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I was kicked out of Brownies for firestarting
When I was six I wanted to join the Brownies, so my mom took me along to the local Brownie group. After a couple of weeks of ‘seeing if I liked it’ I decided to join proper, my mom bought me the uniform and the joining the Brownies ritual was to be performed at the next Brownie meeting. From what I can remember this ritual consisted of standing around a felt Brownie ritual mat, saying some oath and then lighting a candle that was on the mat (a bit weird now I think about it). Anyway, I stood on the edge of the mat, said the oath and then Brown Owl handed me a lit safety match to light the candle, however my mom always told me not to touch matches so I panicked and threw the lit match onto the felt mat. Needless to say the mat went up like a bonfire and I was asked not to come back.
(Thu 4th Mar 2004, 13:17, More)