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Why do the boy scouts sell popcorn?

Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:02 pm
Posted by BayouWrangler
Member since Feb 2011
1231 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:02 pm
First off, the popcorn sucks and I always feel bad saying no thanks but I can't take buying it and throwing it away. How did Girl Scouts get cookies and they get popcorn?

Also, why don't they sell something pertinent to scouting like jerky. It would make so much more sense and probably increase their volumes.
Posted by burdman
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
22814 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:03 pm to
Young boys selling a little jerky is illegal.
Posted by TheAlmightySmash
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2014
5493 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:03 pm to
i'd imagine it has something to do with a high up in boy scouts owning a popcorn company? just spit-balling here
Posted by Breaux
Member since Nov 2005
4673 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:03 pm to
I don't know, I was kicked out for eating a brownie before I learned anything.
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
7882 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:03 pm to
quote:

Why do the boy scouts sell popcorn


Ther's got to be a punchline here somewhere.
Posted by 03GeeTee
Oklahomastan
Member since Oct 2010
3427 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:04 pm to
Because if little boys went around knocking on strangers' doors asking if they"Want to pay for some Jerky?" people might get the wrong idea.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61810 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:06 pm to
Sold out of all of our scout popcorn in 1 hour this year. Eazy peazy.

The schools have all of the other crappy stuff to sale. Scouts need popcorn.
Posted by Lou Pai
Member since Dec 2014
29646 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:12 pm to
You're a clown. The popcorn is great.
Posted by Maverick01
Member since Sep 2015
581 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:14 pm to
quote:

Also, why don't they sell something pertinent to scouting like jerky


I would buy some beef jerky, but no thanks to that shitty popcorn.
Posted by mach316
Northeast Arkansas
Member since Jul 2012
4962 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:15 pm to
That popcorn is a ripoff. Fatties want the 5 gal bucket they used to sell!
Posted by makinskrilla
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jun 2009
9754 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:17 pm to
It's a fundraising thing.

Why did you feel the need to start a thread about it??
Posted by slacker130
Your mom
Member since Jul 2010
8974 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:47 pm to
quote:

First off, the popcorn sucks


Wrong. The popcorn is crack-covered or something. The stuff we got this year was gone in short order.
Posted by BayouWrangler
Member since Feb 2011
1231 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:56 pm to
I guess I mistyped. I do not like popcorn in general so if you like popcorn the scout stuff may be fine.
Posted by FulshearTiger
Member since Jul 2015
5295 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:58 pm to
I sold like the third or fourth most popcorn in the Baton Rouge area when I was younger. I won a Kareem Abdul Jabar autographed basketball.
Posted by thesoccerfanjax
Member since Nov 2013
6128 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:59 pm to
I like popcorn but those things get stuck in my teeth and I regret eating it every time.
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52587 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 4:59 pm to
They'll be selling fudge before you know it
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 5:00 pm to

Q: Why do the boy scouts sell popcorn?

A: Because they're Pipsqueaks
Posted by BayouWrangler
Member since Feb 2011
1231 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 5:01 pm to
quote:

Why did you feel the need to start a thread about it??


Trying to gauge interest for starting a movement to change it. I think beef jerky would rival the Girl Scout cookies.
Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12437 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 5:02 pm to
boy scouts used to be a really shitty organization only concerned with paying their main office. My dad was a boy scout troop leader 25 years ago. About 7 or 8 local businesses got together and donated several hundred bucks for tents for the local troop and some other camping supplies. They gave it to the local boy scout office about 15 miles away and my dad's troop never saw a dime of it despite the group explicitly telling them what it was for.
Posted by Dick Leverage
In The HizHouse
Member since Nov 2013
9000 posts
Posted on 9/25/15 at 5:05 pm to
How do you "sell out" at one house? The Scouts take orders at the door, get the cash or check, and have the popcorn delivered to the pack in a shipment that takes over six weeks. The Scouts then go and deliver to whoever they sold to many weeks back.
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