OldGreyEagle 5 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 It is the tradition of the camp I am headed to next week to allow humorous, or nearly so, announcements. Here are a selection of old standards: The first meeting of the Procrastination merit badge has been postponed til Wednesday, Scouts taking the Existentialism merit badge are urged not to look to others for help The Camps Literary Guild will hold its' weekly discussion on Friday, this weeks topic, "Lord of the Flies, Myth or Plausible". The discussion will start at 1:30pm, come to the Fire Circle and turn left at the stave with the pigs head stuck on it. I am looking for fresh ideas, anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
OldGrayOwl 10 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Here is a favorite: A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the dinning hall. Music will follow. Link to post Share on other sites
John-in-KC 311 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I love it when the PD says the "A" word. The staff sings All four verses... Announcements Words of Wisdom Windbag He stole our cow Link to post Share on other sites
CrewMomma 10 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 John-in-KC, I think you need to sing all four verses for us! I have only heard the first one "Announcements" Link to post Share on other sites
local1400 10 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 OGE, at my camp one Scouter every year without fail would ask the crowd if anyone wanted to know last nights baseball scores. Of course, everyone did. So he would give the scores " 4 to 2, 7 to 1, 5 to 0," and so on. He used real scores but did not mention teams. This was done after each breakfast, and by wednesday morn the groans went up. But I always got a kick out of it, especially as I got older. Link to post Share on other sites
EagleInKY 14 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 There's the weather report: "Today, there will be weather". Link to post Share on other sites
hops_scout 9 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 When the "A" word would come out at our council camp, everybody would get up and leave the dining hall;) Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1615 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 As per Monty Python>>>> "Attention, this is your Camp Director speaking. There is absolutely no cause for alarm. " Link to post Share on other sites
scottteng 11 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/song/song-612.asp The dreaded announcements song with lots of verses. How about some tongue in cheek lost and found announcements. Link to post Share on other sites
John-in-KC 311 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 My mistake: We sold our cow. That's the only one that is not at the link above, so... We sold our Cow.... We sold our Cow... We have no use... For your bull now... BTW, thanks to scotteng. I printed those off and am passing them to Eagle Staff son . Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1615 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 "National has just informed us that there is no truth to the rumor that the Cooking and Pet Care merit badges will be merged" Link to post Share on other sites
CalicoPenn 729 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 "For those working on the Astronomy Merit Badge, there will be a Full Moon viewing at 9:00 PM at the shower house" Link to post Share on other sites
evmori 11 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 The leaders in the Troop in the next campsite from ours got up every morning & did a terrible rendition of "Oh What A Beautiful Morning". Much better than a bugle call! Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10 Link to post Share on other sites
Crew21_Adv 25 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 OGE and Fellow Scouters, Greetings! One Summer I served a few weeks as the Camp Commissioner (and Deputy Program Director). During our morning general assembly, there we a lot of short jokes and wisecracks. We often would have Scouts receive mail thru out the week. Parents would usually send a post card or letter to arrive on Wednesday to say, keep up the good work, we miss you, etc. While not quite the same as an Announcement. We did have "MAILCALL" We usually received mail about 7:30 a.m., in our country roadside mailbox on the Postman's route. So we would conduct "MAILCALL!" during morning assembly and flag ceremony. One summer, we had one teenage handsome looking SPL, about 17 years old. This young man apparently had a big family, and probably a few girl friends. In addition to a hand full of mail every day (of their Troop's six day week). He would receive at least one box each day. On Thursday, he received a record five boxes "CARE packages" in the mail. The Staff would usually read the names of the girls sending the mail, occasionally sniffing the perfume that was sprayed on the envelope. The campers would ooooooh and aaaaaah, and laugh as we read off names of who sent the mail to this young man. Names like, Tiffany, Angel, Candy, Brooke, Ashley, Bubbles, whoooops Barbie. If this SPL didn't have that many girlfriends, he definitely had a mother and sisters with a hilarious sense of humor. Well, on Thursday, with all his boxes and mail, beyond what all the other fellow Scouts had received. We placed his in a wheelbarrow. As we were concluding the fun festivities of morning assembly and wrapping up the "mail call". Our smallest staff wheeled out the big wheelbarrow in front of the assembly to this older Scout. The Camp had a big laugh for a while that morning. Scouting Forever and Venture On! Crew21 Adv Link to post Share on other sites
CrewMomma 10 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I always got a giggle out of "Gravity Check!" Gravity Check: Someone runs up on the stage and jumps up and down while yelling "GRAAAAVITY CHECK!" Then runs off stage with everyone giggling at them Link to post Share on other sites
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