Once a Cardinal, always a Cardinal! :) Still practiced today.

i am so confused:confused:

No need to be... :) The 'International Association of Turtles' is a very loosely based organization - if you can call it that. More info at http://community-2.webtv.net/warmrai...tle/index.html

As for the Cardinals... if I told ya, I'd hafta kill ya - but you can find the info on the Web! :)

Once a cardinal, always a F'in cardinal!

Still alive today and I think it's starting to pick up the pace a little too, at least around these parts.

Senusret, are you a turtle?:D

OMG, has someone joined the ranks?

Check out the Turtle Dance!! Funny!

YBYSAIA! :D

You bet your sweet ass I am?

It's pretty much an open secret the standard response given by all Turtles wheresoever dispersed! Woe be to the initiated Turtle who forgets or claims ignorance when challenged by a fellow Turtle! :)

On a similar bent, increasing numbers of units in the U.S. military utilize 'challenge' coins to recognize each other. Originally limited to elite units such as SEALs, Special Forces, Rangers, etc. they've pretty much become a fixture to many other units.

The rules for a coin challenge are simple: if you challenge someone to produce their coin, they must do so within 30 seconds or they must buy you a drink of your choice. Leaving the coin at home is no excuse.

But of course! :)

YBYSAIA!!!!

That's so awesome.. I didn't know there were any other turtles on here :)

The Imperial Turtle of Dixie was my Pawpaw, Jimmie Morris. 💚 If he initiated you in 1971, I'm guessing that you were in Mobile, and likely a member of the Shaw High School Marching Band....? Or perhaps you were somehow involved with the Senior Bowl? Am I right? ☺️ Of course, I was also initiated by my beloved Imperial Turtle of Dixie, though he had my cousin ask me the questions in private, as he was much too proper a man to discuss such things with his Granddaughter. Pawpaw died peacefully in his sleep several years ago at my parents' home in Ellijay, GA, but not before he lived a full life with an incredible legacy. His wife, my Meemaw, Margret Morris, left us a few years later. I miss them terribly, so your post warmed my heart. ❤️