1^st Mount Waverley Cub Scouts

I Did It My Way Awards

The IDIMW Award is presented to the Cub Scout or Leader who did or said the sillyest, dumbest or most amusing thing during the term. Nominations can be made for any dumb act that happens during the term

Melted Buckets
For the second year in a row a Leader managed to place a plastic bucket too close to the gas hot water service on the Sixer and Seconds camp. Leaders now use metal buckets for hot water. (We lose more plastic buckets that way)

My Cup's Named
At a sleep over a discussion was being held about naming eating gear. A Scout who was helping out turned his mug over to show that it was named - unfortunately the mug wasn't empty to start with - It is now recommended that all drinking vessels are empty before being turned upside down.

Clean Chips
At a sleep over one leader asked another leader to pass him the cooking oil. He grabbed a bottle that resembled cooking oil and handed it to the other leader who poured it on the Barbecue. Luckily it was only the Leaders who ate the "funny tasting chips" The Barbecue foamed really well when it was cleaned - Leaders are now required to purchase detergent that is a different colour from cooking oil.

Missing Keys
We spent half an hour after a Pack meeting searching for a Leader's car keys which went missing. He checked the pockets of the jacket he was wearing (where the keys should have been) without success. As the search continued another Leader decided to check the hall and found another jacket hanging up. Thinking it belonged to one of the Cub Scouts he picked it up and found it was heavier than expected. Upon inspection a set of keys was found in the pocket - The Leader who had misplaced his keys was wearing someone else's jacket - Leaders are now required to wear their own jackets.

Fitting In
At the time the majority of the Pack was from Glendal Primary School. During a Pack Council meeting we discussed how to help members from other schools fit in. One Cub Scout suggested we should increase term subscriptions and buy all non-Glendal members a Glendal School uniform. (But Cubs don't wear school uniform to Cubs once they are invested)

Knee Scourer
On a camp, one of the activities was potato printing. One of the Cub Scouts ended up with blue ink on her knee. Later that evening, she was seen scrubbing at the ink stain. One of the Leaders asked her what she was doing, "Getting the ink off my knee", she replied. "Not with a kitchen scourer you don't" was the Leader's response.

Apricot Tip
When on a camp our patrol box converts into a cupboard by tipping it on its side and sliding a shelf into place. During the weekend we opened but didn't finish a tin of peaches. It was covered with plastic wrap and put into the cupboard to protect it from wildlife. A pack up time one of the Leaders tipped the patrol box over. Unfortunately the peaches were still sitting on the shelf. It took a while to clean all the juice out of the patrol box contents.

Sandpaper
On a Pack Holiday with a magician's theme, one of the activities for the Cub Scouts to make their own wands. The Cub Scouts each collected a stick and were provided with materials to decorate it. One of the Cub Scouts was using a piece of sandpaper to smooth the stick however as one of the other Cub Scouts pointed out, its best to use the rough side to sand.

Cuboree Woggle
On a Cuboree, one of the Cub Scouts was wondering how far he could slide his woggle onto his finger without it getting stuck. Unfortunately he slid it slightly further and ended up with his finger stuck in the woggle which was made out of a short piece of PVC pipe. Luckily first aid were able to loosen the woggle.

Smells Great
One afternoon on a Pack Holiday one of the Cub Scouts asked his Leader why the Ranger's pet dog was following him around. The Leader asked him if he'd worn different clothes to bed and he replied that he wore exactly what he was wearing now. His Leader said that he probably smelt really good to the dog. He changed his clothes almost immediately and wasn't bothered by the dog again.

Mind Reader
The Leaders were sitting around chatting on a Pack Holiday after the Cub Scouts had retired to bed. There was a torch being flashed around in one of the bunk rooms. His Sixer was heard to say "Turn off the torch, or the leaders will confiscate it and then you won't have it". The torch was turned off but was turned on again soon after. One of the Leaders went into the bunk room and said "Turn off the torch or I'll confiscate it and then you won't have it" before walking out. Soon after, the Sixer was heard to say "See, see, I told you!"

The Stolen Torch
On a Pack Holiday, one of the Leaders found a torch that had been left behind in the dining room. Soon after an indignant Cub Scout walked in to complain that someone had stolen his torch. The Leader, who was holding the torch at the time, asked him to describe the 'stolen' torch. As its description matched the one the Leader was holding he asked "if it was like this one" The Cub Scout confirmed that it was. Eventually the wayward torch was reunited with its owner.

The Missing Sleeping Bag
On a sleepover a young Cub Scout claimed that he didn't have a sleeping bag. We made a bed for him with a borrowed inner sheet and blanket. After the Cubs had gone to bed we did our routine check around inside the hall before retiring ourselves and found a spare sleeping bag. Surprise, Surprise, it had the name of the Cub Scout who was insistent that he didn't have a sleeping bag.

Spare Clothes
On a District Activity day one of the activities was a water slide. The Cubs were told to bring a change of clothes however one Cub didn't but decided to have a go on the waterslide anyway. Afterwards he was sent to search through the lost property box to find some spare clothes. He pulled out a pair of tracksuit pants and declared "Hey these are mine". At least he knew they would fit and we ended up with one less lost item.

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