Cardinal club drinking game

Failure to answer promptly and clearly is punishable by having to buy a round of drinks for all the Turtles in the room. Of course, you are not told this when asked if you wish to join. Instead, you are just told it is simple and fun and are then asked three questions. When I became a Turtle, a bunch of us were sitting in the bar and the one who was a Turtle asked if we wanted to join and, when we said yes, we were asked these three questions:. With a little coaching, all of us passed and became Turtles.

We were then told about our obligation to answer the question Are you a Turtle? Of course, sitting in a bar with of bunch of other fliers who were Turtles, it was no problem answering the query Are you a Turtle? But, one is rarely asked the question when sitting in a stag bar with fellow fliers. Instead the preferred venue for asking the question involves things like asking the groom, while he is standing in the receiving line outside the church with his new bride, parents and in-laws, or in a similar embarrassing situation like working in space and your conversation is being broadcast to the entire world.

I did a quick Google check on the question Are You a Turtle? WikiPedia seemed to have the most complete and accurate account of the Order at least as I remembered it. Oh, if you want to know the answers to the three questions I listed above, check out the last text module on my Hub about the death of Astronaut Wally Schirra. The Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles "Ancient Order of Turtles," "Royal Order of Turtles," "International Turtles Association," "Turtle Club," or any other title that the local branch is affiliated with is "an honorable drinking fraternity composed of ladies and gentlemen of the highest morals and good character, who are never vulgar" and who have successfully answered four from a list of about twenty-five qualifying questions.

Each question suggests a vulgar, lewd, or salacious answer, but the actual correct answer is rather innocuous. It is assumed that all prospective turtles own a diabetic donkey, or one of a sweet and kindly disposition, which is the reason for the password.

Once inducted, a member must reply to the question, "Are you a turtle? There are at least twenty different branches of Turtles in America, but all adhere to the same sign, passwords, grip and initiation format. The origin of this group supposedly goes back to World War II pilots as a way to amuse themselves while relaxing with a cool drink between missions.

The late Captain Hugh P. McGowan, U. Air Force Reserve Ret. We just wanted a little fun. We had seen a sign showing that the 'Ancient Order of Foresters' and the 'Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffalos' would meet in the local pub, so I devised the name 'Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles' for the fun of it. It was not meant to be serious, it had no constitution or by-laws, and was a relief from the horrors and dangers we saw every day on our missions.

Turtles are bright eyed, bushy tailed, fearless and unafraid folk with a fighter pilot attitude. Everything is done as above, but now three times and three fingers. Once this all has been done, he sits down, and the next person must try his luck drinking to the cardinals health. We would have to do the whole thing with one less "glug". Then we did "speed races" trying to go through the cardinal puff sequence without messing up and trying to beat the other players.

The first time I played this game, I got all the way to the end and got dinged on not picking up the glass correctly when I was saying "Once a cardinal, always a cardinal". I recall we ran out of the liquor I was using and so they gave me some other concoction the 3rd time around I quit after the 4th mishap Quick Enquiry. Event Builder. Click To Chat. Call Us For Help.

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