# I Found Out How To Make An Owl! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777 "2022-03-27T04:39:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/1 "2022-03-27T04:39:47Z")
Here: ,-----, [O.o] /)—) -"\_\_-" Anyone else have a similar pointless (cf. MPSIMS) thing to share? Keep it simple, because that’s what I am talking about 🙂 EDIT: I had to do it again because the hamsters won’t allow my lines for some reason 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/2 "2022-03-27T05:10:20Z")
Long-gone poster Imthecowgodmoo had a similar “sketch” of a cow in his sig, but it doesn’t show up in Discourse, and I can’t remember how he did it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/3 "2022-03-27T05:31:50Z")
It might be possible to find his sig on old versions of the board at [archive.org](http://archive.org), though I’m not quite sure how to search for it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/4 "2022-03-27T05:51:51Z")
(00) !!! Skull Doesn’t quite center up. Oh well ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/5 "2022-03-27T06:01:04Z")
OpalCat’s kitty: =^\_^= ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/6 "2022-03-27T06:09:25Z")
🦉 b bak ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/7 "2022-03-27T14:13:13Z")
Kitty \>^…^\< ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/8 "2022-03-27T14:14:24Z")
It shouldn’t have three eyes, but the hamsters added it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/9 "2022-03-27T14:26:08Z")
So a lot of ASCII art is collected here: [https://www.asciiart.eu/](https://www.asciiart.eu/) For bats I went here [ASCII Art Bats - asciiart.eu](https://www.asciiart.eu/animals/bats) ``` (_ ,_, _) / `'--) (--'` \ / _,-'\_/'-,_ \ /.-' " '-.\ ``` Make sure to have leading spaces for all lines. Way back in the early days of the Internet I used \>\<((((('\> as my username in several places. It is suppose to be a fish. A lot of the one line stuff is here [1 Line Art | ASCII art in one line](https://1lineart.kulaone.com/#/) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/10 "2022-03-27T14:27:58Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Make sure to have leading spaces for all lines. ??? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/11 "2022-03-27T14:29:38Z")
Discourse does some character interpretations, common if first character. So just cutting and pasting causes unexpected results. Any art using the back tick has a strong chance of not working as expected. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/12 "2022-03-27T14:49:27Z")
> [@LegendHasit](#): > > It shouldn’t have three eyes, but the hamsters added it. Springfield kitty. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/13 "2022-03-27T17:13:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It might be possible to find his sig on old versions of the board at [archive.org](http://archive.org), though I’m not quite sure how to search for it at the moment. Post #14, [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20130331143141/http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46931). ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/14 "2022-03-27T18:05:35Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Opalcat’s kitty > > =^\_^= My life is now complete! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/15 "2022-03-27T19:33:04Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > My life is now complete! Is this the requisite 3rd item? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/16 "2022-03-27T19:41:14Z")
One of the many usernames that was mangled in the move to Discourse was iamthewalrus(:3=. It got changed to @iamthewalrus_3 , which isn’t nearly as cool. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/17 "2022-03-28T10:47:24Z")
If you want to make an Owl, you need a Mommy Owl and a Daddy Owl, who love one another very much… ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/18 "2022-03-28T12:00:20Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > ```auto > (_ ,_, _) > / `'--) (--'` \ > / _,-'\_/'-,_ \ > /.-' " '-.\ > > ``` To me, that looks like the rear view of a fat man having a piss. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/19 "2022-03-28T14:29:03Z")
I feel :’( about that. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777/20 "2022-03-28T21:46:37Z")
I didn’t see that at first. But now I can’t unsee it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-out-how-to-make-an-owl/961777.md?page=2)