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"Scouting Jokes Part 1"

A Scout Leader was teaching his Scouts about survival in the desert. "What are the three most important things you should bring with you in case you get lost in the desert?" he asked. Several hands went up, and many important things were suggested such as food, matches, etc. Then one little boy in the back eagerly raised his hand. "Yes, Timmy, what are the three most important things you would bring with you?" asked the Scout Leader. Timmy replied, "a compass, a canteen of water, and a deck of cards.

"Why's that,Timmy?"

"Well," answered Timmy, "the compass is to find the right direction, the water is to prevent dehydration..."

"And what about the deck of cards?" asked the Scout Leader impatiently.

"Well, Sir, as soon as you start playing Solitaire, someone is bound to come up behind you and say, "Put that red nine on top of that black ten!"

A Scout Leader noticed that his new Scouts were having difficulty getting organised for their first cook-out. He asked if they had forgotten any essential equipment.

"Yes, " one boy replied. "My mother."

(Reader's Digest Treasury of American Humor)

One Scout to another: "The best way to make fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match."

(Reader's Digest Treasury of American Humor)

Two Cubs whose younger brother had fallen into a shallow pond rushed home to Mother with tears in their eyes. "We're trying to give him artificial respiration," one of them sobbed. "But he keeps getting up and walking away."

(Reader's Digest Treasury of American Humor)