Jack's Pack Meeting

Jack's Pack Meeting: "

So we went to Jack’s first pack meeting. Jack got over the fact that we didn’t get to the Den Leader in time to make sure he received his badges just in time for the guest speaker —an SLC Arson Inspector.

This guy did a great job —very interesting stuff. However, some of the content (think *slide show*) might not have been exactly “age appropriate”. Here a few of my favorite “paraphrased quotes”:

1) Arson Guy: We call gasoline “Scout Juice” because some Scouts use it to create fires…but don’t do that.

2) Arson Guy: I hope nobody sees the dead body in this picture.

Scouts: Where’s the dead body?

Arson Guy: Well, you can see the charred black skull here (pointing). This guy was the victim of a chair fire. You can see he tried to get up but it was too late. He fell over in front of his chair where he died.

3) Arson Guy: This is a picture of a dual suicide fire where two people lit themselves on fire inside their car.

Scouts: Why would they do that?

Arson Guy: Well, they weren’t too happy with life.

4) Arson Guy (explaining a house explosion): This lady was sleeping right here and took the last ride of her life 10 feet in the air, then fell down through her floor to the basement. Then her roof fell in on top of her. She died.

5) Arson Guy (explaining investigative techniques): One of the things we look for is a tail. The arsonist leaves a trail of gasoline away from the target so it can be lit safely.

6) Arson Guy: Teenagers are very resourceful and inquisitive. They get on the internet and find out how to make pipe bombs, acid bombs, dry ice bombs, and Mentos bombs. All of those are illegal. Well the Mentos bomb isn’t illegal.

7) Arson Guy (wrapping up): So, if you don’t go to college and get a high-paying job —the Fire Department’s been good to me.

8) Jack to Arson Guy (after the presentation): Have you ever seen a house fire where there was gasoline all over the basement?

Arson Guy: Yep

Jack: No, I mean the *whole* basement —like *flooded*?

Arson Guy: Yep

Jack: Cool
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