Nice one.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

Many elders burn a tie on their one-year anniversary.

Yup. My son just sent his last four months of photos home from his mission and it included shots of a cerremonial burnign of one of the ugliest ties I have ever seen. And it was done in what I considered a stupid and unsafe manner. He's 20.

[LA Ute]

Originally Posted by creekster

Yup. My son just sent his last four months of photos home from his mission and it included shots of a cerremonial burnign of one of the ugliest ties I have ever seen. And it was done in what I considered a stupid and unsafe manner. He's 20.

A misisonary from my ward dropped molten polyester on his bare foot when burning his tie. He sustained 3rd-degree burns and ended up coming home early on a medical release. Lots of tragi-comic elements in that story.

(He was one of my former Scouts, an Eagle to boot. I never should have given him that Fireman's Chit.)

[Tex]

Originally Posted by LA Ute

A misisonary from my ward dropped molten polyester on his bare foot when burning his tie. He sustained 3rd-degree burns and ended up coming home early on a medical release. Lots of tragi-comic elements in that story.

(He was one of my former Scouts, an Eagle to boot. I never should have given him that Fireman's Chit.)

Ah, the Fireman's Chit. The bane of every Scoutmaster.

Our mission had a slightly different tradition: burn a tie at 6 months, a shirt at 12, and an entire suit at 18. I didn't participate, but I had a companion who dutifully burned a suit on the appointed day.

[MikeWaters]

It was slightly different in our mission as well. It was tie at 6 months, shirt at 12 months, and the embassy at 18 months.