Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 2:33 am
For the more assertive forum members;
a multiple of prime movers.
Pete, Andrew???
a multiple of prime movers.
Pete, Andrew???
a number of mathematicians
a wave of surfers
a mass of priests
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 3:25 am
Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 5:22 pm
I enjoy a little 'group' therapy: 
a collection of hoarders;
a pack of smokers;
a circle of geometricians;
a bunch of vignerons; and
an assembly of production line workers.
Cheers
Andrew (Darby)
a collection of hoarders;
a pack of smokers;
a circle of geometricians;
a bunch of vignerons; and
an assembly of production line workers.
Cheers
Andrew (Darby)
Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 1:32 am
Taking a slightly different angle to Linmag:
A Net of Surfers
JTS
A Net of Surfers
JTS
Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 6:24 pm
a murder of krauts
a squad of pushers (maybe these agents really "enforce" drugs...)
a company of deserters
a plague of healers
and i prefer "a pack of non-smokers"
Tom
a squad of pushers (maybe these agents really "enforce" drugs...)
a company of deserters
a plague of healers
and i prefer "a pack of non-smokers"
Tom
Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 7:16 pm
Dear all,
What an imaginative collection of "collective nouns"!
There are many accolades to be awarded: tom, John, Andrew, linmag, Byron, partisan, witty-owl, Pete, to mention a few.
Mazeltov, but can return to my "homework" question....."a murder of crows"?
I've thought long and hard about this one: after all, it would be nice to win the prize in the competition I'd devised in the first place .
There is a reference to crows in Shakespeare's "MacBeth", as Duncan's soldiers are advancing. Lady MacBeth makes the remark .
The other possibility is the Scots ballad "The Twa Corbies", about which I'll say more later.
Andrew.
What an imaginative collection of "collective nouns"!
There are many accolades to be awarded: tom, John, Andrew, linmag, Byron, partisan, witty-owl, Pete, to mention a few.
Mazeltov, but can return to my "homework" question....."a murder of crows"?
I've thought long and hard about this one: after all, it would be nice to win the prize in the competition I'd devised in the first place
.There is a reference to crows in Shakespeare's "MacBeth", as Duncan's soldiers are advancing. Lady MacBeth makes the remark .
The other possibility is the Scots ballad "The Twa Corbies", about which I'll say more later.
Andrew.
Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 9:27 pm
Hi,
I was reading the exchanges between Andrew, Linmag and one post of JTS regarding the timing of occurence of Andrew's and Linmag's posts about "a murder of crows". The investigations of two parallel themes (i.e., timing of posts and origin of murder of crows) somehow reninded me of a good Hercule Poirot murder mystery. So when did this murder of crows occur exactly ? Sometime between 10.41 pm and 11.01 pm ??
And who was the original perpetrator of the crime ? Did one of you murder what was by then already dead corpses ??
I was reading the exchanges between Andrew, Linmag and one post of JTS regarding the timing of occurence of Andrew's and Linmag's posts about "a murder of crows". The investigations of two parallel themes (i.e., timing of posts and origin of murder of crows) somehow reninded me of a good Hercule Poirot murder mystery. So when did this murder of crows occur exactly ? Sometime between 10.41 pm and 11.01 pm ??
And who was the original perpetrator of the crime ? Did one of you murder what was by then already dead corpses ??
Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 12:00 am
sounds like a great dinner party game, kush.Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 2:08 am
An Empire of Occupants
Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 12:58 pm
A vacuum of activists
Pete
Pete
Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 4:11 pm
Dear Pete, Byron, Kush et al,
Re the timing of the "murder" ( between 10 41p.m. and 11 01p.m.), I have an alibi : I was telling my son a bed-time story, MacBeth, (the kiddies love it!) and Linmag tells me she was reading her book on origami. Personally, I prefer my alibi to hers, although my son is only 6.
This case will exercise the mind of a super-sleuth.
.
More clues may be revealed soon, but I'd advise you all to read a book on origami
Yours,
Andrew.
P.S. I refered to the Scots ballad "The Twa Corbies". I forgot to mention that "corbie" is the Scots word for "crow".
Crows have been associated with death (or impending death) in literature for centuries.
Re the timing of the "murder" ( between 10 41p.m. and 11 01p.m.), I have an alibi : I was telling my son a bed-time story, MacBeth, (the kiddies love it!) and Linmag tells me she was reading her book on origami. Personally, I prefer my alibi to hers, although my son is only 6.
This case will exercise the mind of a super-sleuth.
.More clues may be revealed soon, but I'd advise you all to read a book on origami
Yours,
Andrew.
P.S. I refered to the Scots ballad "The Twa Corbies". I forgot to mention that "corbie" is the Scots word for "crow".
Crows have been associated with death (or impending death) in literature for centuries.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 9:26 pm
A pile of proctologists.
A raft of waverers.
A string of surveyors.
A raft of waverers.
A string of surveyors.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 10:14 pm
a clutch of mechanics
a brood of mayors
a brood of mayors
Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 12:40 am
a wake of insomniacs
Pete
Pete
Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 12:40 am
an eclipse of sunseekers