A Compass Lesson
| Category: | Misunderstanding / Clever Confusion |
|---|---|
| Category: | Chain Reaction Skits |
| Props: | A good compass and a map |
| Notes: | Scoutmaster (or leader) delivers a fake compass lesson with a punny punchline. Great for patrols or troop meetings. |
[Announcer:] In this scene, we see a Scoutmaster teaching a Patrol about maps and compass.
[Scoutmaster:] Now fellows, if you take a bearing from the map this way, you can now stand up and, keeping the compass away from your belt buckle, walk along the bearing until you reach your destination. John, you try that.
[John:] (Does as instructed, exits, re-enters.)
[Scoutmaster:] In the same way, you can take a bearing on a distant object, and use that to find where you are on the map. Now, each of you take a bearing on that big tree on the hilltop.
[Other Scouts:] (Pass compass around, take bearings, comment to each other: 'I think it's northwest...' 'Mine says north-northwest...' etc.)
[Scoutmaster:] (After a few moments.) All right, let's all gather around. That wraps up tonight's compass lesson. There's just one more important point: Never, never buy a TATES compass.
[Tom:] Scouter, why should we never buy a TATES compass?
[Scoutmaster:] You know the old saying... 'He who has a TATES is lost!'