Note that I got this through browsing the toxin that is the forums from the "Satan's Toy Bag" thread, but I thought this deserved a mention in its own section.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
quote:The report also indicated that the suspect and the victim knew each other, although their relationship was unclear.
I read "nuclear".
Why was it necessary to mention that the guy was an eagle scout? What possible affairs could an Eagle Scout and a convicted drug abuser share???
I would've been less surprised if the man had been shot by two newly-graduated boy-scout teenagers, those kids can sound pretty brainwashed sometimes. "Must protect my family, my country and the corps*, to the best of my abilities, in the name of the Lord!!", or somesuch.
*At least in Sweden the scout organization is called a corps.
Posted by Marauth (Member # 1320) on :
Those are the kind of people that need to be forcibly removed from the gene pool, just take a big pair of garden shears to their nads, problem solved.
Question from the ignorant Englishman - what the hell's an Eagle Scout?
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Tabloid Magazine Headline: "What's this, a ranger caught off his God?"
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
quote:Originally posted by Marauth: Those are the kind of people that need to be forcibly removed from the gene pool, just take a big pair of garden shears to their nads, problem solved.
Yes, because if there's one lesson we can learn from the twentieth century, it's that eugenics is a good idea.
And I think an Eagle Scout is the US equivilent of a Venture Scout.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I don't know what a Venture Scout is, but an Eagle Scout is the highest... thing... you can get in the Boy Scouts.
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
The Sardaukar of scouts.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
What the hell is a scout? Do they even exist anymore? I haven't heard about or seen a scout (boy or girl) here for years.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: I don't know what a Venture Scout is, but an Eagle Scout is the highest... thing... you can get in the Boy Scouts.
It's an age thing, rather than a rank thing. You have Venture scouts at the top (over 13, I believe). Then you have scouts, and then beavers (yes, I know) at the bottom.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Re: Eagle Scout -- It's the highest rank you can earn as a Boy Scout. The ranks go: Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and Eagle. Promotion through the ranks is based on age, merit badges, community service, etc. Generally, you earn your Tenderfoot around 6th/7th grade and work towards the Eagle at around 11th/12th grade. At least, this is how it worked when I was in the scouts. I doubt it's changed, but it might have.
Re: The Article -- It's worth mentioning that the suspect is an Eagle Scout since scouting in the US (Cubs, Girls, and Boys, at least) is pretty pro-religion. Most troops are sponsored by churches or other religious institutions, and the oaths, pledges, rules, etc., all contain religious elements. Hence, you see the Boy Scouts in the news facing lawsuits for kicking out gay and atheist memebers. But that's another thread altogether.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Five legions of my fighting Eagle Scouts? Less than impressive.
I am the only male within a certain age range in my immediate family (in a geographic, rather than genetic, sense) who didn't make it to Eagle Scout.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You are like the Indian lad who didn't want the arranged marriage.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote: Michigan Department of Corrections records indicate the victim was on probation for a drug conviction.
Now what the fuck did that have to do with anything? He did not believe in god, but that's no suprise, as he was a convicted drug user...
There are places where this nutjob could concievably get off- via trailer park jury trial.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: You are like the Indian lad who didn't want the arranged marriage.
Only without the elaborate song-and-dance sequences at regular intervals. I think. I've noticed that there sre some very long intervals when we chat online. That, and he's changed his publicly-displayed name to Bollywood System.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You mean Ham? You still talk to him?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sol System: I am the only male within a certain age range in my immediate family (in a geographic, rather than genetic, sense) who didn't make it to Eagle Scout.
I didn't even make it to Tenderfoot. Although, I did survive the Bobcat through Webolos and Arrow of Light ranks in the Cub Scouts. As if that means anything to anyone anywhere.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Actually, no, I meant Simon. But Monty does keep in contact with Hamayoon so I do get occasional updates.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
Simon makes apples go.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
A curious description.
Re conversations: I often feel like I do not have enough Neat Occurances built up over any arbitrary amount of time to really support one. But, OK, New Year's resolution: send me messages everyone and I will try to be interesting.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Oh, dead god. Try and lose weight, try and learn origami, do anything but try and be "interesting".
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
"Oh dead god" is like a semantic dessert.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I can't win.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
No. Why are you online now anyway? Shouldn't you be in bed?
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Sol System:
quote:send me messages everyone and I will try to be interesting.
Get a Flatscreen monitor. It is the single most ergonomic and environmentally sound visual medium yet, and has proven to be both easier to produce and easier to recycle. All advice after this one are optional.
Do one thing every day that disgusts you. Fap. Disrespect your siblings, for they are the ones who've followed you closest in your life, nagging and bullying you into submission, and they are the ones most probable to harass you emotionally in the future.
LARP. Some of the interesting LARPers I've met didn't know if they wanted to quit LARPing and get a life at 20, some of the most confused 40-year old LARPers I know still don't.
Maybe you'll get arrested, maybe you won't, maybe you'll bite the pillow, maybe you won't, maybe you'll dance like a headless chicken after an LSD- and Advocaat-binge when the shyster got you off.
The race is long, and ultimately only with your spouse, who will try to kill you for your insurance money. Remember all the sass you've recieved, forget all the two-faced asskissing from insurance salesmen and scientologists.
Pretentiousness is good, a form of feather-ruffling where you might convince people of your importance, depth and merit, while not having gone the hard way of getting it. Be as ostentatious as you can be, you're bound to catch some poor soul in your net.
But trust me, on the Flatscreen.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Now, in Sweden, the christmas Eve is the main festivity day, not the 25th. This means I'll go eat fat food soon and get wrapped things whose ribbons my cat will eat. So from all of me to you, God Jul fr�n Nim.
Next year, I promise to swallow your souls.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sol System: I can't win.
Invest in a good, attractive, escort. Really, if you cant start the New Year with a loving, intimate relationship, at least get your rocks off with a hottie.
Nothing wrong with getting sweaty and squirty with a professional as long as you do it safely, Sollie, my good man. Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
That's what I'm planning on doing. Whee!!!!
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Everytime you take Jason's advice, an angel gets sucked into a jet engine.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Oh! A new tagline! Merry Christmas to me!
Nothin' wrong with a little booty-call. Posted by Pensive's Unfudged up X-mas (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nim': Everytime you take Jason's advice, an angel gets sucked into a jet engine.
The proper term is Angel FOD 'ing the engine. When the AD's borescope the insides, they will find little tiny pieces of angel spleen and ribs all over the place...
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
There are going to be a lot of angels sucked into jet engines from what I hear.... all because of me.
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