I remember watching 'Octopussy' and being captivated by the pet octopus. I was captivated in my neurological psychology classes when they talked about octopuses. A friend of mine mentioned that instead of talking about them I might actually /own/ one, an idea that had never really crossed my mind.

So I have found this wonderful resource on ceph ownership. This site has a wealth of information. At this point, I think it is realistic of me to say that my lifestyle (and income) probably wouldn't work out with octopus ownership but hopefully I can vicariously learn what it's like to own one by reading everyone else's stories.

So keep up the great work, posting stories and pictures! Maybe one day I'll be able to own one as well. I must say I am sorely disappointed to learn that they have such short lifespans! Such a tragedy for such a captivating creature!

Back to lurking..
PlantyHamchuk

Welcome, PlantyHamchuck!

Lots of people are inspired by Bond films, and not just to learn about octos. No one will sell me a car with a refridgerated glovebox for the Bollinger!

Lots of us don't have the ability to keep a pet octopus, but we post anyway. Don't be shy!

Melissa

Hey Planty,
Sorry this is such a long time coming, but :welcome:!

Just wanted to register my agreement with you on this... I've never owned an octopus myself (or a tank for that matter), but if conditions ever do arise where I can devote time/effort to such a cause, I'll be well-prepared, thanks to the community that has gathered here!

Happy lurking... :)

Mmmh... Welcome !

This forum is interesting even if I have no tanks (no enough time to take care of it and its habitant) I have read for the last 2 days (since my registration) many interesting things about Lego, living giant squids, the nearly day by day adventure of Ink ;) ... I have the chance to dive so my "tank" is a little bigger than any other tanks in this forum and I enjoy any encounters with cephalopods.

Impressive, funny, accurate would be the word I would use to describe this forum. A great source of fun and informations. So thank you for existing on the internet ! 8)

i too became a octo wanter soooo bad by octopussy.Now I have decided to get one.(baby bimac of course)This may be a shock to all of you but i am only 11.Thats right, E-L-E-V-E-N. :bonk: I work for my dad and thats howw im going to pay for it. Oh and does Malak or Revan strike a bell for any of you!

Oh and does Malak or Revan strike a bell for any of you!

KOTOR devoured waaaaay too much of my life.

The Dark Side rules.Darth Neil

I guess my name just says it all for me!! :heee:

Hey malak! age not too far of from me :)

huh?


:?

I had a free trial of Galaxies and that thing absorbed my life!!! Amazing game but a bit annoying that it has a monthly fee!

Havnt tried KOTOR yet

how old is joel_ang?

oh and colin, you should get KOTOR its a really good game :D

14 :wink:

:D


I learn something new everyday. :lol:

a mere whipper snapper.. knee high to an octopus ;)

What's with um... and Neil?

Long, sad story.

Neil.

yeah, what is up with that? hehe

I got time to kill.



hehe

What's with um... and Neil?

Got bored and checked um...'s posts, there's a Neil on every other one. :?
Small writing is fun.

Sorry so late, but :welcome: to TONMO, PH!

OMG, how did I miss this:

:welcome: to TONMO.com


:feet:

I got time to kill.

hehe

OK. Here is a rather pathetic précis of the whole sorry mess:

...someone sent me a news clipping about Neil Diamond that warmed the cockles in my heart (there's a little mollusc in everyone). I had it taped to the wall above my desk ..... for one day only ... and that wretched woman that you all love [guess who] put on her pointy black hat, rode her broomstick and has taken and hidden it.

He's not far away... but pleasantly out of sight. :twisted:

....um, here's the deal. You get her majesty to return my ND news clipping and I'll give you a finished piece of [art]work.

I don't jest.

(In case you didn't know, :oshea: is very, very good at drawring.)

Kat, will you please give back Steve's Neil Diamond article? Thanks in advance.

:roflmao:

... :twisted:

:(

Please?



:boohoo: :roflmao: :lol: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Hence my new avatar. :boohoo:? Boo-hoo indeed.

I would consider it a fair trade-off, then, if ND died and I agreed never to speak ill of him again (= never to speak of him again). Deal? :twisted:

As for 'only one Neil' ... I suppose we should be thankful for small favors, although I maintain that that's still one and a half too many.

:yuck:

BTW, if 'Neil' surpasses 'squid' as one of the top words used on this site, there will be trouble. BIG trouble. Newspaper-clippings-going-up-in-flames-and-the-ashes-sprinkled-into-unsuspecting-coffee-mugs-type trouble. Just so you know.

Neil.

:feet:

FREE NEIL

:shock: Mad People :shock:

hehehe, well put... i think that deserves a seperate thread on the introductions forum... prolly titled 'before you start reading...'

just in case people do this :bugout: :bugout: :bugout: straight away!

:nofeet:

:heee:

So it's to annoy TTF, but can't she just edit the Neil out of your posts, if she's that :twisted: , and how will this get Steve's little article back? And why not just write "Neil" a couple times on your signature, so there will be 716n (n representing how many Neils there are) on TONMO, or does that not "count"? Where did TTF go, anyways?

:nofeet:

So it's to annoy TTF, but can't she just edit the Neil out of your posts, if she's that :twisted: , and how will this get Steve's little article back? And why not just write "Neil" a couple times on your signature, so there will be 716n (n representing how many Neils there are) on TONMO, or does that not "count"? Where did TTF go, anyways?

:nofeet:

It's to support :oshea:. She can edit out whatever she wants (provided it's under her jurisdiction), but I presume that she has many more important things to do. :twisted:, not crazy. Additionally, such a response would lack a great deal of finesse. She can do much better than that, I'm sure. Or she could ignore the whole thing.

The signature thing apparently doesn't work, and each word is only counted once per post. Too bad, because otherwise there'd be about 85,000 instances of 'Neil' on TONMO.com right now. I'm stuck doing it the hard way. :)

Where'd she go? Good question. Her sister's visiting, so she might be hangin' out. Or she could just be very busy. Maybe she stopped by in Hell, just to make sure things were still running smoothly. :twisted:

SHHHH! SHHHH! Before Tonmo finds this threads and shuts it down!!! uhhh.... SQUID! SQUID SQUID!

All clear now. :feet: Uhhh... I mean.... :nofeet:

Like your signature. Don't like how little you just helped my cause. :)

Neil rules.

SHHHH! SHHHH! Before Tonmo finds this threads and shuts it down!!! uhhh.... SQUID! SQUID SQUID!
I've got my :cyclops: on you DG.

:police: