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Lark, Owl, or Pigeon?

(89 Posts)
Baggs Wed 04-Jan-23 09:32:06

According to an Oxford prof, 10% of us are larks (me), 25% are owls (MrB), and the rest are pigeons.

You?

melp1 Mon 09-Jan-23 21:19:21

Depends on the season, spring & summer a lark, but autumn & winter an owl hate getting out of bed on cold & dark mornings.

GrannyZoom Sat 07-Jan-23 16:44:39

Lark but would like to be an owl!

narrowboatnan Sat 07-Jan-23 11:36:07

Mostly pigeon. I used to be an owl until I switched to decaffeinated tea. Now nine o’clock is the new midnight and, especially these dark mornings, I often don’t resurface until nine the next morning. DH is, I think, more dormouse than anything else, nine o’clock bed, nine o’clock get up and has a long afternoon nap as well.

Katie59 Sat 07-Jan-23 07:29:25

We’re both Larks, up early and pretty much dead by 10pm both always have been

nanna8 Sat 07-Jan-23 06:34:24

Owl. We go to bed at midnight but I would go later if it was entirely up to me. We get up at 8-8.30am depending on what’s on.

Quichette Sat 07-Jan-23 01:46:49

Night owl here. I am sometimes awake until 6 a.m., alas. If I have to get up early I sometimes can not sleep at all. To those wondering what a Night Owl does until then, cleaning, laundry, ironing, tidying. Anything really except gardening grin. I sometimes see the sun come up but the moon and stars keep me company. During my working life I was an unhappy Pidgeon.

Kartush Sat 07-Jan-23 01:44:43

I think i must be a pigeon, late to bed early to rise. I want to be an owl, given a choice I would totally sleep all day and stay awake all night. as it is I do on mostly about 5 hours sleep a night

discoqueen Sat 07-Jan-23 01:16:24

But chronic insomnia so awake for 24 plus hours regularly. Occasionally 36, 72 a few times. So needs to be shift worker option!

discoqueen Sat 07-Jan-23 01:13:46

Always been an owl

Growing0ldDisgracefully Fri 06-Jan-23 23:50:35

Used to be a lark but now generally an owl. Though since Xmas I think I am a turkey - somewhat stuffed.

Marmight Fri 06-Jan-23 21:25:34

🐦 😴

Ashcombe Fri 06-Jan-23 21:09:56

I'm more of a lark but verging towards being a pigeon these days.

For some reason, the typos (park for lark) brought the Tom Lehrer song, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, to mind:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY

Sleepygran Fri 06-Jan-23 19:55:33

Owl,but also a permanently exhausted pigeon!

Davida1968 Fri 06-Jan-23 18:09:40

I'm a bear. I'd hibernate if I could. Just curl up asleep inside a warm den and come out in the springtime. Apparently bears need to have a big feed before they hibernate then they lose a lot of weight while hibernating. So it's a win-win situation, as far as I can see.

Saggi Fri 06-Jan-23 18:02:25

Always …always been a lark . Had a job when I was 11 helping the milkman at weekends…used to be up at 4.30…..all my jobs since have been early rising jobs …. I’m still early to bed ..early to rise! Best bit of the day is 5-7 in morning ….who would choose NOT to see sunrise?

Musicgirl Fri 06-Jan-23 17:34:34

Definitely a pigeon but would like to be a lark as so many of my family are.

grannybuy Fri 06-Jan-23 15:59:52

Always been an owl. My eyes droop early evening, whereupon I say that I’ll go to bed earlier, but by about 9.30, I have a new lease of life. I’ve swithered about going to bed early in the evening when I’m flagging, but worry that I’d be awake again in the early hours

Neilspurgeon0 Fri 06-Jan-23 14:29:03

Very very happy lark, best time of every day is before six am

LadyHonoriaDedlock Fri 06-Jan-23 14:19:16

Definitely an owl.

First New Year resolution to go in 2023 was the one about getting up at 8 every morning.

CBBL Fri 06-Jan-23 14:16:18

Definite Lark here! Awake by about 4.00am most days. If I'm still in bed at 7.30am - I'm definitely ill!

Yammy Fri 06-Jan-23 14:16:07

A Pidgeon married to a lark, who insists on bringing me breakfast[lovely thought] in bed when he has his. I once woke up with my hand in something cold and thick he had perched a bowl of porridge on the end of the bed, gone off fishing and I had gone back to sleep.grin

Wyllow3 Fri 06-Jan-23 14:14:54

Never an owl, otherwise vary. I prefer pigeon, as you get the maximum daylight that way.

Keffie12 Fri 06-Jan-23 14:11:19

Definitely an owl here. Always have been

Azalea99 Fri 06-Jan-23 14:04:38

Definitely not a Park. More of a Growl

Sawsage2 Fri 06-Jan-23 13:33:26

Owl. Bed at 2am. Up around 11am.(Larks sometimes nap after lunch, which I never do)