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From: cly@cbdkc1.UUCP (Carl Yaffey)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: re: Turtles on the net
Message-ID: <1101@cbdkc1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 11:23:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbdkc1.1101
Posted: Mon Aug 19 11:23:07 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 22:29:51 EDT
Reply-To: cly@cbdkc1.UUCP (Carl Yaffey)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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If you are NOT a turtle, this won't mean a damn thing to you. Hit
your "n" key now.

The Turtles are slowly replying to me in the proper manner.
Those of you who replied with abbreviations (ybysaia) and
asterisks( A**) owe me a St. Pauli Girl at the Short
North Tavern in Columbus, Ohio.

At last count, there are 20 real Turtles (that are on
the net AND read net.bizarre).
There are a couple of "mock" turtles (don't know the
proper response, or have it wrong).
By the way, if anyone would like to
become a Turtle (and deem themselves worthy), I still remember
the initiation ceremony.

To the person who thinks I owe him a drink because he
got the response right: you must be a mock turtle!
We didn't do it that way back in Virginia in 1958.

I'm always amazed at how wide-spread this thing is, and how
long it's been around.

And, yes, I'm told it's VERY sweet!
-- 
Carl Yaffey at AT&T Bell Laboratories Columbus, Ohio 
614-860-3399 cbosgd!cbdkc1!cly