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artme
14th May 2010, 05:51 PM
Following on from Ern's question about the collective term for a group of teapots I thought it might be a good idea to delve further into this world of collectives.
We all know about a paliament of owls, a murder of crows and a business of ferrets.
How about a group of girls? A giggle perhaps.
A group of dentists? A brace?
Cardiologists? A heartbeat? a flutter?
The field is yours!
Woodwould
14th May 2010, 06:51 PM
A cyclone of wood machinists
A lop of arborists
A mask of turners
A bench of chairmakers
A cabinet of furniture makers
A scrible of pen turners
A consent of moderators
A FIGJAM of psychologists
watson
14th May 2010, 07:24 PM
an Addle of Administrators?
underfoot
14th May 2010, 07:29 PM
a "GREAT DEAL"!! of used car salesmen
a plethora of lispers
an amalgum of dentists
a tenet of palindromers,
all googled btw
watson
14th May 2010, 07:37 PM
a plethora of lispers
That one does it for me.
tea lady
14th May 2010, 07:44 PM
A group of girls? :rolleyes:
Pretend I never said that! :C
joe greiner
14th May 2010, 08:27 PM
A thicket of thistles. Hard to thay without lithping.
Cheers,
Joe
artme
14th May 2010, 09:19 PM
See Watson, give you directions and you CAN get there - or here!:p
Maybe a crown of dentists or a bridge of dentists
A crash of Rhinos ( not mine< I read that somewhere )
A certainty of experts.
A number of mathematicians.
An excuse of politicians.
A waddle of ducks.
A circus of galahs.
A tweet of twitterers
Love your plethora of lispers UF.:2tsup:
Try this as a real lispers tongue twister : Cecil is a thistle sifter, Cecil's sister is a thistle sifter too.
What's a lisp? That's what happens when you limph.
jimbur
15th May 2010, 10:23 AM
Notice that no-one has had the nerve to tackle the banking industry lol:D
Woodwould
15th May 2010, 10:45 AM
Notice that no-one has had the nerve to tackle the banking industry lol:D
What.. you mean an ejaculation of bankers?
Blue-deviled
15th May 2010, 10:46 AM
Not a collective, but surely something rhymes with banker.......
although the ANZ have given new meaning to 'a line of credit'
Woodwould
15th May 2010, 10:53 AM
A fist-full of bankers?
Blue-deviled
15th May 2010, 11:02 AM
A hedge of bankers?
AlexS
15th May 2010, 11:09 AM
A flourish of strumpets.
A volume of trollops
Blue-deviled
15th May 2010, 11:13 AM
a soup of turtles
a ring of anvils
a relief of maps
artme
15th May 2010, 12:40 PM
A tart of whores?
A gargle of magpies.
A nervousness of patients.
A stagger of drunks.
jimbur
15th May 2010, 06:46 PM
In homage to Chaucer - a parliament of fouls
Cheers,
Jim
artme
15th May 2010, 09:07 PM
In homage to Chaucer - a parliament of fouls
Cheers,
Jim
:rofl::rofl:
joe greiner
15th May 2010, 10:49 PM
And J. P. O'Rourke, "Parliament of Whores."
Cheers,
Joe
underfoot
16th May 2010, 07:21 AM
a mumbo jumbo of judges
an insignificance of voters
a balderdash of barons
an impertinence of telemarketers
mic-d
16th May 2010, 09:16 AM
a crutch of lame jokes:p:D
Gingermick
22nd May 2010, 09:13 PM
what about a haste of patients
jimbur
22nd May 2010, 10:28 PM
what about a haste of patients
Shouldn't that be a corridor?:D
Enfield Guy
23rd May 2010, 12:22 AM
A mess of electricians
A procrastination of plumbers
jimbur
23rd May 2010, 09:19 AM
A mess of electricians
A procrastination of plumbers
That second one is so true it hurts:U
Enfield Guy
23rd May 2010, 07:24 PM
The first one is on the money as well. Certainly in my experience.