Re: Article for Gilwell Gazette

Love it.

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Papin
Sent: Mon, 14 May 2012 01:05:47 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Article for Gilwell Gazette
Here is a draft of the article for the Gilwell Gazette.  Please let me know if you think I should add or change anything.  I needs to be submitted by the 15th (Tuesday).
 
Jim P
 
The following is not verbatim, but the gist of the conversation
is true:
Wife: How was your weekend?
Me: Great, I'm an Antelope (we do run run run , we do run
run)
Wife: A what?
Me: An Antelope, it's my patrol critter
Wife: Did you join some kind of fraternity?
Me: No, but I did learn a lot of good stuff and I've got
lots of ideas on how to make the troop better.
Wife: That's nice dear.
A little while later…
Wife: What's that song your singing?
Me: Huh?  Oh, that's
the Gilwell song. I used to be an Antelope….
Wife: Are you sure you didn't join a fraternity?
Me: Yea, why?
A little while later…
Wife: What are you doing now?
Me: I'm working on my woggle.
Wife: YOUR WHAT?
Me: My woggle
Wife: What did they do to you, I need to call someone.
 
What they did to me was to get me excited about scouts
again.  Not that I wasn't before but I
came back from weekend 1 with ideas.  I
was reminded why I got myself into this.  I now remember what scouting is all about.  And most of all, I had fun.  I met new people, made new friends and had
some awesome food (that was the most pleasant surprise of the weekend).  And to top it off, I'm an Antelope (we do run
run run , we do run run).
As for the rest of the Antelopes (we do run run run , we do
run run) it's been a busy couple of weeks.  Some of us have been traveling for work but we've managed to get
together several times and sent lots of emails working on our patrol project.  We look forward to presenting our topic in a
fun and interesting way.  We have also
been working on a skit and song for the campfire and have planned our day 5
evening meal. 
We have also created some awesome totem tags and reviewed
several Antelope (we do run run run , we do run run) patches which we hope to
have in time for the upcoming weekend.  The
weather looks like it's going to be perfect for the festivities of weekend 2.  We look forward to it.
Signed,
The Antelopes (we do run run run , we do run run).