# BSA allegedly inflates rolls to obtain $$$ **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770 "2005-01-26T15:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/21 "2005-01-28T01:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by The Boy Scout Law > A scout is: > Trustworthy > Loyal > Helpful > Friendly > Courteous > Kind > Obedient > Thrifty > Brave > Clean > and > Reverent Am I the only one that finds **honest** is noticeably missing from this list? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/22 "2005-01-28T02:39:34Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Am I the only one that finds **honest** is noticeably missing from this list? In fairness, there is “trustworthy” ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/23 "2005-01-28T04:05:23Z")
For what it’s worth, “cheerful” is the missing quality. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/24 "2005-01-28T06:14:48Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > WeirdDave, you are one of the coolest people on the boards. Too bad you’re claimed already; GingerOfTheNorth is a lucky woman. Aww, shucks. We need a dig your foot in the dirt with red cheeks smiley. Seriously, thank you. Don’t tell Ginger, though, she’ll want an increase in her allowance and maybe bathroom privileges or something. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/25 "2005-01-28T06:15:48Z")
In all fairness to the BSA, back when I went from Cub to Life scout, the adults in my own little troop decided that if the issue ever came up, they would welcome a gay man as a leader in the troop. The real shock came to me when I realized that there are more than 1000 troops and that troop numbers were repeated, hence my own troop was not a unique a delicate snowflake. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/26 "2005-01-28T06:17:14Z")
I’m an Eagle Scout. I still don’t know what to do, though really, it doesn’t much come up. I don’t put it on my resume, but there’s not a lot else I could do that would make any difference since I have no active involvement with the BSA to end. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/27 "2005-01-28T14:55:46Z")
> [@Bill H.](#): > > For what it’s worth, “cheerful” is the missing quality. Not bad for dragging up 20 year old memories, though. Right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/28 "2005-01-28T19:52:02Z")
I can’t believe I missed “cheerful”. I knew there was one missing. I looked into it, and it could be that these “Does” were part of the council’s “Learning for Life” programs, which are often partnerships with schools. In some cases, the school just tells the council that there are, say, 200 kids enrolled in the program. If the council doesnt have info for all the kids, sometimes a District Executive will fill in names for the missing spots when they are required to file their paperwork listing every member for such things as United Way filings. The numerous “Does” could be a situation like this, where the kids real names were never put in, or if the school never got as many kids enrolled in the program as they expected, the Council’s paperwork was never updated to reflect that. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770/29 "2005-01-28T20:08:27Z")
**Maus Magill** wrote > [@](#): > > Not bad for dragging up 20 year old memories, though. > > Right? > Right? **CynicalGabe** wrote > [@](#): > > I can’t believe I missed “cheerful”. I knew there was one missing. Honestly, I didn’t know the missing one off the top of my head. I did know there was one missing from the beginning because for whatever anal geek reason, I knew there was 12, counted the listed ones and saw 11. I couldn’t recall the missing one, but “honest” didn’t sound right, so I googled. I haven’t said it since I was a boy scout 25 (ouch!) years ago. I’m with cub scouts currently, and things there are a bit simpler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bsa-allegedly-inflates-rolls-to-obtain/286770.md?page=1)