Collective Nouns

[uNz[i]]

This week, I've been pondering some disturbing questions that have been raised by close examination of collective nouns.

Perhaps some of you can help me to find the answers.

A bevy of beauties
How many beauties are required to make a bevy?
What is the collective noun for a group of ugly girls?

A murder of crows
How many crows died to make it a murder, and whodunnit?

Flocks of birds and flocks of sheep.
This noun seems to infer that sheep were (or are) able to fly.
If so, what made them stop?

A clutch of eggs.
Don't eggs break if you clutch 'em?

A knot of toads.
Who would be cruel enough to tie 'em all together, and then have the gall to coin a collective noun which commemorates such a heinous act?

[Mr. Mulder]

Originally posted by uNz[i]@15 May 2004 - 10:54
A murder of crows
How many crows died to make it a murder, and whodunnit?
It's got something to do with Eric Draven :unsure:

[Ella]

Well, I'd have no qualms with the toad issue. The little fuckers are everywhere down here, and cane toads are an absolute pest.

Ugly chicks? An assful of ugly chicks? :huh:

[*goddess*]

;) You had the golf club out Ella?? :lol:





=uNz[i],15 May 2004 - 10:54]A bevy of beauties
How many beauties are required to make a bevy?
What is the collective noun for a group of ugly girls?

:rolleyes: I guess it they're 'beauties' actual number is irrelevant.



Group of uglies??


:unsure: Bunch of fugley's??



A murder of crows
How many crows died to make it a murder, and whodunnit?


:blink: Neva heard of a murder of crows.