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During the closing credits, a meeting between Possum Lodge members takes place. It is the third longest-running segment on The Red Green Show in terms of appearances, behind Handyman Corner and Adventures With Bill. Most meetings take place in the lodge basement and always begin with the sounds of the possum squeal as the members arrive. After the members arrive, they all stand up, and cross their arms over their chests by reciting the lodge's motto, "Quando omni flunkus moritati", which is pseudo-Latin for "When all else fails, play dead", after which the lodge members sit down and talk.

Beginning in the ninth season, Red Green would then remind the members to bow their heads for the Man's Prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess." The Man's Prayer first appeared in the Men Anonymous segment, and after that segment was discontinued after the eighth season, was incorporated into the meeting itself. In The Big Retreat, women took over Possum Lodge, and they did a reworked version of the Man's Prayer, "I am woman, hear me roar, I'm in charge, get over it". The members then move on into a story that is related to the episode.

This segment debuted in Season 2, and ran until the end of the series, where the Man's Prayer was changed to "I'm a man, but I changed, because I had to. Oh well."

Possum Lodge meetings by season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

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