# Help Me Plan My SUPERB OWL PARTY (That Was Not A Typo) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237 "2004-01-27T00:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/1 "2004-01-27T00:58:44Z")
The Irish comedian Graham Norton mentioned on his show he mis-read Super Bowl and thought it was Superb Owl. I thought that was pretty funny and, considering I and my friends are not exactly football fans, I would like to design a non-football party for next Sunday and call it the SUPERB OWL PARTY. So, what would be some good things to do at a SUPERB OWL PARTY? (It ought to be a hoot.) ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/2 "2004-01-27T01:07:42Z")
Dissect the owl hairballs (I’ve forgetten the real name) and put together the little skeletons you find within. I did that in the third grade, although now I’d wear some sort of surgical mask because I know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/3 "2004-01-27T03:08:44Z")
Well, the music is easy enough – lots of Who. ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/4 "2004-01-27T03:54:43Z")
Decorate with pictures of owls, the goofier the better. Have everyone come dressed as birdwatchers. Again, the goofier the better. Make cookies shaped like owls. Ice them in the appropriate owl patterns. Try to find paper plates and napkins with owl or birdwatching designs. Let us know how it goes! ~Mercury ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/5 "2004-01-27T04:26:48Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > Dissect the owl hairballs (I’ve forgetten the real name) and put together the little skeletons you find within. I did that in the third grade, although now I’d wear some sort of surgical mask because I know what it is. Owl pellets! Those things are awesome. I reassembled a nearly-complete mouse skeleton from one in the 7th grade and mounted it on a piece of styrofoam. The teacher was thrilled. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/6 "2004-01-27T04:29:14Z")
Serve plenty of wings. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/7 "2004-01-27T05:39:00Z")
Invite [owlofcreamcheese](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/8 "2004-01-27T06:35:53Z")
Of course you’d have to serve CAN APES. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/9 "2004-01-27T18:36:28Z")
“Come to Homer’s Fantastic BBBQ. PS- the extra ‘B’ is for ‘BYOBB’.” “What’s that extra ‘B’ for?” “That’s a typo.” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/10 "2004-01-27T18:59:43Z")
Yummy, yummy owl pellets are available [here.](http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm?terms=7307&cartLogFrom=Search) Yummy yummy? I can’t believe I said that…where’s a barf smiley when you need it? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/11 "2004-01-27T23:04:05Z")
Invite me! My screenname is the scientific name for the snowy owl. I could bring all my Audubon books and owl books and we could look at pictures and try to learn all the owls of the world. Instead of music we could play a recording of owl calls and try to learn them. Sounds like fun! ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/12 "2014-02-01T04:01:20Z")
ETA: Sorry, completely didn’t see the date of the last post. :o ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/13 "2014-02-01T04:48:36Z")
> [@Green\_Cymbeline](#): > > Invite me! Who? Who? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/14 "2014-02-01T05:04:07Z")
So, **DMark** , how’d the party go? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/15 "2014-02-01T05:54:54Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Who? Who? _Nyctea scandiaca_ ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/16 "2014-02-01T07:40:40Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > So, **DMark** , how’d the party go? That was ten years ago! I have problems remembering what I did last Saturday… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/17 "2014-02-01T07:51:24Z")
So it hasn’t become a yearly tradition? I was so looking forward to Owl Day this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/18 "2014-02-01T10:47:08Z")
10 years ago, you should have served [Tootsie Pops](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie_Pops). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/19 "2014-02-02T14:30:40Z")
“Superb Owl” is an old joke and didn’t start with Norton or Stephen Colbert. > **[What's with the Superb Owl?](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/111190-whats-with-the-superb-owl)** > > Living in the Philippines, a country where abundance of a basketball court is just like the abundance of slot machines in Las Vegas... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/20 "2014-02-02T14:39:14Z")
Knock knock. Who’s there? Owl’s Owl’s who? Yes, yes they do. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237.md?page=2)