Throughout the history of Tortoisekind, one milestone continues to elude this rugged species: the ability to fly. Many of the greatest tortoise minds have tried and failed in their quest to become airborne, using everything from balloons…
… to an extremely tiny helicopter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpZoewjjYSg&rel=0&end=43&showinfo=0
Submitterated by Andrew Y. via Reddit.
Gorgeous creature.
Yes, Faye I think so, too.
Question – isn’t that a turtle? Don’t tortoises have flatter shells? Or is it the other way around.
I couldn’t tell the difference unless I saw it in the water, then I would know it was a turtle but according to the Youtube description it is indeed a tortoise.
I think tortoises have those stumpy legs and turtles have flippers?
And, yes, lovely creature!
Tortoises have the bumpy shells, like this guy.
That’s what I thought too.
Is it Mr. Happy Tortoise’s birthday? It’s mine too! 52 years young!
Happy Birthday! Hope you treat yourself!????
Wow! Have a very Happy Birthday, DEBG! And knit yourself something delicious !? (I used to make crocheted food)
Bravo!
Happy birthday!!!
Today is free ice cream at work to celebrate May-August birthdays (they used to do a treat every month, but they’ve been stretching it more and more the past couple years. I fully expect my October birthday treat no earlier than January).
Also, I forgot about that until Outlook reminded me (despite the fact that they mentioned it at our monthly all-office meeting just a few hours ago) and got a slice of cake with my lunch. I suppose I will just have to have ice cream and cake in your honor. Since my cake is chocolate, I guess I’ll go with vanilla ice cream. 🙂
(Edited to add: there were supposed to be ice cream and cake emojis in place of the words in “ice cream and cake” but I forgot they don’t post in this browser for some strange reason.)
Happy Birthday! 52! Those were the days! Well, actually not, in my case, now that I think about, but hoping for the best for you!
Thank you all for the good wishes. For some reason, nearly all but 1 of my cards had a cat theme. I still haven’t figured it out.
Happy Birthday Debg! May this 53rd year bring you knitting adventures beyond compare! (I also kinda wish I could send you funds so I could fashion some of your wonderful work.)
I’ve been to parties where the host’s dog had a balloon like that to keep him from getting stepped on. It looks really silly in person, watching this apparently sentient balloon mingle with the guests.
Wouldn’t it have been hilarious if they had used a balloon with a face on it? Then it would really have been a “sentient balloon mingle with the guests”. LOL!!
I would totally get a smiley face balloon if I were going to do that.
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Would that be 99 luftballoons he wants?
All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. All toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads. I recite this many times every weekend while volunteering at a nature center that houses frogs, toads, and turtles.
Thank you, Claire, that’s very helpful. The right person for the job.