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dzsaigirl 03-26-2004 10:26 PM

GC'ers, Are you a turtle?
 
I am curious to know if there are any turtles on GC...

If you don't know what I am talking about, don't worry.

If you are one, you know the appropriate answer.;)

AlphaSigOU 03-26-2004 10:59 PM

YBYSAIA! Even have the membership card and pin to prove it! :)

If you ever go to the National Air and Space Museum (the main one, not the annex at Dulles), in the 'Apollo to the Moon' exhibit you'll see some cue cards made by Apollo 7 commander Wally Schirra. One of them asks Chief Astronaut (and fellow Original Mercury 7 member) Deke Slayton 'are you a turtle?' Deke, being an initiated Turtle, gave the proper response to the question on a private comm channel.

The1calledTKE 03-26-2004 11:03 PM

Yes but is your fire engine red? :p

Dionysus 03-26-2004 11:11 PM

No dammit.

I've been an active in my org since spring 2002 and I still don't know what this means. :(

It's only an APO thing, right?

The1calledTKE 03-26-2004 11:12 PM

It's a drinking game.

carnation 03-26-2004 11:23 PM

YBYSAIA! And I can't believe that you started this thread because I was going to last week when I found my old Turtle card from 1971! It's signed by the Imperial Turtle of Dixie....

CarolinaDG 03-26-2004 11:24 PM

Now you have piqued my interest... what is a turtle and how do you become one? I thought it was a DZ thing when I first read it.

Sister Havana 03-26-2004 11:37 PM

YBYSAIA!

I got turtled as a pledge of APO in 1993. Since then I've turtled several people myself. :D I thought it was just an APO thing at first.

carnation 03-26-2004 11:43 PM

My card says that we can subscribe new Turtles. It tells how and you know what I mean!;) But are we allowed to do it online?

Senusret I 03-27-2004 12:41 AM

I thought it was just an APO thing for a VERY long time as well.

(Still looking for Turtles to "make" me :()

Kevlar281 03-27-2004 01:13 AM

I'm not but we do have a Turtle Club in Clear Lake.

dzsaigirl 03-27-2004 07:54 AM

I was turtled when I pledged APO as well. This was in spring of 1997 at a hotel in Denton :) I had a TON of trouble not laughing...and...thinking pure thoughts;)

I know that I had my card when I moved to RI, but I honestly do not know where it is now. I think it must be in with all my memorbilia (sp?).


Anyway, YBYSAIA!!!!!!!!!!! (had to answer my own question :))

I dunno if you can be turtled online...

carnation 03-27-2004 08:34 AM

I almost forgot...after I was turtled, I found out that my father was one...he and a bunch of the early astronauts had a lot of fun with it in the sixties.

There was some story about another of the astronauts being asked if he was one on national TV and he replied, "I'll buy you that drink.":D

Sister Havana 03-27-2004 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by carnation
There was some story about another of the astronauts being asked if he was one on national TV and he replied, "I'll buy you that drink.":D
I heard that story about Bill Clinton too. :)

DeltAlum 03-27-2004 02:09 PM

I think this is another secret society. I think I heard that both Bush and Kerry are members. (Hee Hee)

I, however, am a Cardinal. Anyone else from the 60's a Cardinal?


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