1. You know all the uses when tying knots.

2. You eat better at camp than you do at home.

3. You can find your way around a foreign city without using a map, just the sun.

4. You can pitch a tent anywhere with your eyes closed.

5. You can relate anything you do to a camp story.

6. Your friends limit you to one camp story a day.

7. You get excited about camping in weather any sane person wouldn’t venture out in.

8. You go to London to visit the BP house and everything else is just a side trip.

9. You know who BP is.

10. You sell popcorn instead of cookies, but deep down inside you love those cookies.

11. You’ve been to at least one jamboree and had the time of your life.

12. You know what a jamboree is.

13. You can match any number you hear in regular conversation to a number in a Troop/Crew you know.

14. You forget that girls in scouting are actually girls until you see them in “girly” clothing ex. bathing suite.

15. Girls, you NEVER forget that guys in scouting are guys ;)

16. You can’t live without a paddle.

17. You don’t actually know how to use an old fashion compass.

18. You see a fleur-de-lis and think of Scouts before Quebec, unless you live in Quebec.

19. You are not actually a Boy Scout but you tell people you are because they have never heard of Ventures or Explorers.

20. You automatically hit it off when someone tells you they are also in Scouting.

21. You schedule your classes around your meetings.

22. You know the very small difference between a scouting and non-scouting event.

23. You can’t figure out why people have such a hard time getting their 40 hours of community service in High School

24. Fires are made from more gas than wood.

25. The meetings go on, even if you are locked out of the meeting room.

26. Tents are optional when camping.

27. Rain is seen as a source of drinking water…not a pain in the butt.

28. You organize your msn friends list by scouting group number.

29. You have more badges from camps then you know what to do with.

30. You have a collection of Woggles in more colors than a rainbow.

31. You know what a Woggle is.

32. Naphtha stoves are the way to go…none of these massive heavy propane tanks.

33. You do know what poison ivy looks like, but you are the first person to get it because you just couldn’t care less.

34. You know Nalgenes are the way to go

A. You own many Nalgenes in all sizes and colors.

B. You try but can never succeed to break a Nalgene bottle.

C. You finally break the dang Nalgene!

35. You don't know why people use flashlights.

36. You can kick white waters butt in a canoe, but the moment you hit flat water you tip.

37. You first move away from home and all you eat is camp food because it is the only thing you know how to cook.

38. EVERYTHING is just better outdoors.

39. You give a normal person your left hand to shake and don't even realize it until they look at you funny.

40. You see the dirt in your food, but eat it anyway.

41. You begin packing 5-20 minutes before you're supposed to leave.

42. When every scar has a camping story behind it.

43. You start humming camp songs in class.

44. You know the exact date that Scouting became Co-ed, and are constantly saying "No, I don't mean Guides...Scouts is Co-ed..." to people the first time you tell them you're in Scouting. And are constantly educating those same people that Scouting goes past the age of 12. And that youth can be as old as 25 in Scouting.

45. You couldn't imagine dating someone non-scouting.

46. You see a pile of wood near the river and within a day you’re floating away.

47. Camping is second hand nature to you.

48. You could not think of a better way to meet great people than Scouting.

49. Your tent floats at night from all the "gas".

50. Ashes get into your hot chocolate it adds the little bit of extra flavor. Same goes for marshmallows.

51. As a Scouter, your fire starting tools of choice are flint and steel and camp fuel (which gets pour on when the kids aren't around).

52. Walking the kids to school becomes a wildlife identification hike.

53. You buy your next car based on how much gear it will carry.

54. Takes less time to buy food for12 people for camp then it takes to do your own shopping.

55. You have mastered the skill of changing in public without exposing yourself.

56. When people at work ask what you did at the weekend then stare at you like you're crazy when you tell them.

57. When you can get everyone’s attention with just a cheer!

58. When you & your group do a cheer for a group of people who aren't in Scouts. They look at you insane when your Cubs start yelling things like "watermelon" and "Tony" or even "soup" but you can understand them.

59. When you name your first child Baden.

60. When you have a weather rock outside your house.

61. When your house has as much Troop stuff in it as anything else.

62. You are known by your scout name to more people than by your real name.

63. When you introduce yourself as a scout... with a day job too.

64. When you recognize people down the street, but don't recognize them because they are not in uniform.

65. When you actually know what the name of the knot used to tie your shoelaces with is.

66. When you go on a yacht the first time and teach the sailors new knots.

67. You believe that synthetic ropes are more boring because they don't need whipped on the ends.

68. When your camping gear consists of a single day pack and a huge duffel because you have to carry spares for everyone else.

69. When someone asks you how to fix something, and you can give step by step instructions, even though you may have never done it yourself.

70. People offer to lend you a tent for a non Scouting event and then look at you strangely when you explain you have 3 at home.

71. When you can strike a match off a bar of soap.

72. When you wear a camping shirt to class and everyone looks at you like your diseased.

73. When you brag to your friends about how indestructible your socks are.

74. When you play catch by bouncing Nalgenes off rocks.

75. When someone says "I just broke my arm" and you respond immediately with" its okay I brought duct tape".

76. When people don't believe you that the lighter in your pocket is not there to light up cigarettes but to light up campfires.

77. When more than half of your Facebook groups have something to do with scouting.

78. When people hear your summer schedule of camps and meetings, and look at you like you're crazy, and then you tell them that its your down time, then they know you are!

79. When you have a separate drawer just for camp shirts.

80. When for a solid week after getting home from camp you have an insatiable urge to string up a bear bag before going to bed.

81. If you've ever used a compass to walk from the Bedroom to the kitchen and then triangulated up a couple trees to the pantry.

