Texaco the Laughing Turtle

Tref · 02-25-2007, 01:09 AM

For those who have never seen my pet turtle (and that would be the lot of you) may I present to you ... Texaco *

http://cgi.ebay.com/TEXACO-TEST-AUCT...QQcmdZViewItem

He is not actually being sold -- we used him for a test auction.

Betty · 02-25-2007, 08:09 AM

Yay Texaco. But riddle me this - does he feel used? (I mean you used him in your auction - did he give you explicit permission to use his face online? Imagine the emails he'll now be getting from potential mates, psycho turtles wanting to stalk him and all that.)

Kevy Baby · 02-25-2007, 10:33 AM

I'm the current high bidder.

wendybeth · 02-25-2007, 11:52 AM

Texaco looks a bit pissed off there, Tref.

Kevy Baby · 02-25-2007, 12:25 PM

Once I own him, I will calm him down.

Tref · 02-25-2007, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

Texaco looks a bit pissed off there, Tref.

Texaco is the grumpiest turtle I have ever seen. (A reflection of his owner?) He spends his whole day under his rock. To feed him I have to knock food his way with a plastic knife, otherwise he ignores it.

But he is family and I love him. Her. Whatever.

Kevy Baby · 02-25-2007, 04:07 PM

Somebody tried to outbid me, but I am determined to save that turtle from his horrible captors.

Tref · 02-26-2007, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Somebody tried to outbid me, but I am determined to save that turtle from his horrible captors.

I'm insulted. How dare you!

Actually Texaco has it quite good. Quite, indeed.

- I clean his bowl twice a week.
- He has all his food swatted into his mouth.
- He is kept at my job so he always has somebody at which to stare.

And I have made progress as well with him/her.
Texaco doesn't shrink into her shell like he used to when I picked her up.
Now he/she just looks at me. In the old days when I sat
him down on the table she would run to anyplace I was not.
Now he comes right to me and once he even lifted his
little paw and scratched my arm to signal that he/she was
ready for his/her bowl.

And I've noticed that Texaco has even picked up a few words, such as "Hello", "Bye" and "Anthropomorphistic". Few people realise that turtles are natural born parrots, just as parrots are also natural born parrots. Though, I am not stupid, I understand this ability in turtles is not intelligence, more than it is the rote memorisation of sounds.

OK, that last part was a lie. Turtles can not actually speak, and I am not sure if they can even recognise people from day to day. But Texaco isn't afraid of me anymore and that is something, I suppose.

wendybeth · 02-26-2007, 12:58 AM

I tried to bid for Texaco, in the hopes that he might serve as a tutor to our poor mute Zebra finches, but it seems a certain person who shall otherwise remain nameless has placed a max bid that I, frankly, am too bored to try and surpass. So, our finches shall remain mute, Texaco shall remain cranky, and KB will have some 'splainin to do to Gus Gus when she gets home.

Kevy Baby · 02-26-2007, 08:10 AM

You must not have tried THAT hard - it isn't that high.

You just don't have the same desire as I.

02-25-2007, 01:09 AM	#1
Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	Texaco the Laughing Turtle For those who have never seen my pet turtle (and that would be the lot of you) may I present to you ... Texaco * http://cgi.ebay.com/TEXACO-TEST-AUCT...QQcmdZViewItem He is not actually being sold -- we used him for a test auction. __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?! Last edited by Tref : 02-25-2007 at 01:10 AM. Reason: full name Texaco Pong Pagong*
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02-25-2007, 08:09 AM	#2
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Yay Texaco. But riddle me this - does he feel used? (I mean you used him in your auction - did he give you explicit permission to use his face online? Imagine the emails he'll now be getting from potential mates, psycho turtles wanting to stalk him and all that.) __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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02-25-2007, 10:33 AM	#3
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	I'm the current high bidder. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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02-25-2007, 11:52 AM	#4
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Texaco looks a bit pissed off there, Tref. __________________
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02-25-2007, 12:25 PM	#5
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Once I own him, I will calm him down. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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02-25-2007, 04:07 PM	#7
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Somebody tried to outbid me, but I am determined to save that turtle from his horrible captors. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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02-26-2007, 12:58 AM	#9
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I tried to bid for Texaco, in the hopes that he might serve as a tutor to our poor mute Zebra finches, but it seems a certain person who shall otherwise remain nameless has placed a max bid that I, frankly, am too bored to try and surpass. So, our finches shall remain mute, Texaco shall remain cranky, and KB will have some 'splainin to do to Gus Gus when she gets home. __________________
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02-26-2007, 08:10 AM	#10
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	You must not have tried THAT hard - it isn't that high. You just don't have the same desire as I. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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