things you notice about owls

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THEY'RE ASSHOLES

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link

big eyes

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link

don't move a lot

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link

feathers

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link

suspiciously always present just before something macabre transpires

Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link

They hang around young boy magicians.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link

always complaining about their public transport

Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link

pellets!

andy --, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link

They go "Whoo".

Quite useful for the Paul O'Grady show audience.

mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Head:body size ratio fucked up.

Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Heads can swivel 360 degrees.

o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

or if they're ric flair fans

xxpost

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

They ARE assholes, aren't they?

And those claws and beak hurt like a sonofabitch.

fieldmouse (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.mgnet.karoo.net/attractowl.jpg

Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link

the whole round face thing
http://www.african-safari-journals.com/image-files/owl-picture.jpg

Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link

They are not what they seem.

j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Toot tooT!

the pr00de abides (pr00de), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:32 (eighteen years ago) link

there's a cool australian one called a 'boobook'

gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:39 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/plants_animals/photos/5x5/bird_boobook.jpg

cute eh?

gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I bet it just killed and ate a koala :D

Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:56 (eighteen years ago) link

ooh i hope so! i don't like koalas. probably not though, he's a WA boobook and we don't have koalas.

gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link

you are very naughty to not like koalas gem. what is it you dislike: their vicious claws, or the fact they are riddled with chlamydia?

estela (estela), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:44 (eighteen years ago) link

j.lu OTM

walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Koalas are EVIL.

Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:52 (eighteen years ago) link

But wait, this is a thread about owls.

Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:52 (eighteen years ago) link

some owls are droids:

http://radioattic.com/images/hauskins/Hauskins_Owl.jpg

boobook vs Bubo

kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:22 (eighteen years ago) link

you are very naughty to not like koalas gem. what is it you dislike: their vicious claws, or the fact they are riddled with chlamydia?

the claws and chlamydia are undoubtedly unattractive aspects of koalas. but the thing i really deeply detest about them is their beady little eyes *shudder*

gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 06:33 (eighteen years ago) link

You can make them from macrame.

Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 07:07 (eighteen years ago) link

i like owls.

Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 07:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Brown Owl at our Brownies was horrible and she wasn't even brown, more of a pasty white with purple rings on her legs.

estela (estela), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 07:12 (eighteen years ago) link

you can probably also make them from silvery thread and pins knocked into a bit of wood painted black

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 09:08 (eighteen years ago) link

we have an owl who hangs out near our house, twit-twooing. he rocks.

Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 09:17 (eighteen years ago) link

you're meant to add the caption: coincidence? or... SOMETHING MORE SINISTER

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link

An Owl and Pussycat, where's the Beautiful Pea Green Boat?

BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:14 (eighteen years ago) link

http://photos22.flickr.com/25901399_fea3eb216b_m.jpg

Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:15 (eighteen years ago) link

owl and the pussycat: which is the lady? (you will get this wrong)

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Apparently, according to birds-of-prey experts, owls are quite stupid birds and their reputation for being wise is a fallacy. Harris Hawks however are supposed to be v intelligent.

C J (C J), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:17 (eighteen years ago) link

they look intelligent, and sometimes that's enough.

Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:18 (eighteen years ago) link

True, true.

C J (C J), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:21 (eighteen years ago) link

i just posted my kitty's picture because she looks like a great-horned owl. especially when she's comfy and has her neck scrunched up and her ears pricked.

latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link

also her eyes are owl-like!

latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link

My mom has a cat that has a big round head that's a bit on the big side and enormous perfectly round eyes. He looks quite like an owl. Not as much like an owl as Josh & Liberty's cat, though. It too has a very round head with perfectly round eyes.

Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link

does anyone have an owl that looks like a cat? whiskers, that sort of thing

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link

What about a cat that looks like a cat?

BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link

My cat looks like a cat. He eats fortune cookies.

Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link

One late night a friend and myself were wandering across a very foggy golf course. As we approached the hedge border a white 'thing' rose up from the ground and took off at head height across the nearby road. The shock knocked us both to the ground mainly because we didn't at the time know what had happened. It was only after a couple of days did we find out that a white barn owl lived in the area.

So my answer to the question is:
They are creepy fuckers when you stumble across them eating something on the ground at night, in thick fog.

Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I have found the winning owl.

Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:09 (eighteen years ago) link

THAT IS GREAT!

