Order of the Golden West
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Spinoff of the Order of the Wrinkling Lid founded on July 4, 1976, by Cornelius P. Buttercup, a notorious huckster, bean-counter and scal-a-wag from the Bronx. Purpose: Celebration of cowboy lore and by proxy, Western Civilization itself. Three grades were known to exist: Dude, aka Greenhorn; Cowpoke, aka Cowpunch; and True Cowboy. Ritual garb included chaps and Stetson hats; ritual activities included roping nude women and consuming enormous quantities of steak and/or BBQ. Members identified one another via secretive body posturing, toe taps, and various other "furtive gestures." John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy mocked several Greenhorn-grade posturings during the early scenes where Jon Voight tries to protitute himself. The opening line ("Whoopee-tee-yi-yo!") is also rumored to be a veiled reference to Golden West initiation ceremonies. Although he officially denied it, Louis L'Amour was said to be a particularly ardent underground member especially adept at twirling pistols on his index fingers. |
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