Well, I am glad that Thinking Day occurs in Scouting Week, so I can carry on with my theme of Girl Guide memories with some impunity.
Another fun memory of Guiding is singing around the campfire. I even put a campfire scene in Grace Awakening to celebrate these moments. One of my favorite things is making up a verse of Quartermaster’s Store for everyone present around the fire.
Got a name? I’ll make you a verse! I’m serious! Send me the name (and pronunciation if it’s not a common name) in the comment section below and I’ll make you a verse for your personal use within Guiding (or wherever your campfire happens to be).
If you don’t remember the song it goes like this:
♪ My eyes are dim I can not see ♪
♪ I have not brought my specs with me ♪
♪I havvvvvve no-ot brought . my. specs. with. me. ♪
♪ There was Shawn, Shawn making out with John ♪
♪ in the store ♪ in the store ♪
♪ There was Shawn, Shawn making out with John ♪
♪ in the quartermaster’s stor-or-ore ♪
Come on- gather ’round my fire!
PS. My husband is John. My Guides loved the naughtiness of this! lol
Shawn L. Bird 
I love campfire songs 🙂 I always thought that is was ” in the corner grocery store” ….Maybe that was just the Yukon version 😀
My name is Keren…..whatcha got for me?
♪ There was Keren, Keren, a-ripping and a-tearin’ ♪
(ripping out stitches, of course)
I learned “corner masters store” as a kid which never made sense. I figured out that it was “quartermaster” in later life. It’s a military term for the folks in charge of the food, etc. Many early Scouting songs came out of the military and when I was in Guiding we still used military terms, whistles and procedures (marching, etc) which is no longer the case.