TOP TEN SIGNS YOUR TEAM IS MENTORING
THE WRONG HIGH SCHOOL TEAM

10. They don't seem to know which end of the snow shovel to use.

 9. Just 10 minutes into the competition, one of the kids has his lips      frozen to an ice chopper.

 8. One of the kids is wearing nothing but a bathing suit and clogs.

 7. The high school team eats a whole bag of side walk salt that they      found in the park district maintenance shed.

 6. They start sculpting using a vacuum cleaner.

 5. One of the kids won't stop bragging about his custom-made six-      fingered glove.

 4. Prefers the "melt the snow with warm breath" method.

 3. One of the kids tells you that you look as good in person as you do      through his binoculars.

 2. One kid insists that he knows at least 32 ways to kill a man with a      shovel.

 1. They don't finish their sculpture until mid-March.