The Paraplegic Girl Scout

by Dylan Kane '09


     SELLING COOKIES

Paraplegic Girl Scout: Hello. Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?

Man: Sure! I'll take two boxes of Thin Mints, please.

Paraplegic Girl Scout: Here you go.

Man: [opening package] Wait a minute; these cookies are all broken into crumbs!

Paraplegic Girl Scout: Even if the outside is broken, there's still sweetness on the inside.

 

     SETTING UP CAMP

Counselor: Okay, Susie, can you go around and pick up those poles for me? Great. Becky, why don't you start getting out the sleeping bags for us.

Paraplegic Girl Scout: What can I do, Counselor?

Counselor: I have a very special job for you! Can you go very fast in that wheelchair?

Paraplegic Girl Scout: Well, I've never turned the speed above 3 before...

Counselor: See if you can go chase down some dinner for us.

 

     AROUND THE CAMPFIRE

Girl Scout A: One time when I was a kid, I broke my arm when I fell off a swing!

     [oohs]

Girl Scout B: One time at basketball camp, I tripped over a ball and and sprained my ankle.

Paraplegic Girl Scout: One time, I fell out of my wheelchair into the fireplace.

 

     TOURING THE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CENTER

Guide: In the old days, men used to oppress women. But now, women are free to do whatever they want! You, what do you want to do?

Girl Scout A: I want to be a doctor!

Guide: Great! What about you?

Girl Scout B: I want to be a scientist!

Guide: Awesome! How about you?

Paraplegic Girl Scout: I want to walk again.

Guide: [pause]

 

     AT CHURCH

Priest: God made every one of you to be very, very special.

Paraplegic Girl Scout: God made me this way so that I can triumph over adversity!

Priest: Actually, God made you that way because you descend from the Tribe of Simeon, the Israelites damned to be divided and scattered.

Paraplegic Girl Scout: My dad likes to say that I'm from the Tribe of Chernobyl.