# Int'l Order of Turtles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-order-of-turtles/61123>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-order-of-turtles/61123 "2001-04-07T03:46:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixcoatl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@mixcoatl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixcoatl)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-order-of-turtles/61123/1 "2001-04-07T03:46:17Z")

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Just today somebody mentioned this organization, which I  
haven’t heard of in maybe 25 years. It was perhaps known  
as the “World Order of Turtles” or even “Airborne Turtles”;  
but their only known membership requirement was to properly  
answer the query: “Are you a Turtle?”, with the answer:  
“You bet your sweet ass I am.”  
Other than that I know absolutely nothing about them. Does  
anybody else?

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-order-of-turtles/61123/2 "2001-04-07T05:15:22Z")

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[http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/turtle.html](http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/turtle.html)

You also need to give the “clean” answer to usually 4 racy questions.

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**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:** [October 5, 2001, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-order-of-turtles/61123/3 "2001-10-05T12:04:27Z")

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[Are you a turtle?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=74589) (SDMB link)

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**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:** [October 5, 2001, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intl-order-of-turtles/61123/4 "2001-10-05T12:36:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by flowbark \*  
> \*\*[http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/turtle.html](http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/turtle.html)
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> You also need to give the “clean” answer to usually 4 racy questions. \*\*

My great uncle was Stanley Kuzara (see link). He initiated my parents into the Turtles in the early sixties. I still have a turtle card signed by him.