By stephen boyd october 21 2011.
Picture of a turtle sitting on a fence post.
Alex haley the author of roots kept a picture of a turtle in his office sitting on a fence.
He said he kept to remind him of a lesson he learned long ago.
To him the image held a powerful lesson.
If you see a turtle on a fence post you know he had some help.
Various politicians have been referenced by the joke or used the joke including bill clinton george w bush barack obama and donald trump.
Post turtle is a phrase that has been used in political discourse of various countries particularly in north america based on an old joke.
Alex haley author of roots kept on the wall of his office a picture of a turtle sitting on a fence.
I think it should be obvious that the turtle could not have climbed up onto the post by itself.
However if you see a turtle on a fence post then you have to question how it got there.
The turtle on the fence post.
Author alex haley has a picture in his office with a turtle sitting on a fence post just like the one in this blog post.
Prominent politician is described as a post turtle collected via e mail september 2008 while suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while.
Haley said any time i start to think look how good i am i look at the turtle me and realize i did not get.
If you see a turtle on top of a fence post you know he had some help.
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post you know that he had some help he uses the picture to remind himself that we need to remain humble.