From: "Jacana Enterprises" Bcc: "Obninsky, Vic" , "Wittstock, Jenny" , "Wilmot, Hazel \(SA\)" , "Wentink, Brian" , "Strugnell, Noel" , "Safaris Botswana Bound2" , "Roberts, Ken" , "Palmer, Terry & Mervyn" , "North, Tish" , "Myburgh, Joe" , "Myburg, Gert" , "Montjoie, Chester" , "Maun Rest Camp" , "Mantel, Andrew" , "Kempson, Jeffery" , "Jourdan, Phil" , "Haywood, Amanda" , "Hardwick, Warren" , "Fella, John" , "Cantle, Nigel" , "Bullock, Mike" , "Bullock, Digby" , "Brits, Gert" , "Berg, Paul" , "African Horseback Safaris" , "Schleicher, Tom 2" , "Allott, John" Subject: jhl161206 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:56:51 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001F_01C72143.F2A9D3D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C72143.F2A9D3D0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0020_01C72143.F2A9D3D0" ------=_NextPart_001_0020_01C72143.F2A9D3D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A few collective nouns...... A babble of barbers A babble of linguists A babel of words=20 A badling of ducks A balance of accountants A bale of turtles A bale of turtles A bale of turtles (dule, turn) A ballet of swans A band of coyotes/gorillas/jays/men A band of gorillas (whoop) A band of jays=20 A band of jays (party, scold) A band of men A band of mongooses (pack) A band of robbers A bank of circuits=20 A bank of monitors A banner of knights (rout) A barrel of monkeys A barren of mules A barren of mules (pack, rake, span) A bask of crocodiles (congregation, float, nest) A batch of bread (caste) A battery of barracuda A battery of guns A battery of tests=20 A bavin of brushwood A bazaar of guillemots A beautification of spatulas=20 A bed of cockles A bed of flowers (bouquet, bunch, patch) A bed of mussels A bed of oysters (hive) A bed of snakes=20 A bellowing of bullfinches=20 A belt of asteroids A bench of aldermen A bench of bishops (psalter) A bench of judges (sentence) A bench of magistrates A bench of show dogs A bend of willows=20 A bestiary of mythological creatures=20 A bevy of alcoholics A bevy of beauties (galaxy) A bevy of dowagers=20 A bevy of ladies=20 A bevy of quail A bevy of quails (covey, drift) A bevy of roe deer A bevy of roebucks A bevy of swans A bike of bees, wild A bike of hornets (nest, swarm) A bill of particulars=20 A billing of consultants=20 A billow of smokers=20 A bind of salmon (draught, leap, run, school, shoal) A blackening of shoemakers A blast of hunters A blaze of pyromaniacs=20 A blessing of unicorns A bloat of hippopotami (crash, herd, pod, school, thunder) A blur of bicyclists=20 A blush of boys A blush of embarassments=20 A board of directors A board of trustees A boast of soldiers=20 A body of pathologists A bond of secret agents=20 A boo of surprises=20 A book of mormons=20 A bouquet of flowers=20 A bouquet of pheasants A bout of estimations=20 A box of cricketers A brace of dentists A brace of ducks/grouse A brace of geldings A brace of grouse A brace of orthodontists=20 A break of winds A breakdown of plans A bridge of admirals=20 A brigade of soldiers A brood of chickens (cletch, clutch, peep) A brood of chicks/hens/pheasants A brood of hens A budget of inventions A budget of papers A building of rooks=20 A bunch of bananas (hand) A bunch of drongoes=20 A bunch of flowers=20 A bunch of grapes=20 A bunch of grapes (cluster) A bunch of things A bundle of asparagus A bundle of firewood A bury of conies/rabbits A business of ferrets A business of flies A buttload of proctologists=20 A cache of jewels A cackle of hyenas=20 A cadge of peregrines A calendar of saints=20 A cancellation of trains A candle of tapirs=20 A caravan of camels A carillon of bells (change, peal) A cartload of chimpanzees A cast of actors A cast of falcons A cast of hawks A cavalcade of horsemen A cavvy of extra cowboy mounts=20 A cawroboree of crows (in flight) A cete of badgers A chain of bobolinks A chain of islands (archipelago) A chapter of canons (dignity) A charm of falcons/finches/magpies A charm of finches (chirm, trembling, trimming) A charm of goldfinches (chattering, drum, troubling) A charm of hummingbirds=20 A charm of hummingbirds (chattering, drum, troubling) A chattering of choughs A chattering of choughs (clattering) A chine of polecats A choir of singers A chorus of angels A circle of Babbitts=20 A clamor of rooks A clan of hyenas A clank of tanks=20 A class of students A clattering of choughs=20 A clench of sphincters=20 A clew of worms A click of computer mice=20 A clipping of geldings=20 A clique of photographers A cloud of bats=20 A cloud of bats (colony) A cloud of gnats (horde, rabble, swarm) A cloud of gnats/bats/grasshoppers A cloud of grasshoppers=20 A cloud of grasshoppers (cluster, swarm) A cloud of plankton=20 A cloud of seafowl A cloud of theoretical meteorologists A clowder of cats A clump of freshman=20 A clump of reeds A cluster of antelopes (herd, tribe) A cluster of bees/grasshoppers A cluster of bomblets=20 A cluster of cats=20 A cluster of grasshoppers A cluster of porcupine fish A clutch of breasts A clutch of car mechanics A clutch of chicks A clutch of eggs A clutch of kleptomaniacs=20 A clutch of testicles=20 A clutter of cats A clutter of cats/starlings A clutter of spiders (cluster) A clutter of starlings=20 A coalition of cheetahs A cohort of zebras (herd, zeal) A collective of nouns A college of electors=20 A colony of ants A colony of ants (army, bike, swarm) A colony of ants/beavers/gulls/penguins/rabbits A colony of auks (flock, raft) A colony of avocets A colony of bats A colony of beavers A colony of beavers (family, lodge) A colony of chinchilla A colony of fungi A colony of gulls A colony of ibises A colony of lepers A colony of lice (infestation) A colony of microbiologists=20 A colony of penguins (parcel, rookery) A colony of rabbits (bury, drove, flick, kindle, leash, nest, trace, = warren, wrack) A colony of rats (horde, mischief, swarm) A colony of seals (harem, herd, pod, rookery, spring) A colony of termites (swarm) A colony of voles A colony of wasps (bike, nest) A company of actors=20 A company of angel fish A company of archer fish A company of girl guides A company of parrots (flock, pandemonium, psittacosis) A company of parrots/widgeons A company of soldiers A company of widgeon (bunch, coil, flight, knob, trip) A complex of psychologists A compromise of mediators A compromise of senators=20 A conflagration of arsonists A conflagration of pyromaniacs=20 A confusion of [traffic] cones=20 A confusion of meanderings=20 A congregation of churchgoers A congregation of magpies (charm, flock, gulp, murder, tiding, = tittering, tribe, ) A congregation of people=20 A congregation of plovers (band, flight, leash, stand, wing) A congregation of worshippers A congress of baboons A conjunction of grammarians A conspiracy of ravens A constellation of satellites A constellation of stars=20 A constituency of voters=20 A convention of tongues=20 A converting of preachers A convocation of eagles A cornucopia of slugs=20 A corps of anatomists A corps of cadets=20 A corps of giraffe=20 A cortege of mourners A coterie of orchids A coterie of prairie dogs (town) A couple of impalas A coven of witches A cover of coots A covert of coots ( commotion, cover, fleet, flock, pod, rasp, swarm) A covey of grouse (brace, brood, flight, pack) A covey of grouse/partridges/pheasants/ptarmigans/quail A covey of pheasants A covey of ptarmigans A covey of quail A cowardice of curs A crash of hippopotami=20 A crash of rhinoceroses (herd, stubbornness) A crash of software A creep of tortoises=20 A crew of sailors A crowd of onlookers A crowd of people (audience, congregation, mob) A crowd of redwings A cruft of hackers A crush of icebergs=20 A crush of shoppers=20 A cry of hounds A cry of players=20 A cry of players/actors A culture of bacteria A cupful of starlets=20 A curse of painters (illusion, misbelieving) A cutting of