# Are you a turtle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254 "2000-03-27T06:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/1 "2000-03-27T06:59:00Z")
Well? Are you? * * * If Cecil Adams did not exist, we would be obliged to create Him. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/2 "2000-03-27T07:19:00Z")
I tried it once, and the neighbors complained, so I had to settle for being the egg-man. Dr. Watson “The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.” – Ogden Nash ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/3 "2000-03-27T07:26:00Z")
I am the walrus. Koo-koo-ka-choo. * * * Voted **Best Sport** And narrowly averted the despised moniker **Smiley Master** Forward deployed until 18AUG00 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/4 "2000-03-27T09:09:00Z")
Awwww CRAP. Busted. _sigh_ Well, someone had to find out sooner or later, I guess. Thanks a lot, SingleDad. _Cue **Supertramp - Hide in your shell** _ * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/5 "2000-03-27T09:14:00Z")
No, but I am kinda 'scute! 😃 * * * “Um, according to who? Nothing more than a high brow troll, though occasionally the bi polar personality swung in a constructive direction on innocuous topics.” Omniscient ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/6 "2000-03-27T09:28:00Z")
One fat hen… * * * Whether you’re fat or slim bubble your ting. Fellas if you need help, use ginseng. –Wyclef Jean ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/7 "2000-03-27T10:23:00Z")
And the correct answer is “you bet your sweet ass I am” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/8 "2000-03-27T12:14:00Z")
You bet your sweet ass I am! * * * “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry Are you a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/9 "2000-03-27T12:18:00Z")
Only on Mondays. * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/10 "2000-03-27T13:37:00Z")
No, but my car is named after one. (Skipperdee, the turtle from my favorite children’s book of all time: _Eloise_ ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/11 "2000-03-27T14:12:00Z")
You bet your sweet ass I am… * * * Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/12 "2000-03-27T14:49:00Z")
Why yes, I am. I am yrtle the turtle. * * * “I’m a rebel, soul rebel. I’m a capturer, soul adventurer” ~Bob Marley [wanna see me?](http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/elgraplero/me.jpg) Last picture. Thats me on the left. Blue shirt. I dont have the hair colour anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/13 "2000-03-27T14:52:00Z")
You bet your sweet ass I am! (3, maybe 4 of us so far…) ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/14 "2000-03-27T15:35:00Z")
You bet your sweet ass I am. My great uncle was Stanley Kuzara. * * * rocks ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/15 "2000-03-27T15:39:00Z")
[slow teddy bear voice]I’m not a turtle. I’m NOT![/slow teddy bear voice] * * * Letting my inner child run loose and break things. ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/16 "2000-03-27T15:57:00Z")
You bet your sweet ass I am! Nominally, to be said with the utmost exuberance in the most inapropriate of situations. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/17 "2000-03-27T15:59:00Z")
Alright, I give up. Why are we betting our sweet asses? What is a turtle **really** why can’t I close down Netscape and do something productive? ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/18 "2000-03-27T16:00:00Z")
Should we tell them? Or let them keep guessing for a while longer? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/19 "2000-03-27T16:08:00Z")
What, that’s all the pleading you need to spill the beans about turtles, Singledad? I expected that you would hold out better than that… ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254/20 "2000-03-27T16:17:00Z")
No, I was just trying to bump the topic up without being too obvious about it. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-turtle/15254.md?page=2)