# Why is BarnOwl a PMSing psychopath? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702 "2008-12-04T17:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/81 "2008-12-05T16:28:18Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Yeah, what **Frylock** said. My purpose in posting to this thread in the first place was to voice my opinion that it not be shut down, because I felt it was important to be able to discuss it/figure out what was going on/etc. In the end that is what happened, and it worked out very much for the best. If we hadn’t gotten to hear the end of the story I think many of us would have lost respect for BarnOwl and actively disliked him due only to what we saw in the other thread–as it is most of us now realize that it was a one-time thing and don’t hold it against him. That would not be the case had the thread been closed at the beginning. > > **I might suggest that FarmerChicke try to read for comprehension next time.** D’oh! or at least drink more coffee before posting. :smack: This is me eating humble pie and offering an apology to both **Rigmarole** and **OpalCat.** ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/82 "2008-12-05T16:47:03Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Yeah, what **Frylock** said. My purpose in posting to this thread in the first place was to voice my opinion that it not be shut down, because I felt it was important to be able to discuss it/figure out what was going on/etc. In the end that is what happened, and it worked out very much for the best. If we hadn’t gotten to hear the end of the story I think many of us would have lost respect for BarnOwl and actively disliked him due only to what we saw in the other thread–as it is most of us now realize that it was a one-time thing and don’t hold it against him. That would not be the case had the thread been closed at the beginning. Agreed. When I read the thread that prompted all this, I was just thinking “WTF? **BarnOwl** has a history, and it’s not a bad one, and what’s the deal?” So I’m happy to have been able to see a resolution to this. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/83 "2008-12-05T17:10:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Who? Twit. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/84 "2008-12-05T17:30:18Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > What a bunch of blood-sucking sharks. Why did you quote me? My post was clearly a defense of **Barn owl**. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/85 "2008-12-05T18:12:49Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Why did you quote me? My post was clearly a defense of **Barn owl**. I know you and **Khadaji** both were defending **Barnowl**. I took **Rigamarole** and **Opalcat** ’s posts as attacks. My whole post was/is a clusterfuck, which is why I apologized. I really really need to be more awake some days… No offense intended to you at all **QED** , you either **Khadaji.** ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/86 "2008-12-05T18:27:36Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > So he will do a pirouette and then continue to be PMSing psychopath? [I.e., “ **BarnOwl** ;” "head; “360”.](http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=906) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/87 "2008-12-05T19:35:00Z")
I have a prediction for this thread. 1. There will be a couple silly posts. 2. Then someone new will come along and make a comment without realizing that it’s all over and step on someone else’s toes and then there will be some back and forth griping until someone points out that the whole thing was resolved and can’t we all just get along. 3. Then there will be more apologies, silliness then back to step 2. Unless a nice mod will have mercy and close the thread because it’s stuck on a recursive loop. By the way, sharks don’t suck blood they mostly make it appear and then swim around in it a lot. They’re looking for the fleshy, crunchy bits. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/88 "2008-12-05T19:47:49Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > No offense intended to you at all **QED** , you either **Khadaji.** No harm; no foul. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/89 "2008-12-05T19:52:10Z")
It seems a lot of people have been over-eager to cry fowl lately. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/90 "2008-12-05T19:57:17Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > It seems a lot of people have been over-eager to cry fowl lately. Well, chicken is very popular nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/91 "2008-12-05T20:16:22Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I love a happy ending I don’t. What’s with the fucking lovefest, all of a sudden? Man, I had high hopes for this thread, too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/92 "2008-12-05T20:27:21Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > I know you and **Khadaji** both were defending **Barnowl**. I took **Rigamarole** and **Opalcat** ’s posts as attacks. > > My whole post was/is a clusterfuck, which is why I apologized. I really really need to be more awake some days… > > No offense intended to you at all **QED** , you either **Khadaji.** 😃 I had read it the way you intended. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/93 "2008-12-05T20:29:59Z")
I feel like I just read my way through a very short soap opera episode. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/94 "2008-12-05T21:55:37Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > By the way, sharks don’t suck blood they mostly make it appear and then swim around in it a lot. They’re looking for the fleshy, crunchy bits. Blood-sucking remoras! ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/95 "2008-12-05T22:22:17Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I love a happy ending You’ve been to Madame Wong’s Massage Parlor too? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/96 "2008-12-05T23:21:10Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > D’oh! or at least drink more coffee before posting. :smack: > > This is me eating humble pie and offering an apology to both **Rigmarole** and **OpalCat.** No sweat. Oh, and sorry for the typo in your name. My fingers tend to be on autopilot. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/97 "2008-12-06T16:27:24Z")
> [@BarnOwl](#): > > “Your welcome!” he called out, again and again, trampolining off the surfaces in the rubber room. And now, with your permission, he’s going to bed. > > “Good night,” he said, upsidedownedly. Quasi from Rothenburg; Everything is cool with me and **BarnOwl** , and I’m enjoying my vacation Rothenburg. Going to sit in on drums with my friend Peter’s band, **Time Out** tonight and probably get stinking drunk on BIER in the process. Had some misadventures, which are listed on my blog if you’re interested. Don’t know if any of what happened is AD-related or not. Maybe y’all can see what you think. I think I’ll join **BarnOwl** in the rubber room and we’ll play that old game PONG together! I’ll check in again later! Q ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702/98 "2008-12-06T21:12:02Z")
BTW, my outburst may have been the result of steroids. At the time of my blow up, I was down to 35 mg/day. At the moment, I’m on 30 mg of prednisone daily. Started st 40 mg several weeks ago, and lately my pulmotry to plead innocent has been weaning me from it 5mg a week. I sorta knew this was what caused it but I kinda hated to plead innocent due to drugs. It can make you a little crazy. Every 3 weeks (on Wednesdays) I get an infusion of Alimta, and on the day before, the day of, and the day after, I take another steroid - but i don’t take the Prednisone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-barnowl-a-pmsing-psychopath/475702.md?page=4)