cobblers A cutting of cynics=20 A dawn of morning glories=20 A death-row of turkeys=20 A debauchery of Hedonists=20 A decanter of deans (decorum) A deceit of lapwings A deck of cards =20 A deck of sailors=20 A deficit of economists=20 A den of snakes (bed, knot, nest, pit, trogle) A den of thieves (gang) A density of meatheads=20 A descent of woodpeckers A desert of lapwings (deceit) A design of engineers=20 A desperation of divorcees=20 A destruction of cats (feral or wild)=20 A destruction of cats, wild (dout, dowt) A destruction of wildcats (dout) A dilation of pupils=20 A diligence of messengers A disguising of tailors A disputation of lawyers=20 A dissimulation of birds A division of soldiers A dole of doves ( dule, flight, piteousness, pitying, prettying) A donut of data A doom of dragons=20 A dopping of ducks (diving)=20 A dopping of sheldrakes (doading) A dose of doctors=20 A dossier of documents A down of hares A doylt of pigs, tame A doylt of swine A doylt of swine, tame (drift, trip) A draught of fish A dray of squirrels (colony) A drift of fish=20 A drift of hogs (drove, parcel) A drift of icebergs=20 A drift of swine A dropping of pigeons=20 A drove of bullocks A drove of cabbies=20 A drove of cattle A drove of hares (down, flick, herd, husk, kindle, leash, trace, trip) A drove of pigs (drift, flock, herd) A drove of swine (herd) A drum of goldfinches=20 A drumming of grouse=20 A dule of doves A durante of toucans=20 A faculty of academics A fagot of drummers A faith of merchants A fall of lambs A fall of woodchucks A fall of woodcock (covey, flight, plump) A falling of dominoes=20 A family of otters (bevy, raft, romp) A family of sardines A fanfare of strumpets A farrow of piglets (litter) A fascination of listeners=20 A fascination of on-lookers=20 A feast of brewers A fellowship of yeomen A fesnying of ferrets=20 A fidget of altarboys=20 A fidget of suspects=20 A field of racehorses (string) A field of theoretical physicists A fistful of dollars A flange of baboons (congress, troop) A flap of nuns=20 A fleet of aircraft=20 A fleet of bass (shoal) A fleet of cars A fleet of lorries (convoy) A fleet of mudhens A fleet of ships (armada, flotilla) A flight of birds/butterflies/cormorants/doves/goshawks/swallows A flight of butterflies (kaleidoscope, rabble, swarm) A flight of cormorants (gulp) A flight of doves A flight of dragons (weyr, wing) A flight of dunbirds (rush) A flight of golf balls=20 A flight of goshawks A flight of insects (horde, plague, rabble, swarm) A flight of locks=20 A flight of pigeons (flock, kit, passel, ) A flight of refugees=20 A flight of stairs A flight of swallows (gulp) A flight of yesterdays A fling of dunlins A fling of oxbirds A fling of sandpipers A flink of cows (twelve or more) A flitch of bacon=20 A float of crocodiles=20 A float of tunas (troup) A flock of birds (dissimulation, fleet, flight, parcel, pod, volary, ) A flock of bustards A flock of camels (caravan, herd, train) A flock of dolphins (school, team) A flock of geese/lice/sheep A flock of lice A flock of sheep (down, drift, drove, fold, herd, meinie, mob, parcel, = trip) A flock of swifts A flock of tourists A flock of turkeys (dole, dule, raffle, raft, rafter, posse) A flood of plumbers=20 A flotilla of ships A flotilla of swordfish A flourish of blossoms=20 A flunk of students=20 A flush of ducks (badelynge, brace, bunch, dopping, flock, paddling, = plump, raft, safe, skein, sord, string, team) A flush of lavatories A flush of plumbers A fluther of jellyfish A fold of chairs=20 A following of stalkers A formality of penguins=20 A formation of geologists=20 A fraid of ghosts A freeze of Northerners=20 A fright of ghosts=20 A fry of eels A gaggle of actors=20 A gaggle of gays A gaggle of geese (flock, plump, skein, team, wedge) A gaggle of women A galaxy of cosmologists A galaxy of governesses A galaxy of starlets A galaxy of stars (constellation) A gallop of Greyhounds=20 A gam of porpoises (herd, pod, school, turmoil) A gam of weasles A gam of whales A gambol of dancers=20 A gang of buffalo (herd, obstinacy) A gang of buffalo/elk A gang of elk A gang of elk (herd) A gang of hoodlums A gang of workmen A garden of flowers A gatling of woodpeckers A gaze of raccoons (nursery) A geek of engineers=20 A generation of vipers A giggle of girls A glacier of freezers=20 A glaring of cats =20 A glean of herrings (army, shoal) A glide of flying fish A glint of goldfish (troubling) A glitter of generals=20 A glozing of taverners A glut of pleasure=20 A goring of butchers A gossip of relatives=20 A greed of lawyers=20 A grid of electrical engineers A grid of electricians A grind of blackfish A grind of chores=20 A grind of whales, bottle-nosed A grip of hand tools=20 A grist of bees A groan of puns=20 A gross of farts=20 A group of guinea pigs A grove of bayonets A grove of trees A guilt of pleasures=20 A gulp of cormorants/magpies A gush of sycophants=20 A hamper of helpers=20 A hand of bananas=20 A handful of palm readers=20 A harass of horses=20 A harem of courtesans=20 A harmony of beauties=20 A harmony of singers=20 A harras of horses A hassle of errands=20 A hastiness of cooks A hatchet of corporate downsizing proposals=20 A head of curlews (herd) A heap of front-end loaders=20 A heap of trash A heard of deaf people=20 A herd of antelope=20 A herd of bison (gang) A herd of boars (singular) A herd of bucks (leash) A herd of buffalo=20 A herd of buffaloes/curlews/elephants/horse/kangaroo/pigs/wrens A herd of caribou A herd of cattle (drift, drove, mob) A herd of chamois=20 A herd of cows=20 A herd of deer (bunch, leash, mob, parcel, rangale) A herd of dinosaurs (pack) A herd of donkeys (drove) A herd of eland A herd of elephants (parade) A herd of fairies=20 A herd of gnu A herd of harlots A herd of hartebeest A herd of harts A herd of horses=20 A herd of ibex A herd of llamas A herd of moose A herd of seahorses A herd of seals A herd of swans (bank, bevy, drift, eyrar, game, herd, lamentation, = sownder, squadron, team, wedge, whiteness, whiting) A herd of wildebeest A herd of wrens=20 A herd of wrens (flock) A herd of yaks A hide of tigers=20 A hill of beans A hill of ruffs A hiss of lisps=20 A hive of bees A horde of gerbils A horde of gnats A horde of hamsters A horde of misers A host of angels (chorus) A host of sparrows (meinie, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity) A house of senators A hover of crows=20 A hover of hummingbirds=20 A hover of trout (shoal) A huddle of hippos=20 A huddle of lawyers A huddle of players=20 A huddle of walruses (herd, ugly) A huff of people who write letters to the editor=20 A hug of teddy bears A hum of bees=20 A husk of hares/jackrabbits A jagger of tongues=20 A jam of tarts A kaleidoscope of butterflies A kennel of dogs A kettle of drums=20 A kettle of hawks A kindle of kittens (cats)=20 A kindle of kittens (litter) A kindle of leverets A kine of cattle=20 A kine of cows A kneeling of parishioners=20 A knob of pintail [small number] A knot of eels=20 A knot of snakes/toads A knot of toads (knob, nest) A knuckle of gangsters=20 A labour of moles (company, movement) A lamentation of swans A languid languish of lesbians A lap of cod A lean of builders=20 A leap of hares A leap of leopards (lepe) A leash of deer=20 A leash of foxes/greyhounds A leash of greyhounds A leash of hares=20 A lek of grouse A library of books A lie of politicians=20 A linkage of webmasters A litter of cubs/pigs/puppies A litter of kittens (cats)=20 A litter of pigs A litter of puppies=20 A litter of pups A load of cobblers A lodge of beavers A luck of dice=20 A machination of monkeys=20 A magnum of hitmen=20 A malapertness of pedlars A mask of raccoons=20 A mass of Catholics=20 A mass of oncologists A maze of canyons=20 A meaning of dictionaries=20 A medusa of knots=20 A meet of racehorses=20 A meeting of quakers=20 A melee of rioters=20 A melody of harpers=20 A melody of harpists