“First prize is your cadette badge. Second prize…steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.”Reader (and non joke-getter) John responds to Tim Burgess Approves Crackdown on Aggressive, Adorable Girl Scouts.”After fielding several phone calls and reading that blog a few times, I think in fact it was a tongue in cheek story to make a political point but at the risk of the feelings of the girls scouts who where at that West Seattle site. “As the father of one of those scouts I can say that they where nothing but polite. My daughter was very upset at being accused of aggressive selling tactics. Of course they are a bit screechy, they are 10 years old. “If you don’t want to buy cookies just say no thank you. My god people these aren’t weapons toting thugs trying to rob you of your hard earned cash at the ATM. They’re Girl Scouts. Maybe you should withdraw an extra $4.00 and buy yourself a box of cookies. It might change your sour grapes o’so politically correct negative attitude. And who knows, it just might put a smile on your face.”