--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sallysunshine01" > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Links? > > > > > > > > > > Are you kidding? I can barely remember the *names* > > > > > of all the towns I've lived (over 50 at this point), > > > > > much less the names of their newspapers, much less > > > > > which towns I was in when I saw these things. You > > > > > guys who have more settled lives might be able to > > > > > remember such things, but not I. :-) > > > > > > > > The above is still true, but because this seems to > > > > mean so much to you, I Googled "girl scout cookies" > > > > plus "scholarship" and got 6690 page hits. If you > > > > have a serious Need To Know thang going down, you > > > > could do the same thing. > > > > > > Sorry, but I spot-checked, and there wasn't one > > > college scholarship offered for selling the most > > > Girl Scout cookies. > > > > > > The Girl Scouts *do* have scholarship programs, but > > > they aren't for selling the most cookies; and they're > > > for a variety of things besides college, including > > > summer Scout camp tuition or Scout membership fees for > > > those who can't afford them. > > > > > > The pages that have the words "Girl Scout cookies" > > > and "scholarship" on them don't necessarily connect > > > the two, of course. None of those I checked did, > > > in fact. > > > > > > It's possible your memory has conflated articles > > > about Girl Scouts getting college scholarships, on > > > the one hand, and Girl Scouts selling cookies, on > > > the other. Or perhaps there were articles that > > > mentioned both, but again, without connecting the > > > two. > > > > And, given your history of wanting to prove me > > wrong, in any circumtance possible, about the > > tiniest of tiny nitpicks, it's possible that the > > dozen or so sites you "spot checked" out of the > > 6690 just weren't the right ones. Get back to > > me after you've checked them all, Ok? :-) > > Actually, no, you made the claim, then supplied > the purported documentation as "proof" of that > claim, so you get to find the "right ones" if > you want them found. > > You should have simply stuck with saying what you > remembered instead of citing a misleading Google > search as though it validated your memory. You've > done enough Google searches to know they don't > always turn up what you think they're going to > turn up. > > The idea that a search on "Girl Scout cookies" plus > "scholarship" would yield only items about college > scholarships awarded for selling the most Girl Scout > cookies was absurd on its face, and you knew that.
Judy, you forgot the "but of course" as in "but of course you knew that". ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
