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Didn’t Douglas Adams have a bit about this? Once you figure it out you’d do anything to return to blissful ignorance. It’s all inane chatter about what’s for dinner, who’s looking hot today, and more than anyone would ever want to know about wind speed and weather conditions.


I always fancied that they might be debating philosophical points or maybe even offering up "tweets" of wisdom. Owl: "In order to understand the very nature of the mind itself, one must earnestly seek to find the answer to this riddle: WHOoooooooo?!"


"He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries."




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