You decide to lash together the new deck on the back of your house. 

You plan to serve foil meals at your next dinner party. 

You walk the streets in broad daylight with a coffee cup and flashlight hanging from your belt. 

You were arrested by airport security because of your FCF knife was in your suitcase. 

You didn't mind losing power to your house for three days. 

Your son hides his copy of your Adventures in Camping from you. 

Your plans for remodeling the bathroom include digging the hole deeper. 

You trade your 25 foot center console fishing boat in on that great little `15 foot canoe. 

You managed to find that 8th day in the week. 

You disconnect the automatic dishwasher in favor of the "3 pot method." 

You can start a fire using flint and steel. 

Latrines at camp start becoming comfortable. 

You gave your wife a mummy bag rated for -15 deg F for Christmas. 

You name one of your kids Deaver. 

You can recite the Royal Rangers code backwards, in order, in 2 seconds flat. 

You bought 10,000 shares of Coleman stock on an inside tip they were about to release a microwave accessory for their camp stove line. 

You plan to get rich by writing a best selling Dutch Oven cook book. 

You took a chemistry course at the local college to help you develop a better fire starter. 

The height of your social season is the District recognition dinner. 

Your are convinced the center of the universe is Camp Eagle Rock. 

You spend hours on your knees praying for boys. 

You might be a Royal Ranger if the only color beads you use on your FCF outfit are Gold Red and Blue. 


You carry a cut-and-chop card. 


If you make your kids say "Thank you" when passing the bread and butter knife. 


Your summer vacation includes a trip to National Council, Camporama or Rendezvous. 


You own at least one Fred Dever original. 


Your pastor tells you that he doesn't want a real campfire in the sanctuary while you conduct a Council of Achievement. 


You have bookmarked the RangerDJ Web Site as one of your "favorites" on your web browser. 

Over half of your clothes has a Royal Ranger emblem on it. 

You can't hear the word "ready" without breaking out into the whole Royal Ranger Motto while those "Non-Rangers" just stare at you as if you have lost your mind.. 

If your wife burns your dinner and you say "hey this is just like camp food!" 


Your son's pinewood derby car looks better than the new 2000 model chevy's. 

You enjoy roasting marshmallows with your toaster oven.

You spend part of your vacation time from work at District Pow-Wow. 

You spend your honeymoon at a District Pow Wow. 

You call your parents Commander. 

Your dad checks your gig line before you leave for school. 

You bought your new born grandson a Royal Ranger uniform. 

You might be a Royal Ranger if you ever had to pitch your tent in the rain. 

All you want for Christmas is camping equipment. 


Your pastor won't let you shoot your smoke pole in the sanctuary. 

You own more than 6 bolo ties. 

You won't go out with a girl unless she can quote the Ranger Code. 

You traded off your momma's personalized picture for an Ohio State Rangers pin at National Camporama. 

You can't find a drop light but you can find a Coleman lantern. 

You caught a nice trout on your self-made "Ranger-fly" (Red, Gold and Blue of course) 

You do more work on your GMA than you do your school work. 


You trade Pow Wow Patches instead of Baseball Cards! 


Your family game room is decorated with 20 years of Royal Ranger patch and pictures. 

You have purchased Altoids mints only to get the can to make your "char" cloth with. 

You can't pass up a flea Market or yard sale hoping to find that "final" piece for your FCF outfit. 


You tell all the new mothers in the church who have baby boys to start working with them on "The Rangers Pledge" 


Your mom or your wife knows the regulations for sewing the patches on your uniform by heart. 

If you are never lost in the woods, and just a 'mite confused' for a while. 

If your whole family is black powder certified. 


If you bring a nice big coffee Carafe to Pow-Wow, but forget all the coffee. (We love you Bridgewater!) 


The words "most miserable" and "fun" can both be used to describe a memorable camp out. 

You wake up at camp to your Senior Commander singing "Oh what a beautiful morning" using the voice of Kermit the Frog. frog..

You stop at every garage sale to find good deals on stuff for your outpost. 

If RangerDJ.com is book marked in your web browser. 

If you stay up all night working on your Royal Rangers website. 

You might be a Royal Ranger if you live in a tent instead of a house. 

your whole wardrobe is red, gold, blue. 

The highlight of your year is the FCF Trace, and the Christian fellowship with your best friends. 


You actually get these jokes and you don't understand why anyone would think this is strange... 


You buy a new car on how much camping equipment it can hold 


If you take your wife to Cabellas for her birthday.(with her permission of course) 

The highlight of your year is FCF Trace, and the Christian fellowship with your friends. 

Your main piece of furniture is your FCF box. 

If you wonder if that road kill you just passed on your way to work this morning would make a neat coonskin hat for your F.C.F. outfit. 

It rains on every camp that you go on 

Your wife and oldest daughter have completed the Leadership training course 

Your daughters attend more Ranger functions than Missionette functions. 

