Comments on: Ten Least Popular Boy Scout Merit Badges Of 2006

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:40:21 +0000

This is a fascinating data set, but the BoyScouts still totally suck.

By: Dave Coustan

Dave Coustan — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:29:53 +0000

Burgling and crying are essential skills, to be sure.

By: Judson

Judson — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:12:33 +0000

I’m half-suprised. I would think entrepreneurship and journalism would be higher, but it makes sense after reading eric’s comment.

On a side note, I read bugling as “Burgling”.

By: Eric Hodel

Eric Hodel — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:38:44 +0000

As an Eagle Scout, I have some answers.

Leatherwork is so high up because its so easy. Everybody gets it the first day of their first summer camp.

I suspect Entrepreneurship, Journalism, Public Health, American Business and American Labor require sending letters, meeting officials and/or writing lengthy reports, something nobody really wants to do.

I bet at least half of the 582 people who got the American Labor merit badge eventually earned every other merit badge in the list. Those scouts are the crazy ones.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:05:29 +0000

Not to go immediately off topic, but I misread a couple of the labels on your Swivel chart - Pottery registered as “poetry” and Cycling registered as “crying.” I kind of thought it was a Girl Scouts list.