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11-06-12, 07:29 AM
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Never mind the herd
I have just heard the best collective noun an ostentation of peacocks. Is that the most descriptive one ever?
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11-06-12, 08:00 AM
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Re: Never mind the herd
I quite like a mischief of rats
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11-06-12, 08:29 AM
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Re: Never mind the herd
A gaggle of women
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11-06-12, 08:49 AM
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Re: Never mind the herd
I still like Lozzo's, "Are all women as mad as a box of frogs?"
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11-06-12, 08:55 AM
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Re: Never mind the herd
What about an Obliviation of Orgers? That about sums up last Saturday night for a group staggering about a field after too many cans of fizzy pop.
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11-06-12, 08:58 AM
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Re: Never mind the herd
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11-06-12, 10:50 AM
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Re: Never mind the herd
an intrusion of cockroaches always seems apt.
Must admit I hadn't spotted and didn't know the Peacock one though, that is quite possibly the best  I learned a few today too, this was on reddit this morning: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm Last edited by Brettus; 11-06-12 at 10:52 AM. |
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11-06-12, 08:13 PM
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11-06-12, 08:27 PM
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Re: Never mind the herd
Have you ever tried to smack a jellyfish, I have, it is really difficult.
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11-06-12, 08:46 PM
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Re: Never mind the herd
An Unkindness of Ravens.
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