You own enough scouting mugs to supply the council
office for a year.
You know at least ten different ways to lay out a
cooking fire but don't know how to start your stove at home.
You can reduce the length of a fifty-foot long
rope to ten feet by tying knots in it, and you don't have to repeat any.
You are asked to discuss a classic novel and you
begin talking about old versions of the Scout Handbook.
You can frame a house with lashings.
You own so many patches you could make an entire
fashion collection by sewing them together.
You are asked to name the three most influential
figures in history, and you start with Baden Powell.
You have more palms than a small tropical island.
Your uniform is so encrusted with patches that it
can stop 50 cal. shells.
You have so many merit badges that you have to but
them on both sides of the sash.
Your patch collection takes up two rooms.
You have developed a tolerance to Philmont food.
You do all your cooking in a Dutch oven, even at
home.
You never get lost in the forest, but you can't
find your homeroom.
Your Fifty Miler patches stretch fifty miles when
laid end to end.
You can prepare camp meals that are actually good,
with no utensils.
Your Quality Unit patches extend from your
shoulder to your socks.
You enjoy eating Pemmican bars (without the need
of Tabasco sauce.)
Your adult scout uniform is green.
The moths don't even go near your red wool jacket.
You would rather sort your patches than go to
dinner with your folks.