Wait, There's No Demolitions Merit Badge?

Redondo Beach, CA

Three Boy Scouts, two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old, were arrested Tuesday for blowing up a car. Looks like they put together a homemade pipebomb, which took out a 1968 Chevy, a wall and somebody's garage door.

See, if it had been guys from my troop, they'd have blown their hands off putting the damn thing together. I don't know where the hell Boy Scouts ever got the reputation as being even vaguely competent. Or trustworthy, for that matter. All those little old ladies they're helping across the street? They're pocketing their wallets. We had one guy who ran into walls on a regular basis. And I mean ran. Full on. Concussed himself once. We kept him away from the ammunition after that.

Boy Scouts and high explosives. Like chocolate and peanut butter.