A menage of mongrels=20 A mess of grits=20 A mess of iguanas A mess of little boys=20 A mess of officers=20 A mess of pottage=20 A mews of capons=20 A mews of hawks (aerie, cast, kettle, mew, moulting, screw, stream) A mint of candies=20 A mischief of mice (horde, nest, trip) A mixture of pharmacists=20 A moan of lamentations=20 A mob of emus A mob of kangaroos (troop) A mob of kangaroos/emus A mob of wallaby A mob of wombats A morbidity of majors A morning of hammers=20 A multiply of husbands=20 A murder of crows ( hover, muster, parcel) A murder of magpies A murmer of nuns=20 A murmur of alliterations=20 A murmuration of starlings (chattering, cloud, congregation, clutter) A muscle of marines=20 A muse of capons A muster of peacocks (ostentation, pride) A muster of soldiers=20 A mustering of storks (flight, phalanx) A mutation of thrushes A mute of hounds A nag of grandparents=20 A nest of hornets/mice/rabbits/vipers/wasps A nest of machine guns=20 A nest of mice (horde, mischief) A nest of rabbits A nest of rumours A nest of vipers (generation) A nest of wasps=20 A network of computers A neverthriving of jugglers A nide of geese=20 A nobility of beasts=20 A nucleus of physicists A number of mathematicians A nursery of raccoons A nye of pheasants (bouquet, head, nide, warren, ) A pace of asses=20 A pace of asses (drove, coffle, herd) A pack of Brownies A pack of cards (deck, hand) A pack of coyote (band, rout) A pack of dogs (kennel) A pack of grouse=20 A pack of hounds (cry, hunt, kennel, leash, meet, mute, stable, sute) A pack of hounds/rats/wolves A pack of perch A pack of rats A pack of stoats (trip) A pack of suitcases A pack of wolves (herd, rout) A paddling of ducks (on water)=20 A pair of horses A pair of shoes A palm of wankers=20 A pandemonium of parrots A pander of toadies=20 A panel of experts A pantheon of gods A parade of elephants A parade of penguins=20 A parcel of deer =20 A parcel of hinds A parcel of linnets A parliament of owls A parliament of rooks=20 A parliament of rooks (building, clamour, congregation, shoal, wing) A party of jays A party of rainbow fish A passel of brats=20 A passel/parcel of hogs A patch of flowers A pathos of mourners=20 A patter of footsteps=20 A peal of bells=20 A peep of chickens A peloton of cyclists=20 A pencil of lines A phantasmagoria of phantoms A piddle of puppies=20 A pile of dung=20 A piteousness of doves A pity of prisoners (gang) A pitying of turtledoves A pladge of wasps A plague of locusts (cloud, swarm) A platoon of soldiers A plump of ducks (flying) =20 A plump of moorhens A plump of waterfowl (bunch, knob, raft) A pod of boar/dolphin/seals/walrus/whales A pod of dolphins A pod of peas A pod of pelicans (scoop) A pod of seals A pod of whales A pod of whiting A poke of fencers=20 A pomp of pekingese A pomposity of professors=20 A ponder of philosophers A pontificality of prelates=20 A portfolio of stockbrokers A posse of police A posse of sheriffs A pounce of cats A poverty of pipers=20 A prattle of parrots=20 A pretension of intellects=20 A prettying of doves=20 A prevarication of consultants A prey of nuns=20 A prickle of hedgehogs A prickle of porcupines A pride of lions (flock, sault, sawt, sowse, troop) A pride of ostriches (flock) A promise of barmen A promise of tomorrows A prudence of vicars A quake of cowards=20 A quake of seismologists=20 A quantity of smelt A quarrel of lawyers=20 A quaver of arias=20 A quiver of arrows A quiver of cobras A quiz of teachers=20 A rabble of butterflies A rabble of rats A rabble of remedies A radiance of cardinals=20 A radiance of radiographers A raft of auks=20 A raft of coots=20 A raft of ducks (while idle in water) A raft of widgeon=20 A rafter of turkeys A rag of colts A rain of cats and dogs=20 A rainbow of butterflies=20 A rake of colts (rack, rag) A ramuda of horses A range of mountains A rascal of boys A reflection of narcissists=20 A regatta of swans=20 A release of anglers=20 A revelation of