Collective nouns

[rhubarbodendron]

slightly off-topic but since many posters here have shown a profound sense for nonsense I'd like to point you to a little gem:
a flock of bird-ish puns by our revered Mod Locutus of bored. (The last post of that thread)

I propose founding a Misc-post of the week award with this one being a hot candidate for this week =)

 

[Gryffindorian]

^

EDIT: Never mind. Egg get what they were saying.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

You think that was epic? Go over to the Trek Lit forum and search for Eav'oq jokes.

 

[Captrek]

a shortbus of Tea Partiers

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

A hellspawn of Westboros

 

[Skellington]

I've heard the terms "a giggle of schoolgirls", which
I thought was great, and "a broken of cups", which I thought was greatly funny.

My own contribution: A boldness of babies/dogs.

 

[thestrangequark]

A douche of bros.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Game of thrones? Storm of swords?

 

[SmoothieX]

a choir of starlings =)
They gather for their flight to the south: the forecast predicts snow for Friday.

I live on the Plains, so not many birds here due to lack of trees. But its supposed to freeze here this weekend too. My first winter here should be interesting. I'm convinced they filmed the Hoth battle in North Dakota.