Hello from yet another newbie!

[Vroomkid]

Hey there, I'm new to this forum as you can tell. Been a turtle fan for years and the new toon got me hooked again! Drop me a line, folks, just so that I know I ain't talking to empty air out there! :wink:

I do have a turtle question that's been bugging me all these years: In the old toons, they always go "heroes in a half shell"...now maybe people have talked about it before, but what exactly does "in a half shell" refer to / mean again? Or am I just being too literal?

[Tokka-B]

Welcome to the forums! A half-shell is simply a half-shell. As in half of a full turtle shell. LoL, I hope that cleared it up :lol: :lol:

[Vroomkid]

As in half of a full turtle shell. :lol: :lol:

Thanks Tokka...actually I'm more confused than before. All 4 turtles have a "full turtle shell" don't they?

[Storm Wolf]

haha....Welcome to the Technodrome! And I'm not saying anything about the 'half-shell' thing cause I don't want to confuse any worse than Tokka already has :D
*hands Vroomkid a carmel apple of welcome*
enjoy your stay :P

[J Legault]

:D I'm a new guy too, And I been here for 2 days now.

by the way this is a good website 8)

[One Radical Dude]

Yo, Vroomkid!! Welcome aboard. I hope you have fun here. :tcool:

[Peanut]

Welcome to the forums. Hopefully you'll stick around.

[J Legault]

Oh for me I'll stick around for aloung time 8) proably when the Seas dry up. I'll always be a fan of TMNT even when I become a man in my 40's.

[J Legault]

I become a man in my 40's.

I meant to say even when I become old in age 50.

[Vroomkid]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, definitely gonna stick around and join in the new TMNT hype!
:D
TURTLES FOREVER?!!?!!

[azure turtle]

LOL! I guess a "full shell" would fully enclose something, like a snail. Half-shell would only protect... well, half the body. So I guess that's why the Turtles are referred to as heroes in a half-shell. Of course, this is only my theory, since I've never thought about that phrase before. :embarass:

Anyway, welcome to the Technodrome, Vroomkid and J Legault!
*gives Vroom and JL mangos of welcome*
Enjoy your stay!

[Vroomkid]

Thanks for the mango azure.

Finally, a solution presents itself - I have to thank both you and tokka for that. Now that I think of it, it makes sense about what you said. Thanks for clearing that doubt in my mind...it has been most frustrating (well not really, but still) for so long!
:wink:

[Duke]

I justed wanted to say welcome, Vroomkid. Someone once argued me down that it was turtles on a half-shell and was supposed to be a joke for oysters on a half-shell. Of course i was right and its turtles in a half-shell. but i guess it could still be kind of a pun.

[Vroomkid]

Thanks dukesdaddy.

Oysters in a half shell...hmm, it's surprising why the creators never came up with mutated oysters in the old toons amid the many different types of mutants.

[Tinselcat]

THE TMNT CHEERLEADER WILL STRIKE AGAIN!! FEAR MY POM-POMS! INITIATE WELCOME CHEER!! *falls on ass* er... i meant to do that... uh, i'm still working on that welcome cheer...

[Vroomkid]

Thanks for the cheer, Tinselcat...well semi-cheer anyway :wink:

[Tinselcat]

*grins* i do my best!

[Duke]

Thanks dukesdaddy.
No problem but i don't know if its even true.

[Kid Icarus]

THE TMNT CHEERLEADER WILL STRIKE AGAIN!! FEAR MY POM-POMS! INITIATE WELCOME CHEER!! *falls on ass* er... i meant to do that... uh, i'm still working on that welcome cheer...

:o :o

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

That was great!

[Vroomkid]

No problem but i don't know if its even true.

Haha, doesn't matter, it works for me. It's probably some thing we're never meant to know anywho. Like Cowabunga, what kind of catch phrase is that?...I'll be surprised if that actually means something.