flashers A rhumba of rattlesnakes A rhyme of poets=20 A riches of matrons A richness of martens (richesse) A ring of keys A ring of telephones A roll of coins=20 A romp of otters A rookery of penguins A rope of onions A rosary of quotations (mellificium) A rouleau of coins A round of circumnavigations=20 A round of drinks=20 A rout of wolves A row of oarsmen A rumble of artillery=20 A rumpus of baboons A run of cowards=20 A run of poultry A rush of pochard (flight, knob[small number]) A salon of Poodles=20 A salvo of [artillery] shells=20 A scale of fish=20 A scale of ichthyologists=20 A scandal of shoes=20 A school of butterfly fish A school of clerks A school of cod A school of fish A school of fish/porposes A school of porpoises (herd, pod) A school of whales (float, gam, herd, mob, pod, run, shoal, troup) A scold of jays A scolding of seamstresses A scoop of journalists A scourge of mosquitos (swarm) A screech of gulls=20 A scull of friars=20 A scurry of squirrels A sea of bishops=20 A sedge of bitterns (siege) A sedge of cranes (herd, sedge, siege) A sedge of herons (flight, hedge, rookery, siege) A set of mathematicians A sheaf of wheat=20 A shitload of troubles=20 A shiver of sharks (school, shoal) A shoal of barbels A shoal of bass/pilchards/shad A shoal of fish (catch, draught, fray, haul, run, school) A shoal of mackerel A shoal of minnows (steam, stream, swarm) A shoal of pilchards (school) A shoal of roach A shoal of shad A shoal of sticklebacks (spread) A shock of corn=20 A shortage of dwarves=20 A shower of meteorologists A shrewdness of apes (troop) A shrivel of critics A shuffle of bureaucrats A siege of bitterns=20 A siege of cranes/herons A siege of herons A simplicity of subalterns A singular of boars A skein of geese=20 A skein of geese/pheasants A skirl of pipers (poverty) A skulk of foxes (earth, lead, leash, troop) A skulk of foxes/larks/quail A slate of candidates A sleuth/sloth of bears A slew of homework A slice of circumcisions=20 A slither of gossip columnists=20 A slither of snakes A sloth of bears A sloth of bears (sleuth) A smack/smuth of jellyfish A smashing of luddites=20 A snap of photographers=20 A sneak of weasels (gang, pack) A sneer of butlers A sord of mallards (flush, puddling, sute) A souffle of clouds=20 A sounder of boars, wild [12+] A sounder of swine, wild [12+] A sounder of wild swine/boars/foxes A span of mules A splash of puddles=20 A spoonful of caribou=20 A spread of nymphomaniacs=20 A sprig of vegetarians=20 A spring of seals A spring of teals (bunch, coil, knob, raft) A squabble of seagulls A squad of beaters A squad of soldiers (army, brigade, company, division, muster, platoon, = troop) A squash of sermons=20 A squeal of nieces=20 A squint of proofreaders=20 A stable of horses (drove, harras, herd, remuda, string, stud, team) A stable of prostitutes=20 A stack of librarians A staff of employees A stalk of foresters A stand of flamingos A stand of trees (clump, forest, grove) A stash of weed=20 A steam of turds=20 A stench of skunks=20 A sting of jellyfish=20 A stock of portfolio managers=20 A storm of paratroops=20 A storytelling of crows=20 A streak of tigers A stretch of giraffes=20 A string of pearls (rope) A string of ponies (herd) A string of ponies/horses A stripe of zebras=20 A stuck of jellyfish (fluther, smack, smuth) A stud of mares A stumble of drunks=20 A subtlety of designers=20 A subtlety of sergeants at law A sulk of teenagers=20 A superfluity of nuns A surfeit of skunks A sute of bloodhounds A swarm of ants=20 A swarm of ants/bees/eels A swarm of bees (bike, cast, cluster, drift, erst, game, grist, hive, = rabble, stand) A swarm of cockroaches=20 A swarm of dragonet fish A swarm of eels A swarm of flies (business, cloud, grist, hatch) A swarm of rats A swarm of suitors=20 A sweetness of sopranos=20 A swelter of blankets=20 A tabernacle of bakers A talent of gamblers A tangle of tricksters=20 A team of athletes A team of ducks A team of