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Wednesday, July 4, 2007

July 5th!

What is a group of the following animals called?
(example: a POD of whale, a PACK of dogs, a MESS of officers)

Unicorns
Cows
Frogs
Rhinos
Kangaroos
Crows
Larks
Owls

Today's winner will receive a copy of "Who is Offing the Collectors: A Thanet Blake Mystery" written by MY STEPFATHER, Wayne Greenough and published by Aspen Mountain Press.

10 comments:

Dan Ridley Hallock said...

Larks: an exaltation. Crows: a murder. Owls: a parliament. Frogs: an army. Rhinos: a crash.

These I know off the top of my head (having read through James Lipton's excellent book 'An Exaltation of Larks' as a child, too many times to count).

But unicorns (blessing), cows (kine or flink), and kangaroos (court, mob, or troop) required a trip to The Google.

Collective nouns like these are also lots of fun to make up (an impudence of children, a dissertation of academics, an impeachment of presidents, an explosion of Furbys).

Darragha! said...

a charm of dachshunds
a rumpus of kittens
a collective of Borg

lrhubble said...

unicorn - blessing
cows - (12 or more) a flink
frogs - army
rhinos - crash
kangaroos - mob
crows - murder
larks - exaltation
owls - parliment

Unknown said...

Darragha, you are really testing us!

Unicorns - blessing
Cows - herd or drove of cattle
Frogs - army
Rhinos - a crash or herd of rhinos
Kangaroos - mob
Crows a murder of crows
Larks - An ascension or
exaultation of larks

Learn something new every day!
Owls - parliament

C.Gwynn said...

Unicorn: blessing
Cows: a herd if 12 or more a flink
Frogs: army
Rhinos: a crash of rhinos
Kangaroos: mob
Crows: a murder of crows
Larks: an exaltation
Owls: a parliment

That was fun! I learned something new today.

LadyVampire2u said...

Unicorns – Blessing
Cows – Flink
Frogs – Army
Rhinos – Crash
Kangaroos – Mob
Crows - Murder
Larks – Exaltation
Owls - Parliament

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Judy said...

This was enjoying to do...

Unicorns- blessing
Cows- herds
Frogs- army
Rhinos- crash
Kangaroos- mob,troop
Crows- murder
Larks- exaltation
Owls - parliament

ThatBrunette said...

Who sat down and decided these things? "Hmmm, lest come up with different names for groups of stuff."

Unicorn - Blessing
Cows - (12 or more) a Flink (not in spell check)
Frogs - Army
Rhinos - Crash
Kangaroos - Mob
Crows - Murder
Larks - Exaltation
Owls - Parliament

allysmama said...

A Blessing of Unicorns
A Herd of Cows
An army of Frogs
a crash of rhinos
A mob of Kangaroos
murder of crows
exaltation of larks
A PARLIAMENT of Owls

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