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When is Billo's birthday? What gender is Billo? - Tommy

Billo won’t tell anyone the exact date of his birthday, but if you go here and get out a calculator, you may be able to figure it out by how many days old he is. Billopan is a boy, and he told me to tell you that he’s very surprised you can’t tell just by looking at him. Pink happens to be a very manly color, you know. - Nathan

Nate just doesn't want to admit he doesn't know how to calculate Billopan's birth date.
Oh, wait. Neither do I... - Cat

I've been in this guild for about 5 months now, so I feel silly for not knowing the answer to this. But where is Divisor anyway? - vegetarwlz

For the most part, Di's a dynamo - but can only keep up that type of energy for so long before real life gets the best of her. I did talk to her on the phone once, last Thanksgiving. - Cat

To Nathan:
How does it feel to be the most well-known male in TNO, and further, the only active male over 25 (as far as I know)? It seems that everyone and their sister has a bit of a crush on you, so do you feel this has an effect on how seriously you are taken? (Ha, that was definitely more than one question.) - Jessi

Actually, I hadn’t been aware of any of that, but now that you mention it I’m really scared! *runs and hides* - Nathan

Are you *trying* to maintain the Fluffy Bunny title? Chicken. - Cat

To the WHOLE council:
If you could improve TNO in any way (no limits), what would you do? - Jessi

I’d set up the whole guild on our very own tropical island and have an army of plushie mynci minions serve us day and night. We’d just have to be careful that they didn’t get wet because plushies are never the same after they’re dipped in salt water and plushie myncis get especially cranky about that. - Nathan

I'd set us up with a really awesome programmer so we could rival Neopets for coolness. - Miraged

Pfft. I make a question that I intend to be difficult, and I end up answering it myself! If that's not karma, I don't know what is. I would steal Nate's army of Plushie mynci minions, leave him on the tropical island, and use them all as mindless spam busting drones. Then maybe the rest of us spam busters would join Nate on his little island! - Jessi

I'll go with Jen on that one - though she does an awesome job without a programmer lacky on staff... - Cat

To the WHOLE council:
If you were stranded on a desert island, and could only take one thing, what'd it be? - nattieneos

A nice hotel! - Nathan

A build a boat kit! - Miraged

Ooh! A lounge chair!

...wait...is this supposed to help me get off the island somehow? - Jessi

A yacht. - Cat

Cat! She's pretty useful. AND she's bringin' her yacht! - Havaheart

How do you feel about... Mozzerella(sp?) cheese? Cheese seems to be a big thing in TI, so I figured I'd ask. - erinbee091

I feel pretty good about it. I think it’s been a good year for Mozzarella so far. We’ll have to see how things go over the summer, though. You know how cheese gets when it’s too warm! - Nathan

String cheese had better come straight from the fridge - it is *not* meant to be stowed away as a snack food and eaten after lugging it all around Disneyland. Yuck. - Cat

Have you ever had fresh mozzerella? It's so gross. My mom buys it, and floats around in oil and it's really gross. Leagues away from the kind you put on pizza. - Havaheart

Did TNO have any other 'mascots' before Billopan? - erinbee091

One of Di's pets was the original braniac behind the guild, but Billopan thrives on the attention, so he was set up as the figurehead. - Cat

To the WHOLE council:
Ever counted how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop? - Rudi Kabooti

Ah, yes, I have. And I’d give you the answer but I’m afraid I was sworn to secrecy. Few people have the discipline to get all the way to the center, and we guard our secret well. - Nathan

Lick, Lick, CRUNCH. Always seems to be three for me.... - Miraged

Tootsie pops are GROSS! - Jessi

Ooh, I did actually try once or twice, but it didn't work very well, so instead I want online and looked it up. Turns out it's 252. - Havaheart

To Miraged:
Why penguins? Ever since I joined TNO, I've always associated you with penguins because of your cute signature and avatar. So why penguins? - Joy

I didn't choose the penguins. They chose me. One day they surrounded me and pledged to be my penguiny ninja protectors. I couldn't argue with that, now could I? - Miraged

What happened to the Event Staff? Is TNO going to do anything special soon? - Joy

The event staff was taking hostage by a group of hostile kacheeks, and transported to Roo Island. We’ve been in negotiations to get them back, but they’re asking a lot, so we may just leave them there. Besides, we hear the weather on Roo Island is nice this time of year.

To the WHOLE council:
How did you guys find out about TNO, and what was it like when you joined? - esmivida

Oh, I hadn’t heard anything about it until I saw one in the trading post the other day. Frankly, the horns and the little fangs scared the heck out of me. I ended up closing the window and going to play Dubloon Disaster for a while. I still shudder at the memory of that evil little grin.

What? OH! T-N-O? I thought you said T-M-O, The Mutant Ona. Never mind then! - Nathan

Boys...never take anything seriously. I joined because I was just releasing pets I had improved into the pound again, and I didn't like how they often went to people who were quickly frozen or left Neopets. So I searched and searched for adoption guilds, and actually joined another one first before finding TNO. There were a alot more old people here when I joined....and we threw a LOT of peas... - Miraged

The only guild I'd ever been an active member of, APP (Adopt Painted Pets), shut down. I pretty much had nothing to do on Neopets and, not quite ready to give it up, I started looking for a new adoption guild. One of the first active, pretty ones I saw was TNO, and BAM! There I went. - Jessi

Soooo shallow Jessi - looking for the 'prettiest' guild

I was council in another guild for about a year, before things started getting dicey between us (I was the youngest on staff... but all the drama came from the older ones o.0). A friend told me about TNO, I joined, and quickly became attached. - Cat

I was adopting pets, handpainting them, and releasing them into the pound...Someone from the guild contacted me-faerieroo it was, actually, and told me about TNO, because I had something in my shop telling how my fosters where and asking for donations. I thought it was a stupid idea-You had to wait longer, and weren't guaranteed success anyways (but I, obviously, got converted on that point), but, for some reason, I offered to let her have my account (havaheart) to foster with. I later got it back, and decided to try TNO out. How those two things happened is a bit fuzzy right now.

It was a pretty close-knit group back then. Only a few people were really active, and we still used the guild boards-can you imagine? We were much smaller then and lower tech then. I remember feeling a bit left out-is much as people say it's hard to get noticed in a bigger guild, but I think it's less exclusive, and more interesting and has a wider range of people.

Aaandd so that's my long dull story for the day. - Havaheart

To the WHOLE council:
What team did you join, and why? - penguinlover_11

I joined TI – the cheese made me to it! - Nathan

TI. The penguins informed me that I couldn't do elsewise. - Miraged

TDW - um...*shakily reads note in front of her* I thought that this team was nice and I would never, ever, ever, ever leave...Heh.

(help me!) - Jessi

Ha ha...don't worry about her. That's just her little joke. We'll just take her back into our brainwashing room for a little rest.

Join? I created TDW. I am also responsible for intimidating people into joining and staying. You should join. Really. Really. - Havaheart

I was in TI, but backed out because I was getting way too stressed and taking it out on other people. Plus, back then, we were more concerned about having admins as members of teams, so Di and I both went team-less. - Cat

How are the members of the Welcoming Committee, Adoptee Agents, etc. chosen? And what are the special requirements? - penguinlover_11

Other than flight, super speed, and x-ray vision, there are no special requirements. Anyone wanting to get a job in TNO only needs to keep an eye on the Help Wanted thread. When there are new openings, instructions and requirements are posted there. - Nathan

They're basically chosen on requirements, but more important than what people say, is what we've seen them doing around the Forums. I, personally, would look at overall attitude... not just the application. - Cat

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