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[wombat]

The terminology isn't the only issue. If your kids' "tribe names" make Smells want to throw up, there's still a problem.

Why not pretend to be Jedi? Or ancient Romans, or knights of the Round Table? There are plenty of alternatives that wouldn't leave people squirming to come up with justifications.

[jay-ell]

I don't know, Wombles. If there were a national organization of Padawan Learners out there, you can bet your bottom dollar we'd be in on it. But for whatever reason -- I guess because of what popular culture was like in the 1950s, when these groups were founded? -- there are no such things available. And nobody I know (who has kids) has time to start one.

Also, probably George Lucas would sue the ever loving shit out of anyone who tried to use the Jedi name for such purposes. Probably.

[jay-ell]

Also, I do want to point out, for the record, that this thread making Smells want to throw up makes me want to throw up. I hate the idea that by participating in this group we may be offending her. But I honestly do feel that the connection between the modern Y guides and its stereotyped roots are so tenuous that the benefits to my kid far outweigh the drawbacks.

The old "Indian guides" terminology keeps slipping out, because I am of That Generation and old habits die hard, but I know that you all understand that no malice is intended and that I know the difference between fiction and reality. I think this thread has shown me, however, that I need to make sure that my kids grow up knowing the difference, too. And in an area where the aboriginal people are multiracial and highly assimilated, maybe that's even more important -- because the NC Lumbee don't have a reservation, much more of their culture has been lost. Less prejudice, but also fewer ties to the past, fewer living examples of how a real tribe functions.

[pmcd9]

Chemical Bomb, la la la la...

[pmcd9]

See if I try to talk about skits to you mooks again.

I tried to play

WHAT DO YOU GOTTA DO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT YOU CAN'T JOIN THE RELIGIOUS CULT WITH ME?.

[AugustWest]

OK then:

Skit the First: J.C. Penny.

One kid stands mid-stage.  Another comes onstage from the right carrying a shirt.  "Hey, nice shirt," says first kid, "where'd you get it?" 

"J.C. Penny," says kid 2.

Repeat several more times, with kids carrying #####, shoes, underdrawers and so forth, each time replying that they got their article of clothing from "J.C. Penny".

Finally a fellow dressed only in a towel (or a cardboard box, or the like) comes on stage in a panicked run, hollering and gesturing.  First kid stops him and says, "Hey, you can't be out here like that!  Who do you think you are?!"

"I'm J.C. Penny!!!"

Skit the Second: Polling for the Technocrats

Scene: Political pollster comes to the door asking questions of housewife who answers the door about newly formed "Technocrat" party.

"Madam, we'd like to know if you and your husband are members of the Technocrat party.  Are you a Technocrat?"

"No, I'm not a Technocrat."

"What about your husband, could I speak to him?"

"Sorry, he's not available right now."

"That's too bad, it'll really mess up my survey if I don't get answers from both of you."

"OK, hold on a minute", yells offstage "Hey Harvey, are you a Technocrat?"

Harvey (offstage): "What?"

"I SAID, ARE YOU A TECHNOCRAT?"

Harvey: "No, I'm taking a shower."

Hilarity ensues.

[miles]

I admittedly skimmed most of the posts so pardon me if I just missed it, but Y Guides? What the fuck is that? What is the significance of Y?

Edit: Ah, YMCA.

[wombat]

I'm still trying to figure out the technocrat story.

[pmcd9]

I'm still trying to figure out the technocrat story.

Parse technocrat as taking a crap.

[wombat]

I was trying, I just couldn't make it work...

I like the JC Penney one though.

[AugustWest]

I was trying, I just couldn't make it work...

It's the actor's job to deliver the line with the proper accent, inflection and timing to make it work...

[CortJstr]

This thread retroactively makes an episode of the Simpsons makes more sense. I thought they'd completely made up the Pre-Teen Braves.

My friend is putting his kid in Cub Scouts this year and apparently it's no longer a drop-off activity. Which seems to defeat the point to me.

[Carlos del Vaca]

I had a bunch of campers do this gag as a skit once, with a narrator.
http://www.jokesbykids.com/3286/kicks-are-for-t/

[Ben-San]

So is Little Bunny Foo-Foo/Hare Today, Goon Tomorrow too hackneyed for this or just the right amount of hackneyed? That's the only one I remember. (Well, that and J.C. Penney which was already posted.)