Driving back to M.'s place from the fancy-ass Merryville mall - we were behind a car that had some rainbow flag bumperstickers. It had one that was your basic queer-pride rainbow but was the shape of a giant sea turtle. We were like... "huh? turtle researcher that happens to be gay? New logo for being eco-queer? what is it?"
And then just now Rook asked me if turtles have some special meaning for gayness or lesbian culture because of the T4mora Pierce books being set in "Tortall". I have no fucking clue but came up with funny theories anyway. Lesbians! Turtles! They have so much in common.
The mad dash for the ocean, being picked off by large birds of prey and ferocious land mammals!
Posted by: Jo | May 27, 2005 at 09:29 AM
That classic enemy of the lesbian: the skua....(?!)
Posted by: Liz | May 27, 2005 at 10:16 AM
Maybe some kind of Hawaii reference? Some of the hieroglyphs from the early Polynesians are sea turtle drawings.
Posted by: cher | May 27, 2005 at 11:21 AM
Cher: +1
Will check with Cynthia, but almost certain that it's a Hawaiian LBGT ref.
Posted by: whump | May 27, 2005 at 01:25 PM
There's a rainbow flag that had me puzzled for a while when I started seeing it hanging on people's houses. It's a standard rainbow flag but says "PACE" in giant letters. I thought, what, queer hot sauce? Finally I figured out that it was used in the sense of the Latin word for peace. From some news photos of priests at anti-war demonstrations in Europe with this flag over their shoulders, I gather that it's a Catholic thing and only by coincidence can be confused with the gay flag. Too bad.
Posted by: Prentiss Riddle | May 28, 2005 at 07:22 PM
My friend Olive and I, plan to whore me out to gather all the pennies in the world. We shall then use them to buy sea turtles, which we will turn into lesbians. We shall then use them to wipe out the squirrel army that they have amassed, and then take over Germany, because they are all pusseys. Then the world.
Posted by: Monica Loard | November 11, 2005 at 11:40 AM
What a great deal: I give you pennies and we get a whole lot of lesbians. Awesome!
I suggest leaving at least half the sea turtles so that the lesbian army can ride on their backs across the ocean to kick Germany's ass.
Posted by: badger | November 11, 2005 at 03:11 PM