Humorous descriptions for skill failures/successes

[Ambrus]

How do you get that a +29 modifier at 8th level? My reverse engineering says 11 ranks, +5 from Skill Focus and +2/+2-feats and +4 for a high attribute score. But that leaves about +9 unexplained.

This was awhile back during 3rd edition so IIRC it was 11 ranks, +3 Wis mod, +2 Alertness feat, +5 for Eyes of the eagle and a +8 racial modifier for being wild-shaped in eagle form during daylight.

I'm not certain if it would still work in 3.5 or not; I haven't played that character since the switch.

Edit: Domino beat me to the explanation. Kudos.