[1][3] The Turtle Club also has a number of membership cards with instructions on recruiting new members, which requires asking three to four riddles for which it is difficult to think up answers other than the obvious vulgar ones.

[4] The Order of Turtles began as a drinking club formed by WWII pilots for humorous reasons, as well as camaraderie.

It spread after the War through the VFW and American Legion posts, and eventually, to Masonic groups, colleges and even to the high schools of the U.S.A".

"[1][5][4] If the member is unable or unwilling (due to its vulgarity) to provide the correct answer, they owe to each other turtle present a drink of the recipient's choice.

[1] An example would be the question[1] What does a woman do sitting down, that a dog does on three legs, and a man does standing up?The obvious answer to this question would be "pee" or "urinate", but the correct answer is "shake hands",[1] as traditional western etiquette demands that a man needs to rise from his seat to shake hands, while a woman needs not.

[1][2] During the 1962 Mercury-Atlas 8 mission (part of the United States space program), astronaut Wally Schirra was asked by ground controller Deke Slayton whether he was a turtle.

Not wanting to use vulgar language while his communications were being broadcast worldwide, he temporarily stopped transmitting in order to record the required response.