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| ''[[Mr. Korea]]'' had a pet owl named "Lucky." | ''[[Mr. Korea]]'' had a pet owl named "Lucky." | ||
| - | ''The Bohemian Club'', a conservative organization holding annual retreats at a place in Northern California, has an Owl as its symbol. Every year they burn a fire to "cremate Dull Care" in front of a giant concrete owl. | + | ''The Bohemian Club'', a conservative organization holding annual retreats at Bohemain Grove in Northern California, has an Owl as its symbol. Every year they burn a fire to "cremate Dull Care" in front of a giant concrete owl. |
| - | ''A group'' of owls is oddly called a parliment. | + | ''A group'' of owls is oddly called a parliament. |
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Owl n. 1. Nocturnal bird of prey. 2. A coin first produced by the Athenian tyrant Peisistratus, using silver from the Laurion mines 25 miles south of Athens, in 546 BCE. 3. In AA parlance an owl is an elder who is no longer sympathetic with the movement. UsageJorge Suarez once wrote about an encounter he had with a barn owl on a ranch in Venezuela: "Las chuetas malabuenas mirando la noche y torciendo el cogote en mil puertas giratorias. Las tres al mismo tiempo, gritaban: "carne carne" y luego volaban en un vuelo recortado." -- Journal excerpt, 1940.  See Also |
 DesiderataXenophon Aliokrate was sometimes called the "Owl" by his Bulgarian Connections. Mr. Korea had a pet owl named "Lucky." The Bohemian Club, a conservative organization holding annual retreats at Bohemain Grove in Northern California, has an Owl as its symbol. Every year they burn a fire to "cremate Dull Care" in front of a giant concrete owl. A group of owls is oddly called a parliament. |
