# Cub Scouts Get Their "Naked Stuff" Merit Badge. Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163 "2015-02-08T23:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/1 "2015-02-08T23:48:21Z")
The Cub Scouts went on a tour of a naked beach. Damn. Scouting has gotten more interesting. > **[Watch: San Diego Cub Scouts hike at nude beach - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/02/04/Cub-Scouts-hike-through-nude-beach-shocks-parents/8601423073958/?spt=sec&or=on)** > > A California Cub Scout pack's hike that took the young boys through a nude beach angered some parents, but officials said "proper protocol had been observed." > [@](#): > > Scout pack’s hike that took the young boys through a nude beach angered some parents, but officials said “proper protocol had been observed.” > A Black Beach sunbather who asked only to be referred to as Michael told KGTV he did not believe the hike was “quickly re-routed.” He said it would have been apparent to the pack leader that naked people were nearby well before it became too late to turn back from the nude beach. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/2 "2015-02-08T23:53:51Z")
Have you ever seen a grown man naked? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/3 "2015-02-09T00:15:53Z")
Why does anyone have to be “protected” from naked people? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/4 "2015-02-09T01:25:15Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Have you ever seen a grown man naked? So THAT’S who you are! I should have recognized you right off! So Joey, do you still like movies about gladiators? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/5 "2015-02-09T01:37:01Z")
proper protocol is an extra long water break. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/6 "2015-02-09T01:38:09Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > So THAT’S who you are! I should have recognized you right off! > > So Joey, do you still like movies about gladiators? 😉 Wait a minute, you’re Kareem Abdul Jabbar. I think you’re the greatest, but my dad says you don’t work hard enough on defense and sometimes you don’t even run down the court except during the play offs. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/7 "2015-02-09T01:50:43Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Wait a minute, you’re Kareem Abdul Jabbar. I think you’re the greatest, but my dad says you don’t work hard enough on defense and sometimes you don’t even run down the court except during the play offs. The hell I don’t!!! LISTEN, KID! I’ve been hearing that crap ever since I was at ------- Ahem, sorry about that. It must have been terrible for those Cub Scouts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/8 "2015-02-09T02:20:18Z")
“dyb, dyb, dyb” “knob, knob, knob” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/9 "2015-02-09T02:28:09Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The Cub Scouts went on a tour of a naked beach. > Damn. > Scouting has gotten more interesting. Based on my experience, most nude beaches are like the a visit to the Playboy Mansion. Except there are no bunnies Just a naked Hugh Hefner. It’s not recommended viewing for Boy Scouts. Or anyone. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cub-scouts-get-their-naked-stuff-merit-badge-newslink/712163/10 "2015-02-09T02:36:18Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Based on my experience, most nude beaches are like the a visit to the Playboy Mansion. > > Except there are no bunnies > > Just a naked Hugh Hefner. > > It’s not recommended viewing for Boy Scouts. Or anyone. Or on a hot, summer weekend, a dozen Hefner’s circling around one bunny.