I want to buy an Owl

20-06-2014 9:09am

I want a bird of prey I can train to snatch money out of peoples hands. It would be great to set it free a few times around beer gardens. You can imagine the look on peoples faces as they are about to hand over a 50 to pay for a round and in a woosh of feathers it was just gone. Followed by that look from the customer showing he is thinking "How can I now get away without paying for this roung" and the waiter thinking "Ok as weird as that was - you are still paying for this round".

Skill Magill wrote: »

I'd also like a wolf if I didn't have to walk it

I have one actually - and not walking it is an option I would not advise anyone take who also has one. It - does not go well for anyone.

Jonny Blaze · 20-06-2014 10:59am

Red panda for the win!

They're also known as 'red cat-bears'.. cat-bears!

sbsquarepants · 20-06-2014 11:02am

Deleted User wrote: »

I want a bird of prey I can train to snatch money out of peoples hands. .

I believe they are called ex-wives:D

ratmouse · 20-06-2014 1:29pm

WilyCoyote wrote: »

The Pussycat Times

Small Ads:

One Owl, house trained. Good maritime navigational skills. Free to nice home.

Also, slightly battered boat. Pea green in colour.

Can't get much cheeper than that.

I hear they're big on having plenty of honey though?!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 20-06-2014 4:44pm

Is there much money to be made in the owl trade, for instance if I were to source owls from overseas do you think there's a market here to flog them?

old hippy · 20-06-2014 4:59pm

kylith wrote: »

I would strangle that thing inside about half an hour. Seriously annoying.

I dunno, she looks kinda cute

kowloon · 20-06-2014 5:40pm

aaronjumper wrote: »

Ducks are better, they give you eggs, look hilarious and do that "we don't quite belong on land" waddle anytime they want to go anywhere.
Can't Owls be quite vicious?

Ducks are great, so are chickens. Hatch them in an incubator rather than buy adults. They'll follow you about and consider you their parent until they're older and you aren't cool enough to be seen around.

aaronjumper · 20-06-2014 7:33pm

kowloon wrote: »

Ducks are great, so are chickens. Hatch them in an incubator rather than buy adults. They'll follow you about and consider you their parent until they're older and you aren't cool enough to be seen around.

Kowloon. Chicken Emperor.

kowloon · 20-06-2014 8:46pm

aaronjumper wrote: »

Kowloon. Chicken Emperor.

I prefer the title 'Lord' :P

whiskeyman · 20-06-2014 9:10pm

Hi OP.

I've had a pet owl for the past 3 years now and am delighted with it.
It's just the best pet ever and always gets me so much attention.

It's a real head turner...

dodderangler · 20-06-2014 9:25pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

Hi OP.

I've had a pet owl for the past 3 years now and am delighted with it.
It's just the best pet ever and always gets me so much attention.

It's a real head turner...

So you got an owl just so people would look at you?

gctest50 · 20-06-2014 9:32pm

nice slow-motion landing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz1L8DlvBM

--LOS-- · 20-06-2014 10:21pm

Chickens are cool

Look at this lovely thing, she comes for her name ^_^

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

Sinister Pigeon · 20-06-2014 10:41pm

O Owls aren't all they're cracked up to be - they'll be up all night just staring at you - it's like they have eyes in the back of their head or something.....

ArtSmart · 20-06-2014 10:50pm

Skill Magill wrote: »

I've gotten too old to walk the dog. an Owl would be a perfect substitute pertched on my shoulder lookin wise'n'all.

Read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'.

gozunda · 20-06-2014 10:59pm

ArtSmart wrote: »

Read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'.

See previous post re Rachel and the Replicant Owl...

ArtSmart · 20-06-2014 11:31pm

gozunda wrote: »

See previous post re Rachel and the Replicant Owl...

too drunk.

But tell me, was it a sheep / goat or an owl he craved in DADOES?

Ditch · 21-06-2014 12:15am

Skill Magill wrote: »

I'd also like a wolf if I didn't have to walk it

Skill Magill wrote: »

Or a penguin

I actually walked a penguin once. When I was a child. An experience I still treasure, to today.

The world was a different place, back then.

gozunda · 21-06-2014 3:09am

ArtSmart wrote: »

too drunk.

But tell me, was it a sheep / goat or an owl he craved in DADOES?

I believe the undercurrent was that he himself was a replicant - anyway in the film he certainly appeared to fancy Rachael and her owl....

neamhspleachi · 21-06-2014 10:11am

I want this guy, it'd cheer me up no end having him around

WoollyRedHat · 21-06-2014 7:14pm

I'd like an ostrich for security, can you imagine the look of abject horror if a burgular broke into my house only to be greeted by a big **** off ostrich, standing there, staring into the eyes of him, readyto pounce.

ivytwine · 22-06-2014 4:58pm

I'd love a pet bear.

I'm sure the moments before it disembowelled me would be just delightful!

gctest50 · 22-06-2014 5:02pm

ivytwine wrote: »

I'd love a pet bear.

I'm sure the moments before it disembowelled me would be just delightful!

be grand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtOopi2moHk

ivytwine · 22-06-2014 5:09pm

gctest50 wrote: »

be grand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtOopi2moHk

That video has made my day, thank you

Bafucin · 22-06-2014 7:19pm

Doberman. I have always wanted one. We had one went I was a kid.

Capt'n Midnight · 23-06-2014 11:34pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

I'd like an ostrich for security, can you imagine the look of abject horror if a burgular broke into my house only to be greeted by a big **** off ostrich, standing there, staring into the eyes of him, readyto pounce.

amatuer :rolleyes:

Even emu's are better remember who won the emu war of 1932 ?

if you want a bird for home defence it has to be a Cassowary , closest thing you'll get to a velociraptor

gozunda · 24-06-2014 10:47pm

"Capt'n wrote:

if you want a bird for home defence it has to be a Cassowary , closest thing you'll get to a velociraptor

I will raise the home defence option to a species not much changed from its prehistoric cousins - the goose. As for home defence theres not too many who will take them on...

gctest50 · 25-06-2014 4:34pm

gozunda wrote: »

I will raise the home defence option to a species not much changed from its prehistoric cousins - the goose. As for home defence theres not too many who will take them on...

Renewed respect for nature.

Result

An Ottawa cyclist says a surprise attack by a Canada goose left her with a concussion and fractured cheekbone, and a renewed respect for nature.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/goose-attack-leaves-ottawa-cyclist-shaken-and-scarred-1.2686751

McChubbin · 25-06-2014 4:42pm

I want a whole army of Pugs.

gctest50 · 29-06-2014 3:36pm

McChubbin wrote: »

I want a whole army of Pugs.

You could do this for the craic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt0cCkWpdYc

I want to buy an Owl

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