YOUR FRIENDS SHOW OFF THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, YOU SHOW OFF YOUR CUT AND CHOP CARD. 

Your fiancée says, "Are we ready to get married?" and you say, "Ready, ready for ANYTHING!" 

You have GPH number one on your speed dial. 


You try to cremate your deceased cat using flint & steel. 

Your married to a Missionette Leader.  


You cannot go one day without shouting out the Rangers pledge in your backyard. 

 
If your sister can only date guys with their GMA!  


You have ever pushed a tractor out of the mud at a pow wow. 

You have ever pushed a church van out of the mud at a pow wow 


Your whole wardrobe is Kaki 


You can start a fire with a piece of ice. 

...you start earning Missionette badges because you've run out of Ranger awards. 

Hang the Royal Ranger Flag with the American Flag on your house. 

you decide your old clothes are good enough to keep for the MUD RUN (its a Old thing) 

The vehicle you're most familiar with is the church van. 


your only dress suit is a royal rangers uniform 

You can tie a taut-line hitch on your kitchen table leg in 30 seconds or less.... Your wife can do it in less than a minute. 

Your daughter can only date guys with their GMA!!! 

...if you LASH on your newborn's diaper instead of using pins or disposable ones. 

Your wife sees road kill and thinks about what it can be traded for at Pow-Wow 

if your girlfriend calls you "jr commander" 

You have at least one Royal Ranger sticker on each vehicle in your driveway. 

You stay at your church until midnight working on advancements. 


Every time you go to a FCF outing your neighbors ask if you are moving. 


Your mom comes home and she is shocked your room clean, then she remembers you went camping 


If you sleep in your sleeping bag at home 


Your arms are permanently frozen in the 'Attention' position 

you have ever had to start a fire in the rain 

You are part of a Bob Cat patrol in NTC, & get lost for 7.1 miles! 

...you are making a web page for your outpost just for a merit. 

you recite the Ranger code to your wife as part of your wedding vows. 


YOUR COMPUTER DESKTOP BACKGROUND IS THE RANGER EMBLEM 


You eat burnt food and say its perfect 

You wear your Royal Ranger uniform instead of a tuxedo on the day of your wedding. 

you spent most of your younger years in Royal Rangers and in turn, are teaching in the program. 

You call your commander dad 

You'd rather sleep in a bed roll then your bed 

you wake up to the sound of your commander snoring and you think it's a chain-saw instead. 


you're capable of setting up a campsite for two hundred in an hour. 

you spend more time camping than living in your on house. 

when you go to the dentist you ask for his cut and chop card. 

Your only piece of luggage is a backpack. Trash picking become second nature. 


your room is 100% royal ranger as well as you  


You have removed your license plate upon arriving at church so you can do a devotion.  


IF YOU SPEND HALF YOUR NIGHT LAUGHING AT "YOU KNOW YOUR A RANGER IF..." 

you decide to whip the ends of your shoelaces. 


you enjoy starting your grill with flint and steel 

Your FCF stuff fills one garage while your wife's car sits in the rain. 


All your silverware locks together in sets of three 


You can find edible foods under a 2' snow, but you can't find 2% in the Dairy Case.  

Your Dop kit includes earplugs and IvyDry. 

you enjoy starting your B.B.Q grill with flint and steel 

you can recite the ranger code backwards in 3.4 seconds 


You sit all day and widdle a stick into a pinewood derby car 


you pitch your tent in your room 

You wake up in the middle of the night, notice your gear is floating in 3 inches of water, then roll over and go back to sleep. 


You own stock in GPH  

Your favorite memory involves a campfire and bug spray.  

You wake up in the middle of the night not hugging your pillow, but your Royal Ranger Uniform!! 

You make hunters stew in your fireplace on a regular basis. 


You wife wonders if you own any clothing that does not have a royal Ranger emblem on it. 


You have to pack up half your living room decorations, or kitchen utensils to go to trace or Rendezvous. 

You own a pickup just to get your equipment to camp. 

When your Wife can quote the Ranger motto when she hears "Ready" mentioned. 

When your house walls are decorated with pictures of pathfinder trips, ranger awards, and certificates. 

Your wife confiscates your good FCF cast Iron for the kitchen. 

You own more Khaki uniforms than suit jackets 

When Fred Deaver as senior guide is an re-occurring nightmare ! 


You can tie your knots blindfolded, behind your back, or in the dark. 

When you can cook all meals at a camp in your mountain pie irons. 

you've ever caught the neighbors cat in your practice snares. 

you have more outing patches than can be worn on an ankle length awards vest. 


When adults in your church call you commander rather than by your real name. (because that's what the kids all call you, and most of them may not even know you have a real first name) 


You have a 6' cleared area and fire ring in your yard. 


You get yelled at for pitching your wet FCF tent in the front yard to dry it out. 


Duct tape and twine can fix anything. 


The pastor and three other's corner you in the hall, and ask you if you want to work in rangers and the only answer is "YES".