Things you discover while reading the US Code - Is this really a problem?!?!

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  1. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    18 U.S. Code § 916. 4–H Club members or agents

    Whoever, falsely and with intent to defraud, holds himself out as or represents or pretends himself to be a member of, associated with, or an agent or representative for the 4–H clubs, an organization established by the Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and the land grant colleges, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 743; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(F), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/916

    :wtf:

    There has to be a story here.
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  2. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    (Didn’t want to derail the Dayton thread [oh the irony] but had a serious WTF moment.)
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    Huh. Well then.
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    STOLEN VALOUR.
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    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    .....the fuck? :wtf:

    I thought 4-H was Boy Scouts but with agriculture that kids stopped the minute they left high school.
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  6. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    As a member of the 6-J club, this statute is woefully outdated.
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    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    If it's a gov't agency, then you get in trouble for impersonating a gov't worker. Why wouldn't you?

    I guess someone could con members out of "membership fees" or livestock.
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    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    Well thank goodness MS-13 aren't under the microscope! :whew:
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    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    I'm selling memberships for Wordforge on the black market. Making a killing from @Soma alone and all his duals.
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