The Girl Scouts of America recently announced that they are adding their first new badge in 20 years. It's called the badge of delegation. Girls earn this when their parents sell at least 75% of their cookies for them.
When I was a girl scout - I had to go door to door to door to door to door. My parents REFUSED to sell cookies for my sisters and I. They said, "We are not selling your cookies for you. We'll pay for the 20 boxes of cookies you kids have eaten and that's it!!!"
(this is one of my favorite jokes to tell on stage because it's soooooooooo true).
So, uh, I don't have access a girl scout and some tagalongs would be nice :) My husband loves thin mints! And I don't want to hear about Samoas! Coconut sucks! :)
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Lisa Toton is co-founder of Curvy Girl Clothing. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband. When she is not obsessing over plus size fashion, she is writing sketches (some for Curvy Girl Clothing) or you can see her on stage at many of the top comedy clubs in the Los Angeles area where she has been performing as a stand up comedian for a better part of the last decade.
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3 comments:
Are you sure it's a *badge*? The website only sells 2 cookie-related badges; they're new since I was a scount, so I'd have to ask my friend-that-is-a-leader what they're dor. This sounds more like a *patch*, though, which is something that you just buy at campsites or get for going to an event. They go on the back of the sash/vest and have no requirements, unlike badges. Badges typically have half a dozen or more requirements that must be met.
And I just spoke to my friend, who is very active in scouting and she says that the girls aren't allowed to have their parents sell their cookies, so this "badge" makes no sense. Source, please?
1) it's a JOKE.
2) I have purchased the majority of my girl scout cookies from people OVER THE AGE OF 20 in my adulthood - mostly at the office as parents are notorious for bringing the cookie sign up sheet to work. It is a rareity that I buy them from an actual girl scout, versus when I was in girl scouts and I went door to door to sell cookies. Based on the reaction of applause and laughter I get when I tell this joke, it indicates that many a person has also purchased a girl scout cookie from a parent.
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