cross-posted from: https://retrolemmy.com/post/24000013

Have a photo of my cat and his owl :)

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[–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Idea: plushy OotY supporting [favorite owl rescues].

Plushy Buffy Fish would be boffo box office, just sayin’.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I have debated something along these lines a few times, but if we look at the 90-9-1 rule, I can usually only get a dozen of you to comment regularly for free! 😄

    I found a Blakiston, but no Buffy.

    OP's owl is an Ikea UGGLA.

    Why does no owl plush or shirt give them proper zygodactyl feet?!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    See, this is what I'm saying, we could right several wrongs in the owl plush market and score some cheese for the wildlife rescues. Plus: okay I know I'm repeating myself but: Plushy Buffy Fish. It sells itself!

    We just make up some drawings, a few notes on stitching and what have you and put it up on OwlStarter. Badda bing.

    There'd be a new one every year! Like Chryslers!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago
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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Did anybody else involuntarily wail in their head like in the the song “what’s new pussycat” or am I just weird?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Nah but it did remind me of a poem my Nana used to read me as a kid

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Edward Lear 1812 – 1888

    The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

    Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing! Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried, But what shall we do for a ring?" They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the bong-tree grows; And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood, With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose.

    "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will." So they took it away, and were married next day By the turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They danced by the light of the moon.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh wow that's a deep memory. It was one of the songs mother sang to us at night. That and Oranges, Lemons.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oranges and Lemons" say the bells of St Clement's. "You owe me five farthings" say the bells of St Martin's. "When will you pay me?" say the bells of Old Bailey. "When I grow rich" say the bells of Shoreditch. "When will that be?" say the bells of Stepney. "I do not know" says the great Bell of Bow.

    So many versions though, worth an internet deep dive.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    This is the cutest pic so far today. So good that I had to send it to my partner. What a cutie.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    He's got great taste in animal friends! 🦉

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think my kid has the same owl

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