82. When you and your significant other met while working at camp, and over half the people at your wedding were scouts. (also, as a side note, our Boy Scout troop were ushers at our wedding and cleaned up afterward!)

83. When you watch Survivor and you know you could do so much better!

84. When you can get a meal by using an ordinary pocket knife and a long stick.

85. When tents are optional...along with a shelter at all.

86. When you read through this whole thing laughing, but still have at least 10 more reasons in your head that you're contemplating adding.

87. When you run the mile in gym, everyone else is on the ground dead, and you say,

"That was just a warm-up for the 10 mile hike, right?"

88. When your youth group goes on a 3 mile hike and your the only one that knew to bring water and a first aid kit.

89. When you refer to the chipmunks as "Mini-bears."

90. When you come home from a camping trip and your nice tan washes off in the shower.

91. When you chop your toothbrush in half to save weight when backpacking.

92. When your in an airplane and you are correctly pointing out towns, your camp and your house from 20,000 feet... just because.....

93. When you lap a guy in the mile swim that started ten minutes before you. Then take a victory lap when finished. Maybe that’s a cross between NASCAR fan and Boy Scout.

94. When the stuff that Les Stroud does in Survivor man is reliable to things you've done in Cub Scouts.

95. When you get back from camp and realize you've had 12 hours sleep in 60 hours.... and you have a Biology test the next day.

96. When you won’t even consider buying white clothes because you know they'll end up a different color.

97. When you start off a sentence by saying "this one time at summer camp..." .

98. When your closet is 90% Olive Green, cammo, and Khaki.

99. When you remember being 16 and still wearing the same scout shorts you wore when you were 10. or hand me downs.

100. When you watch CSI and think "I could do better... what’s taking them so long to figure this out?"

101. You come home from a Jamboree and walk down the street at home and want to say “hello” to everyone you walk past, because it just feels natural

102. When your in the mountains on a family vacation a few states away from home and you run into a group of scouts that you know hiking in the mountains.

103. When you have fonder memories of your first Nalgene than you do with people.

104. When the first gun you ever shot was a BB gun at camp, and you thought you were hardcore.

105. When your canoe tips over, and all your toilet paper gets wet, but you hang it up to dry then use it anyway.

106. When in a crowd that is being particularly loud you put up the sign expecting everyone to follow suit and shut up.

107. You base you're clothe purchasing on whether or not you can/should wear it at camp.

108. You get lost in the woods just to practice finding your way back home.

109. When you find you can put off the need to pee for an entire day, just because it's really cold and you can't bear the thought of having to pull your pants down.

110. When the only time you book time off work/vacation time is for camping.

111. When your house has more sleeping bags than number of people.

112. When you always have a tent in the trunk of your car.

113. When you consider mud an element.

114. When someone can tell your entire life story simply by looking at your drawer of camp shirts.

115. You threaten to quit your job, when the boss tries to schedule you to work during meeting nights.

116. When you decide to go to camp even though you have a final project due on Monday that is worth 20% of your grade and you haven't even started.

117. When you plan your route to camp to pass as many Starbucks coffee shops as possible.

118. When you're late for the Group Committee meeting because there was a 10-minute wait at the Starbucks drive-through.

119. You know you're a Boy Scout when you light "strike anywhere matches" on your pants zipper.

120. When you start quoting Lord Baden Powell on a hike.

121. When your friends and family come to you to borrow camping stuff.

122. When you demand that Ultimate Frisbee should be an Olympic event.

123. When you feel that it is a sign of weakness to put on bug spray.

124. When you feel naked because you don't have a knife (or two, or three) on you.

125. When the only tan your legs get is between where your shorts end and your knee socks start.

126. When you don't have to stop at home after work because you already have enough gear in your trunk to last a week at camp.

127. When you have a vast collection of knives and your family and non-scouting friends think you are a little crazy.

128. When the greatest feeling in the world is the putting on the fresh pair of socks you've been saving in your backpack.

129. When on the weekend before you start college, instead of spending it with your family and packing, you go to Scout Camp.

130. When you run out of regular socks and start to wear your scout socks to school instead.

131. When you know how to light your hand on fire and not feel a thing.

132. When you use your campfire blanket as your comforter at home.

133. When you wear your hiking boots more than you wear normal shoes.

134. When you go crazy if you can't go hiking at least once every couple days.

135. When you spend your entire summer trying to get the camp director to let you sleep outside instead of making you sleep inside the cabin.

136. When you walk around with a Nalgene clipped to your belt for a full month after you're done working at scout camp for the summer... and wonder why people give you strange looks.

137. When you wonder why people give you weird looks when you show up to class looking like you're ready to go hiking... which you're going to do after class is over.

138. When you navigate based on where the sun is.

139. When you like your camp name better than your real name.

140. When you show up to your brother's orchestra concert in full class A... and wonder why your mom is embarrassed that you're wearing your uniform.

141. When you have to stop yourself from singing the announcements song in class... so you sing it as loudly as you can in your head.

142. When you don't care if you get poison ivy.

143. When you have the ability to fall asleep anywhere, anytime no matter what's going on around you.

144. When you keep camping gear in your dorm room and consider going into the woods around campus and sleeping out there instead of in your bed.

145. When you're happier outside than inside.

146. When you tell your non-scouting friends stories and they think you're insane.

147. When your best friends are from scouting.

148. When you will do everything in your power to make it to your scouting meeting.

149. When your friends tell you to go hiking because they know that you'll be in a better mood as soon as you hit the trails and can't hear man-made sounds anymore.

150. When your girl/boy friend is from scouting.

151. When camping all your worries and stress disappear.