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Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: June 26, 2008 10:18AM
I feel that these comments on topics being 'on thread/off thread' have a dangerous similarity to the Russell 'Set of all sets' arguments.
Which I understood 35 years ago, but am inclined to agree with BR who, when asked why he essentially gave up philosophy at age 35, replied that he had discovered sex.
Which I understood 35 years ago, but am inclined to agree with BR who, when asked why he essentially gave up philosophy at age 35, replied that he had discovered sex.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.40.45.98.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: June 26, 2008 12:25PM
*************** sorry - double post **********************
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2008 12:26PM by SkidMarks.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2008 12:26PM by SkidMarks.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.40.45.98.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: June 26, 2008 12:25PM
I was celebrating the uniqueness of this Fforum where off-topic is the usual state rather than a cause for the pedants to scream......
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 02, 2008 06:06AM
It's a bit like the speed of light, isn't it?
You can approach it, but you can't get there as it is a limiting condition.
You can approach it, but you can't get there as it is a limiting condition.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: OC Not (---.socal.res.rr.com)
Date: July 02, 2008 08:00AM
And it keeps on, keepin' on...
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 03, 2008 09:06AM
A snug of film-goers.
New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: zendao42 (---.bhm.bellsouth.net)
Date: July 05, 2008 02:22AM
A yurt of yogurt
Can't help it, I'm hungry...
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Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 06, 2008 01:10AM
a 'mullock heap' of advertising executives.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 07, 2008 02:09PM
A crane of cameramen.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.40.197.221.sub.mbb.three.co.uk)
Date: July 07, 2008 03:40PM
a loneliness of Doctors
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.128.---)
Date: July 09, 2008 06:04PM
A sigh of Tennant fan-girls.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: July 10, 2008 12:40PM
A bruise of beginners at skiing. "Ouch, I have not ever been so stiff and sore!"
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: Lymond (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: July 10, 2008 03:04PM
i'm sure you'll fforgive me for this:
a pride of plaice?
a pride of plaice?
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.131.---)
Date: July 10, 2008 03:28PM
Oooh!
Fish pun!
:D
Fish pun!
:D
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 10, 2008 03:38PM
Bonus point for Lymond!
A drench of meteorologists.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/10/2008 03:39PM by EgonSpengler.
A drench of meteorologists.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/10/2008 03:39PM by EgonSpengler.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 11, 2008 04:58AM
a clutch of goolies?
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 11, 2008 09:24AM
A crutch of convicts.
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: mr puniverse (---.meb2.vic.optusnet.com.au)
Date: July 11, 2008 04:12PM
an annoyance of telemarketers
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: July 15, 2008 12:42PM
an ego of actors
Re: New and interesting Collective Nouns!
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: July 15, 2008 02:12PM
A flat of ball makers.
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