I don't think I would be a candidate for this shadowy conspiracy since I'm philosophically opposed to swearing any kind of oaths in general, but I read the whole thread and am not at all sure what this is about. Perhaps someone could give a short refresher course for new people about the origins and purposes of the Order of Sacred Rubber
Chickens Shickens? There seem to be some stern commitments required, but no mention of any benefits to joining the club (would a person get an e-mail diagram showing the secret handshake? a high-quality genuine plastic decoder ring? a handsome leather-bound copy of the
Necronomicon personally signed by Cthulhu?). I think for your membership drive to be successful the club will need to give some thought to coming up with a slick advertising campaign, perhaps with music videos and celebrity endorsements (if Madonna or Britney Spears are not available, I bet you could get the
California Raisins or
Alf! pretty cheap these days). Another sure-fire attention-getter would be to have a raffle to give away a fantabulous 1975
Chrysler Cordoba (but only if you can find one with
rich Corinthian leather).
Of course since I'm writing as an outsider, if these suggestions don't seem appropriate to the goals, by-laws, or procedures of your club please feel free to ignore me.
Edited: a) fixed spelling error; b) fixed formatting of clever and witty url that wasn't translating properly.