....don't eat any of it.
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10-03-2009, 05:14 PM
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Illusion of Perfection
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Originally Posted by neolitic
Does this mean I shouldn't
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Not unless they have puppies... 
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10-03-2009, 05:16 PM
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Trailer park boy
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When I see the girl guides selling cookies, I buy 10 boxes.
I love girl guide cookies.
My wife thinks I'm nuts.
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10-03-2009, 05:23 PM
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Curmudgeon
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One year our troop sold fertilizer
to earn our way to summer camp.
I sold 100 50# bags, poor Dad.
We had to go to the rendering plant
to pick it up, then he schlepped
me all over hell delivering the ****.
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10-03-2009, 05:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by neolitic
One year our troop sold fertilizer
to earn our way to summer camp.
I sold 100 50# bags, poor Dad.
We had to go to the rendering plant
to pick it up, then he schlepped
me all over hell delivering the ****. |
I can picture that!! He probably never thought you'd sell 2 1/2 tons of it.
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10-03-2009, 05:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shanekw1
When I see the girl guides selling cookies, I buy 10 boxes.
I love girl guide cookies.
My wife thinks I'm nuts.
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We have girl scouts, and you guys got ''girl guides''?
By the way: the girls scout cookies are good because they are made with 100% real girl scouts. 
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10-03-2009, 05:46 PM
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Curmudgeon
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You might say his pride in my
work ethic was some what tempered
by the smell of the station wagon. 
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10-03-2009, 05:47 PM
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Trailer park boy
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Yep.
Same thing basically, 'guides' is one step along the path, 'sparks', 'brownies', 'guides' etc.
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10-04-2009, 04:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by neolitic
You might say his pride in my
work ethic was some what tempered
by the smell of the station wagon. |
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10-04-2009, 06:09 AM
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My daughter just started Brownies (2nd grade), and the Girl Scout Cookie sale form allows you to buy cookies and donate them directly to a charitable organization. All you have to do is write the check.
BTW, if I had to give up the bad GS jokes learned back in grade school, I think it's only fair the rest of you do, too. 
I also had two Boy Scouts who sold popcorn, I hated it as it's hard to sell something 3X over priced that isn't particularly good to begin with.
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10-04-2009, 06:15 AM
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What we do, is simply donate directly.
What I hate, and have to participate in, is selling tickets or chances from our civic club. I usually write a check and trash the tickets.
My little girl has 13 "cushions"....for sporting events....has to sell to cover costs for their traveling basketball team. $10 each...and I bet, I will have 13 of these cushions forever. This, and the sides of ribs for Superbowl Sunday are the fundraisers, and I hate having to participate....
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10-04-2009, 06:43 AM
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The Duke
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Quote:
Originally Posted by neolitic
One year our troop sold fertilizer
to earn our way to summer camp.
I sold 100 50# bags, poor Dad.
We had to go to the rendering plant
to pick it up, then he schlepped
me all over hell delivering the ****. |
Gee...I can't imagine how they went from **** to cookies and popcorn in that short amount of time.
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10-04-2009, 06:51 AM
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In some neighborhoods, they could be delinquents selling crack...consider yourself blessed... 
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10-04-2009, 06:55 AM
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Back in the day "28-30yrs ago" when i was in this we sold light bulbs. Taught us to be careful with the packages, good work ethic and it was something every home needed.
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10-04-2009, 07:10 AM
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My neighbor's kid came over yesterday to sell popcorn. He didn't say a word, just pushed the order form to me. If it weren't for ME telling the kid to ask me this or do that, he wouldn't have said a peep the whole time.
I bought a $9 popcorn item and he walked away. I told him to come back because he never even said thank you. I had to tell this kid to say "thank you".
I know his parents and I'm debating about letting them know about how poorly manned their kid was with me. I know kids are shy, but there is no excuse to be like that especially when you're trying to sell something.
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10-04-2009, 07:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by woodchuck2
Back in the day "28-30yrs ago" when i was in this we sold light bulbs. Taught us to be careful with the packages, good work ethic and it was something every home needed.
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I sold lightbulbs too for a fundraiser....It must have been about 1973...and like you noted, everyone needed them.
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10-04-2009, 07:36 AM
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hurtlocker
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had some kids last year selling softner salt
It was about 50 cents more a bag they said they would put it in the basement mech room
20 bags please 
finally something I could use
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10-04-2009, 02:52 PM
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slave driver
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stuff, stuff and more stuff
My son, as a cub scout and then boy scout, always had the popcorn sale, then they went to the candy bar sale, always had "extra" of everything.
Now, my daughter had the cookie thing going on, from the time of her being a brownie to girl scout, I know that I personally gained at least 40 + pounds.
Cant just eat one thin mint or dosido's and the tagalongs last about 2 minutes with a glass of milk
Wish they had gone to the Joe Corbis pizza kits, yummy!
Just buy 10 boxes of popcorn and hand it back out for Halloween 
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