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

awel!

contenderizer, Thursday, 23 December 2010 05:33 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

ಠ__ಠ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLZk2Rik0c&feature=player_embedded#at=94

ENBB, Friday, 18 March 2011 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link

omg

Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLZk2Rik0c

Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link

needs to be posted again

Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link

"Goddammit, I'm trying to watch this Temple game!"

http://tinyurl.com/vroooo0ooooom (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link

lol

ENBB, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link

three months pass...

#78: They look good in hats.
http://www.clusterflock.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/owl-in-a-hat.jpg

i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 June 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link

omg
they do

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 June 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link

so kawaii

coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Friday, 24 June 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link

two weeks pass...

OK that owl in the hat is insanely adorable. Damn.

my ponies hate you (ENBB), Sunday, 10 July 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link

The owl seems to have escaped injury.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14111152

Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link

hi baby screech owls!!

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link

owls are so intense

http://youtu.be/yps7pgq1TAk

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 16 July 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link

And as an aside, nature shows have sure come a long way since Marlon Perkins.

Dude looks like a character out of Yellow Submarine at 2:48.

Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 16 July 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link

I don't. I never want to spot one in real life ever again. The two times I have it has been creepy and life was not cool for while after that. Apache lore-owls are bad luck.

My best friend has a house filled with owl knick knacks and wears a ton of owl themed jewelry. Works for her.

*tera, Sunday, 17 July 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/Vcepb.jpg

g++ (gbx), Friday, 22 July 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link

This is also my daughter when the intro theme to T.U.F.F. Puppy comes on.

http://i.imgur.com/abrpc.gif

≝ (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 4 August 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1PFLuTrgM

dayo, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link

i'm strongly pro-owl.

dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link

some alan ginsberg poem is all over the newsie wewsies

The Triumph of the Will High (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link

those are excellent owls though, owls are good people

The Triumph of the Will High (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link

over-represented in Premier League management

Ridin' Skyrims (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link

There was a pretty big owl sitting on an aerial opposite the post office in my village. Just chilling and enjoying the daytime hubbub.

sleep daphnia (dowd), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link

i'm strongly pro-owl.

― dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), dinsdag 15 november 2011 19:43 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link

i would like to pat a cute owl who closes its eyes in contentment

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link

(long-eared, btw) x-posts

sleep daphnia (dowd), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7bsnyOmQa1qa47p7.jpg

moo-town slackers (Pillbox), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link

once a coworker told me i have owl eyes

the MMMM cult (La Lechera), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link

two years pass...

I guess South West Texas is owl country, because every night they start their cooing that goes on all night, not just one or two, but it's numerous and endless. Tonight they are in the trees outside our window and it's driving me crazy! Owls are not cool.

JacobSanders, Friday, 13 December 2013 07:40 (ten years ago) link

It's not just one cooing sound or whatever you call these owl sounds, it's different tones and inflections, high and low, long and short and it's goes on and on all night from owl to owl and so on. Even the high school football team is called the Owls.

JacobSanders, Friday, 13 December 2013 07:45 (ten years ago) link

You should've asked your real estate agent if you were moving into an owl neighborhood.

alan watts, he made me hot (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 December 2013 09:03 (ten years ago) link

Always sad the see the Owlification of an area, forcing the residents out, deafened by incessant hooting.

my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 13 December 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://i.imgur.com/mz1vt4G.gif

, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link

They've figured out how to use Vine?

barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link

ten months pass...

https://vine.co/v/Oe3qaAu0hK5

, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link

three months pass...

The Terror Owl of Purmerend is no more:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/14/eagle-owl-caught-dutch-town-attacks-purmerend-netherlands

cgi bubka (NickB), Saturday, 14 March 2015 09:57 (nine years ago) link

six years pass...

Baby Barn owl photographed in mid-run
📸 Hannie Heere pic.twitter.com/BikGjRnb6d

— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) December 8, 2021

silverfish, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link

ten months pass...

Saw a bunch of these guys this weekend and it was amazing. Was especially into the screech owl.

2-4-6-8 Motor Away (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 October 2022 23:17 (one year ago) link

I don think I've ever seen an owl in the wild and I am sad abou t it

| (Latham Green), Monday, 24 October 2022 00:08 (one year ago) link

I once saw a Hawk Owl. That was cool.

an incomprehensible borefest full of elves (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 24 October 2022 00:35 (one year ago) link

There's a falconry place a few houra from here who also has trained owls and will let you hold / fly them.

fajita seas, Monday, 24 October 2022 00:44 (one year ago) link


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