What happend tot yur premium membership!!!

You can set up shop here at my <owl house> now if you like.

rahhhhhHHHHHHHH

<In Greek mythology, the Little Owl was the messenger of Athene (note the Latin name), the goddess of wisdom. It is possible that the 'wise old owl' idea stemmed from this. Because of the association with Athene, the bird was protected & large numbers nested in the Acropolis (Athene's temple). The image of the bird was used for decoration by the army, believing that it offered them protection & if a Little Owl flew over the army before a battle, it was an omen of victory. The image of the bird appears on many ancient Greek coins, protecting trade & commerce.

In later years, the Romans appropriated the owl as a companion for their goddess of wisdom, Minerva. As they spread, conquering most of Europe, the stories once associated with Athene were retold in the name of Minerva. Consequently, the name of the owl in some countries was derived from Minerva, for example : Minervanp?l?in Finland & Minervauggla in Sweden. >

Here is a picture of a giant screech owl.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twoblu...

If you ask me, this screech owl looks mental, rather than wise.

But with owls, you never know.

One time in Vancouver, at dusk, I saw an owl sitting on a fence.

He was six feet tall.

A <thorough> treatment on the Owl, to be sure.

HAHAHAHAAHAHAH

Ok, from the same author--

"Must owls forever go to the polls, and enjoin in endless strife? The trees whisper a gentle no"

Heh month off- can't be bad..

Thanks for your congratulations,

I just recieved an "MO".

<Master of Owls> degree.

On our practicum, we had to eat a rat.

Heh - there's actually an even better (or more depressing) one in "Walden" about the <screech owls>:

<Walden- 'the woods' in Kraut>

I think <Thoreau> may have been less sharply affected by the desolate cries of owls if he had built his house a little closer to a brothel.

Oh BTW-- do you know who said this?

It was a famous British Lit Critic--

Here was his entire summation of Walden:

"A Yankee old maid living in a hut."

HAHAHAAHAH

Actually I loved reading Walden.

He sure uses a lot of big words though.

Luckily, as an Owl, I was able to look them up in a dictionary.

Got it- BEEMULED you right back...

shocking--

So you are always welcome!

I'll warn hms123 about your post. BTW his forum is now open.

Hi <Hoot Robin>!

Thanks mate!

No, they told me to get lost at <BOB>.

It was my fault though.

Owls don't quack.

They "hoot".

Is it a sort of hommage to Doggimus, without the Oz bark'n'bite? Or barque'n'byte, for that matter. I'm sure I was told in Geografairy Class about the <Great Orstrilian Barking Bight>, but no matter.

On t'other hand, it's also a fair representation of what I look like in RL, now that I've hacked much of my hair off and got new glasses. Yes, exit Cooper Clark, enter Ageing Comedy Nerd: Bill Gates crossed with Mister Magoo. Have you been peeking ... or using those darn superpowers again?

How many times must we in LISP (League of Irish and/or Superpowered Persons) tell you? Superpowers are strictly for (a) biffing evildoers, (b) bopping evildoers, (c) effecting change into your costume in jig time, particularly useful when the nearest phone booth is a see-thru shower cabinet in the next town, (d) saving small children from dinosaurs, tsunamis, rogue male elephants in mad-scientist-induced musth, and (e) checking out what other people look like without clothes on, using x-ray vision or subdermal MRI scanners etc, and strictly for research purposes [note: LISP takes no responsibility for superheroes who back up the results of this research on their computers - if you end up on the sex offenders register, we never heard of you].

But the basic rule, as any super fule kno, is <don't use your powers to enjoy yourself, or threaten the existing political order, or damage military hardware belonging to a non-defaulting UN government, or find out anything that might make a good media story>. Clark Kent has a derogation from this last clause, but only when he's wearing glasses.

Wearing glasses ... wasn't that where we came in? I move in mysterious ways, but I always finish where I began. Loopy de Loup, c'est moi.

Bit *low*, that one, innit?

May I know where I can find <jessicafischerqueen>?...

Ahaa!!

From Royalty to poultry...

Whats up <jess>??...

A new avatar..Why an owl and where did you get it from???..