Let's Talk Pinewood Derby

As I've mentioned several times on this blog, publishing a Pinewood Derby gag in the New Era would mean a great deal to me. (Why pinewood and not some other piece of Mormon culture I couldn't possibly say. This just sort of became a passion for me.)

Well, I'm proud to report that this month's New Era features a pinewood derby gag submitted by me! Rather than post that gag today, I'm going to hold off for a week and instead post one of the half dozen or so gags I've submitted in the past that the magazine passed on.

This is another variation on the idea that a cub scout's parent, and not the cub himself, built the pinewood racer. It's a well I went to often in my earlier failures and, in hindsight, it's probably too rote an idea for the New Era to even consider. (I can safely say this because I am the foremost authority on getting a pinewood derby gag published in the New Era.)

Ah, but next week, you'll see a pinewood derby gag that doesn't derive its humor from the same vein. I'm so excited to share it with you, but if I could wait eight years for this, then you can wait another week.*

*Of course, if you can't wait a week, you could always go and purchase a copy of this month's New Era--I assure you that it is going to be a collectors item!