I’m disappointed that it wasn’t the first reply.
Though I guess Indiana Jones is a good one too.
ETA:
I went on some Orientation competition/event. Which was weird because they didn’t really TEACH us how to do anything, we just got a map and I got my dad’s old compass from the Navy (or maybe he got it at a surplus store, but it was old school with radium dials) and tried to find the stations. Some how I came in third??
Anyway - my dad was familiar with that area and said, “It’s pretty lousy with rattlesnakes.” Ended up having me wear my moon boot winter boots during the spring. I’m sure I looked like a dork, but what ever.
At the end we were supposed to make hot dogs and everyone was supposed to make their own fire. I knew about this part and brought paper (which happened to be orange) and a magnifying glass. I had learned to use a magnifying glass to burn wood at Girl Scout day camp (a story for another time) and even made a burned wood name plate as a craft for myself, so I was very familiar with making fires with a magnifying glass.
One of the adults told me this wasn’t going to work, or would take too much time. I’m like, “Oh no, I’ve done this before.” I start a fire right up and hes like, “Huh, maybe a chemical in the orange paper made it burn better.”
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One of my early realizations that some adults don’t know WTF they are talking about.
