62ndScouting

Scouting the 62nd Bristol way…

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Just a thought…

Upon typing 62nd Bristol Scouts into Google i happened to spot the incredible number of results it suggested their was…

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41 800 in case yu cannot read it. The 6th or 7th entry down the list of Google entries then prodceeded to bring up this little joy:

 

 

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So there you go girls, you’re not welcome here anymore!

Scout winner!

…even if it was in an oversize sumo-style rugby strip!

Well done Jonty! There we were relaxing, enjoying the sunshine and merrily ignoring the half time entertainment on the Memorial Ground pitch, for Bristol Vs Rotherham, when all of a sudden we wents nuts. Running down the pitch in humerous costume in front of 4500 spectators was our very own Jonty. The crowd around us did seem to look at us…

Plugged in

Shoving electrodes into tree trunks to harvest electricity may sound like the stuff of dreams, but the idea is increasingly attracting interest.

According to New Scientist Magazine plugging your hair straightners into the local forest when on you next Scout Camp is not entirely impossible. Whilst still someway off to be developed enough to be able to take the kitchen fridge to our next green field campsite, when you lot of current Scouts become leaders – who knows! It really could be everything except the kitchen sink.

A Bucket of Toilets to behold

If you thought the toilets on summer camp were fun, then imagine having to store this lot somewhere!

Click through to number 8.

Gurning

I not too sure if the 62nd Gurning Championship actually took place on Camp this year. However, little did we realise that the legend that is Michalea Strachan won the Female World Gurning Championships at Ergmont in 2002.

Start pulling those faces, ‘cos the championship will be sure to be held soon – if not repeated!

Why didn’t we think of this!?

Those Ancient Egyptians also had problems with horrible buzzy insect things, as explained by a rather funny CBBC Programme. Pepi II of Ancient Egypt was so irritated by said buzzy flying insects that he ordered several naked slaves to cover themselves liberally in sticky sweet honey and stand away from him so the flies and other pests would swarm around them rather than him.

Ingenious! Our Scouts could have taken it in turns every day – Tesco Value honey is well cheap! We would even have let them keep their clothes on!

Why didn’t we think of that!?