Friday, July 27, 2006
Today was also a laid back day, for me at least. I am currently ill and was very sick this morning. The other scouts arrived today from the Lötschenpass hike. Some other scouts and parents went on a day-hike to Jungfraujoch. Later in the evening we experienced an awesome campfire.
I still have no information on the Bunderspitz, Lötschenpass, or Jungfraujoch hikes, I'll try to get that later tonight.
This post is a day late because of the campfire last night.

Campfire
This campfire was the loudest ones I've been to. Because many of the scouts come from non-English speaking areas, the staff avoids using complicated phrases, and does a lot of cheers, "the wave", et cetera. But this campfire was just... CRAZY! Through many of the skits you could see the great American influence on the world. Our skit was doubtlessly the best, and the croud absolutely LOVED it, I recieved many compliments after the campfire about it. I'll go over what we did in it.

The Skit
Dan: We are Troop 1018 of Dranesville, Virginia, of the United States. (croud cheers, for a surprisingly long time)
Dan: Now, as you all know, America is the home to Microsoft. (croud boo's, this is a good sign)
Dan: For this one... special occasion, Bill Gates has given us permission to show you the first version of your Scout Leader on Microsoft Windows Just don't tell the European Union! (as per the EU vs. Microsoft lawsuit). The Troop 1018 Players proudly present "If Your Scoutmaster Ran on Windows". (again, a surprisingly long applause)
Chaz: Look! There he is now!
Harry: Let's go see him! (Dan/Chaz/Harry run up)
John: Welcome scouts. You've got mail!
Dan/Chaz/Harry: Yes! Awesome! Great!
Dan: Yes! I got a MAGAZINE!
Harry: I got a letter from my father!
Chaz: Aww... I got SPAM again! (holds us can of SPAM, laughs and applause follow)
(Dan/Harry/Chaz walk off stage)
(Chaz runs up)
Chaz: Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster! A strange man's coming in to our campsite, he's right behind me!
John: Don't worry... I've got VIRUS protection!
(Peter walks up)
Peter: Hey, uh, I was wondering if you--
(John cuts him off with a punch to the face, Peter falls down, "ooh"s, laughs, and applause follow)
Chaz: Thanks Scoutmaster. (Chaz walks off)
(Chris runs up)
Chris: AAAAHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH SCOUTMASTER!!!!! I CUT MY FINGER AND IT'S BLEEDING EVERYWHERE, WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?
(John pulls out paper hourglass, and flips it around a few times, this lasts a long time, the longer it lasts, the more laughter from the audience occurs)
John: Is is bleeding... BADLY?
Chris: YES YES YES HELP!!!
John: Huh... (pulls out hourglass again and flips it some more, waits about 20 seconds, by then Chris is on the ground passed out, lots of laughter)
John: You need First Aid! (croud laughs for about a minute non-stop)
(Chaz/Dan/Harry run up)
All three: Ahhhh!!!! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ahh! (lots of freaking out)
Chaz: SCOUTMASTER! Patraic fell out of a tree!
Harry: Mark fell off the Fründenhutte!
Dan: Branson got crushed by a glacier!!!
John: Scoutmaster overload... Scoutmaster shutting down.
Dan: We can's have this now!
Chaz: Oh no!
Dan: I know... let's... REBOOT HIM!
Chaz/Harry: Yeah!
(The three kick John in the behind, John looks up, lots of applause)
All three: Come on....
John: Welcome scouts!
All three: Yes!
John: Illegal shutdown detected! Scanning hard-disc for errors! (groans, laughs, applause)
All three: Aww....
John: One percent... two percent... three percent...
Chaz: Gah, this could take forever!
John: Four percent... five percent... six percent... (continual laughter)
Harry: I know! Hit F1!
(Chaz pokes John)
John: Illegal operation in J9_46KxO.ini (John pulls a blue sheet over himself)
All three: Oh no... oh no... it's the... BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!! AHHHHH!!!!!
(The three run off, lots and lots of laughter followed by a huge applause came, it was great)

So that was the skit, and it rocked. The Hong Kongese troop in front of us especially liked the part with the "Blue Screen of Death". We also did a rythym/song thing that was short and sweet, the people loved it too. The rest of the evening had many short skits, songs, and even fire breathing. The whole production had hundreds of scouts and leaders. It was an exhilarating evening.

Conclusion
Later tonight I will have a post about what we did today, this includes the High Ropes Course which was awesome. I'll also try to get info on the hikes I missed.

That's all I have for now. Cheers!

~Dan

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Dan (myself) says "To mom and anyone else who may be concerned, I've finally gotten over the fever (it was 37.6°C, about 99.5°F or something), I only have a few remaining symptoms that will be done with soon. Also, Lori, respond to your email!"
We are supposed to get snow on Monday!