I'l get to the point. cephs are awsome, and as an awsome thing, they deserve to be celebrated. and not in the way that cephalopodmas celebrates them, as a digusting thing to fear. that is why i propose that we make april 4th international ceph day! an unoficial holiday, but then again so is halloween and talk like a pirate day, and of course, arbor day. I'll leave you to build off of this post.

actualy it doesn't have to be april 4th. i just picked a random day.

for more information on talk like a pirate day go to www.talklikeapirate.com

Cephalopodmas (http://www.cephalopodmas.org/) is on December 22. If we need another day to celebrate cephalopods, how about August 8 (8/8)? Or some other octo/deco multiple.

Perhaps we could lobby the appropriate UN committees and get an upcoming year designated as the International Year of the Cephalopods. The dolphins (http://www.yod2007.org/en/Start_page/index.html) already got one.

mabe we could make it a ceph month. fill it full of conventions and stuff. August would be a good month, and if that doesn't work we could use october.

and seriously. "get your special squammous something fetid"?

cephs are beautiful creatures and are anything but fetid.

and if your days are full of tentacles they certainly won't be full of terror!

If there's going to be a Ceph Month, it HAS to be Octoberpus!!

I agree. and what the heck is your signature talking about

It's an inadvertent haiku composed for me by member Fujisawas_Sake back in (:shock:) September 2005.

I'd wondered about that Kat, it has Douglas Adamsish overtones!

J

yes. yes it does.


I LOVE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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but, back to the orrigional point, when do you think that International Ceph day and/or month should be

The eighth of October seems fitting, but I would have to concur that cephalopodmas sort of "mowed the grass away from in front of our feet", as the Dutch proverb goes...

Lost in translation :smile:

Cephalopodmas (http://www.cephalopodmas.org/) is on December 22. If we need another day to celebrate cephalopods, how about August 8 (8/8)? Or some other octo/deco multiple.

My family has been celebrating 8 Aug as Octopus Day for the
past few years. It usually involves making octopus-shaped
pancakes for breakfast. I suppose that 10 Oct could be Squid Day.
As a bonus it would nearly coincide with Thanksgiving (in Canada
at least), when we give thanks for aout cephalopod friends.

stephen

My family has been celebrating 8 Aug as Octopus Day for the
past few years. It usually involves making octopus-shaped
pancakes for breakfast. I suppose that 10 Oct could be Squid Day.
As a bonus it would nearly coincide with Thanksgiving (in Canada
at least), when we give thanks for aout cephalopod friends.

stephen

I think that we should bunch all of the cephs together into one day to make it easier. I also believe that Cephalopodmas is an insult to cephalopods

I would vote for Oct 8...It just seems fitting...

...And I thought that sig was from Hitchhiker's Guide? :oops:

so it's settled

october 8th shall be international ceph day.

all opposed say "squid":histio: and all who are for it say "octopus":octorun:

you have untill monday evening to reply

octopus

Haliphron!

cuttlefish :cuttlehi: !!

j/k :octopus: :bluering: OCTOPUS!! :bluering: :octopus:

so it's official... kinda.... october 8th shall hence forth be known international ceph day. thank a ceph for all they have done and all the etertainment they have provided. do something nice for your ceph. buy him a new toy or something. :octorun: :octopus2: :cuttle: :earlyammo :histio: :cuttlehi: :mrgreen:

Probably not the day to have calamari with dinner, yes? :wink:

probably not

i think we should make it july 24th cause i mean its a great day, not to mention my birthday:) but october 8th is fine also.

My family has been celebrating 8 Aug as Octopus Day for the
past few years. It usually involves making octopus-shaped
pancakes for breakfast. I suppose that 10 Oct could be Squid Day.
As a bonus it would nearly coincide with Thanksgiving (in Canada
at least), when we give thanks for aout cephalopod friends.

stephen

no we should make feburary 8th squid day, cause squids have 8 tentacles and 2 arms. or october 2nd, but i wanna space it out.

Dont forget, October 8 is unofficially International Cephalopod Awareness Day (http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/10/05/day-of-the-octopus/).

I was thinking it should have been 8/8 but after reading your note and thinking a sec, I like OCTOber 8 much better!

I'd vote for January 13th, but it's too late to vote now. I also know of an interesting haiku, but it's not fit for Tonmo.com. In fact, it's not fit for anywhere. Gross.

I'm dying to know how one makes octopus pancakes?

I'm dying to know how one makes octopus pancakes?

Well, this is how you make octopus cakes (http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/sku9217829/index.cfm?pkey=cbkwbdti&flash=on&cm_ref=http%3A//scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/10/peeking_inside_nature.php). OR you can try the baconopod (http://cephalopodcenterfold.blogspot.com/2007/03/baconopod.html).

