"O RLY" ugla er død...

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San Diego, California (AP) -- Jonathan, the Snowy Owl made famous as the "O RLY" owl, has died in captivity in the San Diego Zoo.

 

The owl, which was 17 years old, died Tuesday afternoon after the sudden onset of pneumonia. He was young for an owl in captivity, however wild owls only live an average of 15 years.

 

David Phillips, executive director of the San Diego Zoo, said Jonathan had been in good health but started showing signs of lethargy and loss of appetite on Monday.

 

"This is a long sad day for us," Phillips said.

One of his handlers, Dale Richards, also said Jonathan died quickly. "Wechecked his respiration rate and it was a little irregular ... he wasn't doing too well," Richards told The Associated Press. "Early in the evening, he passed away."

 

The textual phrase "o rly?" was first popularized on the SomethingAwful forums. The phrase was initially one of many used during the FYAD sub forum’s fad of compressing words by removing unnecessary letters. While "O RLY?" is simply shorthand for "Oh, Really?", the most common image macro comes from 4chan, where for a short while, the word "repost" was word filtered to "owl". The Image macro and its attached phrase then spread rapidly throughout the Internet.

 

The “O RLY” owl was first created on www.OffTopic.com after an anonymous user added the phrase to a picture of a snowy owl. The owl quickly became popular on 4chan, and then spread to many other community websites such as Fark, spawning many more image macros involving owls.

 

Jonathon the “O RLY” Owl had recently started to turn this underground fame into mainstream success with his supporting role in the recent Wil Shriner blockbuster “Hoot”. And recently Live Journal-based musical group Local Pub Band came up with a song based around the owl, which is entitled "O RLY?". In the lyrics singer Agniya declares her desire to get to know and her love for the owl.

 

Nick Braden, a spokesman of the Humane Society of the United States, said veterinarians gave Jonathan antibiotics after he showed signs of lethargy Thursday, but it wasn't apparent how sick he was.

 

"They really do die quickly and there was nothing we could do," he said. Braden said "it's a really sad moment for us."

 

[L4r5]

Det var da som f***... Bare dårlige nyheter i dag jo!

[Elyas Machera]

Rest in Peace. Håper alle som virkelig bryr seg om dette setter RIP O RLY som personlig melding på MSN Messenger.

[Shikaru]

R.I.P ugle. -

[Deadringer]

ehh.. trodde det var en dukke eller noe sånt jeg

[The Erland]

Det var litt trist, men 17 år er en respektabel alder for en fugl. Uansett, may he re rest in peace.

[Solid]

Dakars lille pip-pip'en.

[sedsberg]

Virkelig trist. Men hvordan går det med "Have a nice cup of STFU"-mannen tro?

[Cheshire Cat]

R.I.P. old friend...

[Letehn]

Meh, who cares?

Endret 10. februar 2006 av Letehn

[Cheshire Cat]

Meh, who cares?

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eier du ikke følelser!? denne ugla har fulgt uttalige gamere/surfere i uttalige timer, gjennom eventyr, fantastiske historier. uglen har støttet alle og en hver!

 

eier du ikke følelser?

[Propaganda]

Rest in Peace. Håper alle som virkelig bryr seg om dette setter RIP O RLY som personlig melding på MSN Messenger.

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:!: :!: ser det for meg ass..

[Erren]

Rest in Peace. Håper alle som virkelig bryr seg om dette setter RIP O RLY som personlig melding på MSN Messenger.

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Åh, gjett om jeg skal gjøre det, a! Favorittugla mi..

 

Åh, så trist.. :ohno:

[mikaragua]

Rest in Peace. Håper alle som virkelig bryr seg om dette setter RIP O RLY som personlig melding på MSN Messenger.

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Åh, gjett om jeg skal gjøre det, a! Favorittugla mi..

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Så hvorfor har du ikke gjort det ennå?

R.I.P, rly.

[Erren]

Rest in Peace. Håper alle som virkelig bryr seg om dette setter RIP O RLY som personlig melding på MSN Messenger.

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Åh, gjett om jeg skal gjøre det, a! Favorittugla mi..

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Så hvorfor har du ikke gjort det ennå?

R.I.P, rly.

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Jeg har satt den der, jo

Argh, ingen av de "blonde" jentene skjønner hvor trist det er.. -.-

[kdog]

Meh, who cares?

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(støttes)

 

Hvem bryr seg? Jo, de som gidder å poste "R.I.P kjære ugla mi"

 

kondolerer til dere!

[mikaragua]

Unnskyld, Erlend. Tok bare noen sekunder før du ordnet det.

Prøvde å si det til Linda, men hun bare klappet meg på skulderen og sa at det gikk bra.

[Bruker-33331]

R.I.P kjære ugla mi.

[TheDarkListener]

RIP, elsker denne fugler .

[Deadringer]

er det seriøst bare jeg som trodde ugla var ei dukke?