Check this out...especially Nancy

[sideways]

We bought some of these at the "Dollar Tree" tonight for our niece and nephews. Nancy, check out the second pic to see the name of the product.
John

 

[neptune]

OMG that is strange, can't wait for her to see that. Great finds BTW

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Weird.

 

[NickA5582]

Quite the coincidence, BTW, where'd you get Ollie's name, Nancy?

 

[Nancy]

Looks like Ollie went into business for herself!

The way Ollie got her name - Before she arrived, I told my husband he could name our octopus. Without even a pause, he said "Ollie, Ollie Octopus". I thought it was a fine name. And after Ollie turned out to be a girl, it was still a fine name.

Nancy

 

[joel_ang]

Great find there and what a coincidence.At first I thought Ollie was supposed to be a female. I only realised he was a he when I noticed everyone refered to him as a "he".

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Ollie was female.

 

[Nancy]

Like most of our octo owners, I assumed that I had a male. (It's very difficult to determine the sex of a bimac. ) Then, when I saw the eggs, I knew Ollie was a female and began referring to "she" and "her".

Nancy

 

[joel_ang]

Just saying I thought she was a female right from the start. Where did the eggs go in the end, I was never really clear on that.

 

[NickA5582]

This is getting weird again...

http://whimsyprints.com/ollie.html

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

I guess it's common because it rhymes.

 

[Nancy]

And that one was copyright 2002! It's a good drawing of an ocotpus, too - I'm going to have to give some thought to the upcoming Ollie book, the Ollie tote bag series, and the Ollie note cards. (I promised Ollie she would be famous.)

Yes, I think Olllie Octopus is common because both words begin with the same letter - Polly Octopus isn't as good.

Her nickname was Ollliepod, by the way.

As for the eggs, well, either the bristleworms ate them or Ollie herself destroyed them - there weren't many - and after a month or so, she stopped guarding so carefully the area where they were and started dismantling her den. I don't think they were fertile, but bimacs can lay infertile eggs.

Nancy

 

[NickA5582]

Looks like Ollie already has her own song. (or two)

And part of a theme park.

And cheesy story.


And a lot more; I did a Google search for Ollie octopus.

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

That's a funny cheesy story!

 

[joel_ang]

An interesting one too

I wish I could be a kid again.....worryless life (is that how worryless is spelt?)