Comments on: Owl, drunk on schnapps, detained and given water by police 'til it sobers up http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 19:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998416 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998416 Ya' know... flying while drunk *is* illegal... (ill-owlal? I mean, it's not an eagle...) Ya’ know… flying while drunk *is* illegal… (ill-owlal? I mean, it’s not an eagle…)

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998417 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998417 Apparently, the problem is more widespread than we thought: http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com/ Apparently, the problem is more widespread than we thought:

http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com/

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998673 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998673 Give a hoot!!! Don’t pollute!!! Excepts for the kind person who threw out Schnapps. YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Give a hoot!!! Don’t pollute!!!

Excepts for the kind person who threw out Schnapps. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998682 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998682 Also, I hear this is how the cop knew the owl was drunk. Owl: How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? Cop: I don't know. Owl: *leans over and kisses cop on cheek* Owl: I love you man! Owl: *vomits mouse ball onto cops shoes* Cop: Okay, you had enough. Time to go! Also, I hear this is how the cop knew the owl was drunk.
Owl: How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Cop: I don’t know.
Owl: *leans over and kisses cop on cheek*
Owl: I love you man!
Owl: *vomits mouse ball onto cops shoes*
Cop: Okay, you had enough. Time to go!

]]> By: Blaine http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998437 Blaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998437 Have you been drinking, sir? Who? You sir, have you been drinking? Who? Can I see your ID, sir? Who? <taser> Have you been drinking, sir?

Who?

You sir, have you been drinking?

Who?

Can I see your ID, sir?

Who?

]]> By: Tristan Eldtritch http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998449 Tristan Eldtritch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998449 Something about this whole business isn't quite what it seems.... Something about this whole business isn’t quite what it seems….

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998459 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998459 Hedwig is having problems coping with the franchise ending, apparently. Hedwig is having problems coping with the franchise ending, apparently.

]]> By: papiermeister http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998467 papiermeister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998467 I can be quite the night owl myself. Have to say though, I've never been extended the same courtesy under similar circumstances. Bastards. I can be quite the night owl myself. Have to say though, I’ve never been extended the same courtesy under similar circumstances.
Bastards.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998494 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998494 Well, I bet he had a hoot after drinking that hooch. Well, I bet he had a hoot after drinking that hooch.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998503 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998503 Whooooch. Whoooooch. Whooo-whooooooch. Whooooch. Whoooooch. Whooo-whooooooch.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998537 Ipo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998537 O RLY? O RLY?

]]> By: m_dow http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-999306 m_dow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999306 This guy should become the mascot for Hungover Owls. This guy should become the mascot for Hungover Owls.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998591 Ipo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998591 And in other news: Polizei warnt vor Sexpuppen als Schwimmhilfe. Eine Autofahrerin kollidiert mit einem Industriestaubsauger - und hält ihn für einen Roboter. Sounds so highly unlikely... Cops find a drowsy bird on the side of the road, refusing to apply Occam's Razor to this case of an aviary traffic collision victim, they link it to the little bottles of Jaegermeister, Underberg, or Kuemmerling you can always find in the grass strip on the side of central european highways. Sort of like the beer bottles and cans every bicyclist sees on American highway embankments. (not in Germany so much - redemption value!) Oh, and one also finds dead owls there. You see, unlike many birds, <b>owls aren't the least bit interested</b> in sugary fermented stuff. Rodents are. Do I need to explain further? Like, how wide areas with mowed grass and flat surfaces provide little cover for rats and good hunting grounds for birds of prey? Any driver here that hasn't had a near collision with a strigiform? Reason, apply it generously! =] I'm certainly not one to biatch about the posts on a free to read blog. 'Just saying, this is not news, this is the perfect FARK submission. I could stand more Palin horror instead. And in other news: Polizei warnt vor Sexpuppen als Schwimmhilfe.
Eine Autofahrerin kollidiert mit einem Industriestaubsauger – und hält ihn für einen Roboter.

Sounds so highly unlikely…
Cops find a drowsy bird on the side of the road, refusing to apply Occam’s Razor to this case of an aviary traffic collision victim, they link it to the little bottles of Jaegermeister, Underberg, or Kuemmerling you can always find in the grass strip on the side of central european highways.
Sort of like the beer bottles and cans every bicyclist sees on American highway embankments. (not in Germany so much – redemption value!)
Oh, and one also finds dead owls there. You see, unlike many birds, owls aren’t the least bit interested in sugary fermented stuff.
Rodents are.
Do I need to explain further?
Like, how wide areas with mowed grass and flat surfaces provide little cover for rats and good hunting grounds for birds of prey?
Any driver here that hasn’t had a near collision with a strigiform?
Reason, apply it generously!

=] I’m certainly not one to biatch about the posts on a free to read blog. ‘Just saying, this is not news, this is the perfect FARK submission.
I could stand more Palin horror instead.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998595 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998595 Next time just say tl:dr It's abundantly clear you didn't. Next time just say tl:dr It’s abundantly clear you didn’t.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998621 Ipo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998621 But strangely, Fark says: <i>Holy jumpin' Jesus! Things are all farked up! Bad kitty!! * This link was already submitted (by someone else) on 2011-01-18 12:29:59 (US/Eastern Time) ... and was not listed </i> But strangely, Fark says: Holy jumpin’ Jesus! Things are all farked up! Bad kitty!!

* This link was already submitted (by someone else) on 2011-01-18 12:29:59 (US/Eastern Time) … and was not listed

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/owl-drunk-on-schnapp.html#comment-998643 Ipo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998643 Dearest mdh, sweetness, I read that very short article in both available languages. Are you having a moment of bad reading comprehension? Dearest mdh, sweetness, I read that very short article in both available languages.
Are you having a moment of bad reading comprehension?

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