Brownie points!!!!

[WiccanKitten]

Over the years, i have had countless numbers of family members, aged relatives, elderly neighbours, teachers and the like, awarding me 'brownie points'.

If my calculations are correct, i recon i have well over 1000 of the damn things! What i want to know is, what do they look like? Where are they?............... and more importantly - WHERE DO WE CASH THEM IN???!!!!!

[Fibonacci]

The Oxford English Dictionary conjectures that this expression could also have derived from U.S. military slang for sycophants, "brownnosers", while mentioning the less-likely but popular etymology that derives it from the awards system of the Brownies Girl Guides/Girl Scouts. "Brownie" itself in the sense of "brown-noser" was in use in the 1940s.

The OED reports its first appearance in print as 1963, though the origins of the phrase predate this. Its frequent appearance in newspapers in the 1950s date back to the earliest known usage in 1951, where a man in the Los Angeles Times speaks of earning favor with his wife in terms of brownie points.

Now as to where to cash them in - I have found Brown Bank (undersea bank), in the Atlantic Ocean. - they will presumably liquify your assets as soon as contact them in person.

[rugeleyboy]

i agree!!

[WiccanKitten]

Oooooh! very good fibbonacci. I am impressed, take a bow!
Rugely, don't think you're getting any more then half a brownie point for that contribution! Cheeky lad! x

[WiccanKitten]

Nobody, i repeat NOBODY is gonna liquify MY 'assets'!!!!! ;) x

[lankeela]

I was a Brownie but can never remember getting Brownie Points. We got badges for completing tasks, but never points. I've often wondered where this came from.

[WiccanKitten]

Perhaps you can use them to hire brownies?
I was never a brownie, but i remember when my sisters Brownie group had to go round and offer to do a chore for someone in our village. I could use a nice group of well-wishing brownies to do my laundry, and I'm sure i have enough points! Any brown owls out there wana sell me some slaves?!