Very cute, Jason, very cute!

*laugh*

As a vegetarian I find the baconopod less disturbing than actual calamari :) I don't have the right ingredients, though. We'll have to settle for having octodogs at dinner-unless anyone has other fun ideas for ceph food? (with no *actual* cephalopods hurt in the making of such...)

And now I know what I want for my birthday cake next june.

Happy Ceph Apprecation Day!

Plan for next year and get handmade octopus cookie cutters! (large and small designs are different).
http://www.coppergifts.com/productcart/pc/Octopus_Cookie_Cutters_Large_CG634.asp

I've also seen a less-expensive octo cookie cutter, and if I find it, I'll post it, too.

Nancy

I got a great squid cookie cutter for my daughter, who actually likes to decorate cookies!

Octopus cookies are not easy to make!

Nancy

Nancy, those look great! :notworth:

and delicious!

I missed ICAD by a day - I'm in land-locked Tajikistan, but today I learned that there are lovely ammonite fossils to be found in the capital city (which is almost as large as San Francisco). My phone does not have a camera, so I have to wait to take a picture of my favorite. It is an obvious ammonite, with the outside unfinished and cut and polished to expose the chambers inside, with four individual geodes in the chambers. I'll buy it and post a picture so we can speculate over distance and drinks about which one it is. :earlyammo:goniatite:ceratite::ammonite:

Angus and I stalked the rarely-seen Pamir mountains tree octopus but a golden eagle snatched it up and flew off with it in its talons before he could get a picture. :tentacle1:

Melissa

Naughty eagle!

I keep waiting for that pan to get cheaper on eBay but I think I can manage the baconopod!

Angus and I stalked the rarely-seen Pamir mountains tree octopus but a golden eagle snatched it up and flew off with it in its talons before he could get a picture.

For the sake of natural historical accuracy, I should clarify that the Pamir mountain tree octopus (PMTO) is exceptionally rare. This is due to the fact that the Pamirs (http://www.pamirs.org/) being (a) mostly above the tree line and (b) largely desert, are pretty short on trees. The natural habitat of the PMTO is not so much disappearing as flat-out non-existent in the first place.

Despite its almost mythological status, the PMTO is a fascinating creature. Like the mimic octopus, it can adapt its shape and coloration to closely resemble objects commonly found in the Pamirs, such as a rock, another rock, a goat, a third, slightly bigger rock, or the legendary Badakshani car-chasing dog (a species that by rights ought also to be extinct, due to its habit of dashing in front of Landcruisers and other large, fast-moving vehicles, barking furiously). So eerily accurate is the PMTO's mimicry that many a Pamiri shepherd has driven home what he believed to be a flock of goats, only to discover the next day that his home is overrun by octopuses, all swinging from the rafters and juggling small household objects with their eight dexterous tentacles. The substitution is rarely to the shepherd's advantage, as PMTO's - while reportedly good eating - are extremely difficult to catch and can even break into a kind of gallop, using their eight tentacles to propel themselves over the flat desert terrain at speeds of 25-30mph. The dry conditions in the Pamirs do not favor the "inking" strategy used by their marine brethren, so the PMTO has developed instead the ability to use its ink production equipment to write misleading messages such as "OKTOPUSSES WENTT THATWAY ---->" (PMTOs, although intelligent for molluscs, are poor spellers) to misdirect pursuers.

All in all, a fascinating animal, and I regret that we were unable to capture any images of this extraordinary creature on film. Still, the brief glimpse that we had of one specimen (probably a juvenile, as a full-grown adult would be more than a match for even the largest bird of prey) being borne aloft in the talons of an eagle will remain with me for the rest of my days.

We have applied for funding from the Cryptocephalopod Society, and if our request is approved, we may return next year during the breeding season (when the octopuses descend from the mountains to lay their eggs in improvised nest sites such as outhouses, cow byres, or the rusted hull of a wrecked T-72 tank or BMP armored personnel carrier, many of which can be found throughout the region).

Angus

...PMTO's - while reportedly good eating - are extremely difficult to catch and can even break into a kind of gallop, using their eight tentacles to propel themselves over the flat desert terrain at speeds of 25-30mph....

you know, it's funny you mention that. We were hiking in the Pamirs just last year and caught just such an occasion on film!

http://www.artandautomotiveclassic.com/images/Web/PMTO-01.jpg

Quite the scene, indeed!

:lol:

Angus,
Thanks for the link. I have a cooworker who is into mountain climbing so I sent him by the site.