# "I was kicked out of the Boy Scouts for eating a Brownie" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746 "2010-12-11T02:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/21 "2010-12-12T11:49:01Z")
I think the cannibalism interpretation is funnier, because it’s so unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/22 "2010-12-12T21:22:06Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I think the cannibalism interpretation is funnier, because it’s so unlikely. Perfect combination of post and poster. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/23 "2010-12-12T21:26:23Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Cannibalism. > > > [@Eonwe](#): > > > > Yes, sexual. Cannibalism is never funny. > > “This clown tastes funny.” ‘It’s going to have to be Manhattan style. She’s on her period.’ ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/24 "2010-12-12T21:38:28Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I was kicked out of the Cub Scouts for hailing a water taxi. (Well, more than that, really, but it was the final straw.) Sorry for being so obtuse, but I don’t know what this means. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/25 "2010-12-12T21:59:52Z")
I don’t get the water taxi thing either. Oh, and “sexual”. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/26 "2010-12-13T14:20:46Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Yes, sexual. Cannibalism is never funny. “I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they’re real lemons?” QED Oh, and sexual, but I first heard that joke when I was maybe in 7th grade. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/27 "2010-12-13T14:33:33Z")
Read it here for the first time…thought it was drug related. but Dutch scouts use junglebook names ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/28 "2010-12-14T12:11:59Z")
I actually assumed that the point was that the less sexually enlightened would think it had to do with cannibalism, so that the others had the defense of claiming it wasn’t a dirty joke. Your mind just made it dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/29 "2010-12-14T14:51:02Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > the other one I heard (in 8th grade, I think) is: > > Q: What’s blue and comes in Brownies? > A: Cub scouts. The version I heard was: Q: What’s white and comes in brownies? A: Roman Polanski. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746/30 "2010-12-14T19:06:15Z")
The version I learned was totally non-ambiguous: “Why do men like to eat Brownies?” “Because with Girl Scouts, you get hairs caught in your teeth.” Which not only clearly disambiguates the sexual connotations, but emphasizes the pedophiliac nature of the described situation. Yeah, I went to school with some real cards, let me tell you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-kicked-out-of-the-boy-scouts-for-eating-a-brownie/563746.md?page=1)