I hope I can re-tell this and have it be as funny as when Manuel told me.
Manuel received a calling during the summer to work with the 12 year old boy scouts. He meets weekly with them and then camping trips once in a while. So the other day Manuel gets an email about a meeting on thursday night that he needs to attend. Well, Thursday night is sort of when he plays basketball and more recently it's also become chess night. So he crossed the chess game off his list and went to the meeting in his clothes for basketball.
He walks into a room full of very serious scouting men and women, they are decked out in more scout paraphenelia than he has ever seen and they seem to be all older than him. He takes a seat and they start talking and presenting people with various neckerchifs (sp) and awards . Two men suddenly stand up and start singing a song something along these lines...
"We are the Owls, we are the Owls" Complete with shoulder movements up and down
"We are the Owls, we are looking for something that we just don't know" At least this is what Manuel is hearing. He said he turned his head sideways and raised his eyebrows.
The men sit down and they keep talking when another set of men stand up and start singing...
"We are the Beavers, We are the Beavers"
"We are the Beavers, we are looking for something that we just don't know"
"What in the world is this" (in Manuel's voice it is so hilarious), He is thinking
So they finish the program and an older gentleman approaches Manuel and asks if he is new here.
"Uh, yeah I'm new here" says Manuel
The old man says" Well welcome to the Brotherhood of the Beaver" he moves his face a little closer to Manuel and he puts his 2 front teeth out and makes a beaver noise.
"OMG, I have to get out of here" Manuel says to himself
He excuses himself to use the bathroom and puts those basketball shoes to good use as he BOLTS out of the church.
Whew!!! A deep sigh of relief and a fear that he won't soon forget..... The Brotherhood of the Beaver!!!!!
6 comments:
Oh, that is so funny! I can totally imagine Manuel telling that story!
I'm sure Manuel was conflicted about associating himself with the Beaver crowd - being part of the grown-up, sane crowd already. Oh that is hilarious! I read the story to Brett. His comment: "It is amazing how adults take scouting so seriously."
LOL! I am sure he thought they were nuts! What I would have paid to be a fly on that wall.
That´s hilarious! Maybe Manuel can put on the Beaver song and dance for us next time we´re in town. Tell him to practice up, we´ll be looking forward to it!
oh. my. gosh. what in the world??? i'd totally love to hear manuel tell the story (with his accent of course!). so crazy.
Chad and I both laughed so hard when we read your post! You guys are so fun!
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