For That Sharp, Shimmering Shine!

Say, is your shell shamefully shabby and shopworn? Has it shucked off its showroom sheen, leaving you shambling and shy? Then sashay shortly to Shelly Shonk’s Shine Shack, for a ship-shape shampoo and shellacking!


Start with a dip in our 100 percent pure mineral water bath, then it’s off for a luxury wash and brushing (techno music available on request).


… and finally, restore that “just-hatched” luster with a coating of (let’s all say it together now)… TURTLE WAX!


“This is my turtle Pepe,” says proud photographer Laura H.

45 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Theresa says:

    Shi-ZAYAM!

  2. Bookwolf says:

    I love the big, happy grin in pic 2. He looks like he really enjoys a scrub!

    • Lizzy says:

      Methinks he’s ticklish!

      • bob drummond says:

        Actually, turtles don’t like to scrubed becuz I occasionally gave both of them each a good scubdown with a soft toothbrush, and they would
        start trying to get away from me by pushing and scratching against my hand. so I always had to keep the cleanings short.

  3. victoreia says:

    *snicker*

  4. Nikki says:

    Scintillating syntax and seriously sensational sentence structure, NTMTOM! :)

  5. Loris says:

    You had me at “blorp”.

  6. Gin says:

    Hello, ladies. Look at your turtle, now back to me, now back at your turtle, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me.

    • Theresa says:

      I haven’t seen him in ages! Where is he hiding?

      • Gin says:

        I had nothing to do with his disappearance. Not a thing. There’s no proof that I ran away to Tahiti with him and am enjoying the Old Spice. None whatsoever.

        • Fird Birfle says:

          Gin, here’s a cotton swab. Would you kindly provide a sample from inside your mouth??

          Oh, nothing, really; just a random CO/ DNA survey….

    • Kar says:

      Somehow that sounds, dirty. Especially for such a clean turtle.

    • earlybird1 says:

      AHAHAHAHA! Gin cracks me up, ROTFL!! :D :D

  7. Fird Birfle says:

    “do you poop out, at parties???” :)

  8. Nikki says:

    Such scintillating syntax and seriously sensational sentence structure, NTMTOM! :)

  9. kat says:

    pic #2!!! :D loff eet!

  10. MudBug says:

    Turtle Wax gives that hard shell finish … Turtle Wax !

  11. elishab. says:

    Pepe is looking mighty fine this evening! And happy too, must have a hot date…

  12. Marie says:

    That turtle is loved. Laura, I’m so digging you. ;D

  13. Fleurdamour says:

    Slow and steady gets toothpaste.

  14. Fleurdamour says:

    Get the dirtle off your turtle!

  15. Sara says:

    That is awesome. He looks totally psyched to be getting a nice scrubbin’. Gotta be all dapper for the ladies, you know…

    What’s that song?? “Every girl is crazy for a well-scrubbed shell…”

  16. Julie says:

    Awww this is how I clean my turtle, too! He also gets scared when I pick him up. Poor little guy is such a wimp :-P

  17. Starfish says:

    He looks like my little buddy Jerry (different colors, though)! Is that soap on his shell in the 2nd pic?

  18. Sexay, Pepe. Like the stripes.

    • Fird Birfle says:

      I think les stripes look pretty urban suave; like he’s about to drop his new multimillion dollar- selling CD ???

  19. lisa says:

    There’s something especially cute about turtles…thanks for including here.

  20. Gabby says:

    TUURRTTLLEEE WWAAXXXXX!!

  21. strixus says:

    Brushie brushie brushie…. (Any other Bronies on Cute Overload? Just me?)