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When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

Below, I have composed a list of Boy Scout Merit Badges that seem to follow whatever category they fall under.

Ones that seem like they take 5 minutes

Disabilities Awareness
Indian Lore
Traffic Safety

Ones that do, for a fact, take 5 minutes

Fingerprinting

Ones that seem far too broad

Inventing
Safety
Scholarship

Ones that nobody would ever have a use for

Stamp Collecting
Coin Collecting
Composite Materials
Genealogy
Pulp and Paper

Ones for low-aspiring scouts

Automotive Maintenance
Home Repairs
Metalwork
Plumbing
Railroading
Textile
Truck Transportation
Welding

Ones for the mean person inside you

Nuclear Science

Miscellaneously bad

Bird Study
Chess
Dog Care
Insect Study
Reptile and Amphibian Study
White Water

Feel free to suggest any. Btw, I was being nice here. There are many others that do not deserve to be merit badges.

Last edited by xputnameherex (Feb 1 2012 4:08:42 pm)

Muffin

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

Nobody would ever have a use for boy scout badges.

Different55

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

I'm currently working on Nuclear Science... so was this guy.

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xputnameherex

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

I'm currently working on Nuclear Science... so was this guy.

Nuclear Science was actually the one that I had the most trouble about putting in the list or not.

Note: I don't take any of these, partly because there are no counselors for them, and partly because they are simply too easy.

@Muffin: Not true at all, actually. Just no use for these ones.

Koya

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

That's why I left and joined the ATC in the RAF.

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krubby

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

Dentistry merit badge :I

Why is that a thing.

(Made-up) Requirements: Successfully drill a tooth! Successfully yank out a tooth! Successfully defend yourself in court when sued for malpractice!

You put on all the biology merit badges, despite them being a very useful study when out in the wild.

Deetz

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

For ones that nobody has a use for AND ones that do take 5 minutes: basketry. Yes, there's a basketry merit badge.

Different55

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

For ones that nobody has a use for AND ones that do take 5 minutes: basketry. Yes, there's a basketry merit badge.

basketry is fun.

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xputnameherex

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

For ones that nobody has a use for AND ones that do take 5 minutes: basketry. Yes, there's a basketry merit badge.

Actually, Basketry takes forever. You have to make a round basket, a square basket, and a stool. And it can actually be kind of useful.

Different55

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

For ones that nobody has a use for AND ones that do take 5 minutes: basketry. Yes, there's a basketry merit badge.

Actually, Basketry takes forever. You have to make a round basket, a square basket, and a stool. And it can actually be kind of useful.

It takes a few days. I made the awesome-est round basket. It was the second one I did, and it's shaped like a trophy cup.

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Deetz

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

For me it took 5 minutes, I made the worst little baskets in the history of history I used them for fire starters after.

xputnameherex

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Re: When Boy Scout Merit Badges Go Wrong

For me it took 5 minutes, I made the worst little baskets in the history of history I used them for fire starters after.

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Mine had to be really good, so it took forever.