Jack’s Winning Words 3/12/14
“You have one hand, I have another.  Put them together, we have each other.”  (From a Girl Scout Song)  The GSA was founded, 3/12/1912, with 18 members.  Now there are 3.2 million.  The scout songbook contains many that I know, like…”Do Your Ears Hang Low.”  I wonder if Marion Anderson, the opera singer, ever sang that song when she was a scout?  The GSA mission: To make the world a better place.    ;-)  Jack

 FROM LP IN PLYMOUTH:  Huh.. I don't remember that one. I sure my little daisy will learn it soon enough ====JACK:  There must be room in your brain for this great song...
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do They Wobble to and Fro?
Can You Tie Them in a Knot?
Can You Tie Them in a Bow?
Can You Throw Them Over Your Shoulder Like a Continental Soldier?

Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do Your Ears Hang High?
Do They Reach Up to the Sky?
Do The Droop When They're Wet?
Do They Stiffen When They're Dry?
Can You Semaphore Your Neighbor with a Minimum of Labor?

Do Your Ears Hang High?
Do Your Ears Hang Wide?
Do They Flap From Side to Side?
Do They Wave in the Breeze?
From the Slightest Little Sneeze?
Can You Soar Above the Nation with a Feeling of Elation?

Do Your Ears Hang Wide?
Do Your Ears Fall Off?
When You Give a Great Big Cough?
Do They Lie There on the Ground?
Or Bounce Up at Every Sound?
Can You Stick Them in Your Pocket Just Like Little Davy Crockett?
Do Your Ears Fall Off?

 FROM TARMART REV:  ...good cookies come from those young ladies as well . . . I've eaten my share over the years!!====JACK:  Why do they call them "Thin Mints," when they are fattening?  But they're good, aren't they?

 FROM RI IN BOSTON:  Wow!  3.2 million Girl Scouts...let the cookies sale begin.  Those caramel/coconut ones "make the world a better place."====JACK:  My sister was once a Girl Scout, and I sold cookies for her....going from office to office in a multi-story office building.  Together, we were the leader in sales.  For me, selling the cookies was almost as much fun as eating them.

 FROM TRIHARDER:  Light one stick afire and it will burn out.  Put two lit sticks together and they will keep each other lit.====JACK:  Who can say "No" when the little Girl Scouts come and ask if you want to buy some cookies?  Not I!====TH:  I give the money, don't take the cookies.  The local branch gets much more support that way; the cookie company none.====JACK:  I'm willing to share some of mine with you.

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Loved seeing the old fun song "Do your ears hang low>"! ! Printed it out to sing with our Seniors at the St. Patrick's Day Luncheon...Corned Beef and Cabbage, of course!  But there is no bad Girl Scout Cookie; I ordered the new Cranberry-Citrus this year, but all are favorites. The interesting thing is, that Dollar General stores have most of these flavors of cookies, and they taste very much the same! We have  scout troop in our church, and they do good work. Thankful for leaders who  take that responsibility!!====JACK:  Make sure that the seniors go through the motions as they sing the song.

 FROM PH IN MESA:  have you purchased any Girl Scout cookies yet this year?   we have 5 boxes so far tho i suspect it all benefits the cookie company more than the Girl Scouts.====JACK:  I read that only 85 cents goes to the baker of the cookies, which includes the cost of packaging and transportation.

 FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER:  Don't forget that tomorrow is Pi Day.====JACK:  My favorite is lemon meringue...or maybe, cherry.