Are you a turtle?

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:30 pm

This question isn't as random as it may seem.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 12:28 am

Is this the new mangos thing? I said you bet your sweet @$$ I am, but I am not sure why......please feel free to explain...

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:40 am

All will be revealed when the poll ends, on Wednesday. Hold your horses.

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 10:14 am

This may be due to the fact that I haven't been on for like 3 days or whatever, but I have no idea what in the world you are talking about.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 10:20 am

No no, I don't think it is just you.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:06 pm

Tsk, tsk. I'd have thought some of you would have understood it, at least on some level. Well, there are still some that haven't voted. We'll see.

I thought to ask this while at the NASM. I saw a sign that asked the question and I wondered if anyone else on the board would understand what it meant (I'm confident that most visitors to the museum don't appreciate that artifact).

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:50 pm

lol wow benji just try and be slightly more vague....

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:03 am

I enjoy being vague, but I get the feeling that people think I'm a moron because of it. But, the poll closes on Wednesday, so get your votes in.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 8:15 pm

He so explained it to me and I think its odd and somewhat stupid....

Post by **Vincent** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:56 pm

I think it's time he explained it to everyone, and I hope he kept in mind when he first made these posts that this is the "Off Topic" forum and not the "Garbage" or "Waste Management" (if you will) forum.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 4:53 pm

Yes, I know this is not the Waste Management forum.

I asked this question because I saw at the NASM a sign from a spaceflight flight that said: Are you a turtle? I understood it, but I doubted if anyone around me did. Then, I wondered if any of you would have gotten it (you would if you paid attention to your books by astronauts).

The story: Some American Fighter Pilots were relaxing in an English Pub during World War II when they, somehow, got onto the subject of "Turtles". They described a person who was clean minded, usually minded their own business, but when the need arose, would stick their neck out for themselves and other people in need had the attributes of a turtle. That's how the International Association of Turtles began.

Sounds crazy unless you have been around drinking pilots.

These pilots became the fist members of the International Association of Turtles. Knowing the way of the military they would all be split up soon and they would all actively recruit new members. So they came up with a way for Turtles to identify each other. When anyone would ask a Turtle, "Are you a Turtle?", they would give the secret password.

6 people answered with the secret password, which is based on the assumption that you own a donkey.

Also in the NASM was a membership card for the Intergalactic Turtle Association, which I thought was pretty cool, even if Sara thinks it's stupid. If you want, you can take the Turtle Test, to see if you're Turtle material.

So, now you know, if you didn't already.

ethlar04 · Post by **ethlar04** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 9:10 pm

now i have to drive over to the NASM and see this for myself i have been there more times than i can count and i dont recall seeing anything about a turtle but il go and look next day off i have from work.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 9:53 am

They had a lot of cool stuff like that (like Shepard's golf club head). They also have Ivan Ivanovich, who I thought was pretty cool.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:23 pm

I wont lie i had no idea what you were talking about lol but when somebody asks me if im a turtle and one of the options was "you bet your sweet a$$ I am" just feels like the right answer to me lol. Plus if you walked up to me on the street and asked me if i was a turtle you are extremly likely to get a YES!! for an answer i suppose lol. anyway yeah thats pretty cool though.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:39 pm

Well, now you know. If you think that you're turtle material (like I do), then you know the answer.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 7:59 pm

Well I am going September 5th, 6th, and 7th. I will be sure to look out for this turtle thing......woo hoo class trips!

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:09 pm

My school may be going sometime, but I don't know if I will go. Yaaaaayyy Class of 2003 & 1/2!