horses/ducks/oxen A team of oxen (drove, herd, meinie, span, yoke) A tedium of golfers=20 A terror of terriers=20 A thought of barons A threatening of courtiers=20 A thunder of hippos A tiding of magpies A tilt of windmills=20 A tittering of magpies A tok of capercaillie A tongue lashing of interpreters=20 A totter/tower of giraffes A tower of giraffes (corps, group, herd) A trace of hares=20 A treachery of spies=20 A trembing of finches=20 A tribe of goats A tribe of goats/monkeys/dotterel A tribe of monkeys A tribe of natives A trimming of finches=20 A trip of dotterel A trip of goats (flock, herd, trip, tribe) A trip of hares=20 A trip of wildfowl (bunch, knob, lute, plump, scry, skein, sord, sute) A troop of apes=20 A troop of baboons=20 A troop of baboons/monkeys/kangaroos A troop of boy scouts A troop of dogfish A troop of monkeys (cartload, mission, tribe, wilderness) A troop of mushrooms A troubling of goldfinches=20 A troup of performers A troup of shrimps A troupe of acrobats A troupe of artistes A troupe of dancers A troupe of minstrels A troupe of performers (troup) A tumult of tubas A turn of turtles A twinkling of todays A tyranny of dictators=20 A ubiquity of sparrows=20 A vagary of impediments A vane of directions=20 A vein of goldfinch=20 A village of gays=20 A virtue of patients A vision of optometrists=20 A visit of jehovah's witnesses=20 A volary of birds A vomit of goblins A wad of bills=20 A wad of cash=20 A waddle of Basset Hounds=20 A wailing of Weight Watchers=20 A wake of buzzards/vultures A walk of snipe (wisp) A warren of rabbits A wash of emotions=20 A watch of nightingales (match, pray) A wave of surfers=20 A wealth of information A wedge of geese (flying in a "V" A wedge of swans (flying in a "V") A whistle of modems A whored of prostitutes=20 A wiliness of coyotes A wing of (fighter) aircraft=20 A wing of plovers A wisdom of grandparents A wisdom of owls=20 A wisp of snipe A wolfpack of submarines=20 A woop of gorillas A worship of writers A wriggle of worms=20 A yearning of yesterdays A yoke of oxen An aarmory of aardvarks An abandonment of orphans An absence of waiters An accompaniment of condiments An addition of mathematicians An agenda of tasks An amalgamation of metallurgists An amble of walkers An ambush of tigers (streak) An ambush of widows An annoyance of cellphones An annoyance of neighbours An anthology of poems An anthology of prostitutes An anthology of stories An anvil of blacksmiths An archive of programmers An armada of ships An army of ants/caterpillars/frogs An army of caterpillars An army of frogs (colony, froggery, knot) An array of hedgehogs (prickle) An array of luminaries=20 An ascension of larks An assemblage of jigsaw puzzlers=20 An assembly of toys=20 An asylum of managers=20 An attitude of teenagers=20 An audience of listeners An audit of bookkeepers An aurora of polar bears (pack) An earth of foxes An eloquence of lawyers An embarrassment of parents=20 An embarrassment of riches=20 An encroachment of fence-builders=20 An escargatoire of snails (rout, walk) An evensong of choirboys=20 An exaggeration of fishermen An exaltation of larks (ascension, bevy, flight) An expectation of heirs An expectation of midwives An illusion of magicians An immersion of baptists=20 An impatience of wives An imposition of in-laws=20 An incantation of warlocks=20 An incantation of witches=20 An incision of surgeons=20 An incredulity of cuckolds An indecision of managers=20 An intrigue of council members An intrigue of kittens An intrusion of cockroaches An obeisance of servants An obesity of Americans=20 An obscurity of poets=20 An observance of hermits An obstinacy of buffalo An obstruction of dons An optimism of youths An orchestra of crickets=20 An orchestra of musicians An order of waiters=20 An ostentation of peacocks An outcrop of geologists An ubiquity of sparrows An unction of undertakers An undulation of hills=20 An unease of compromises An unkindness of ravens=20 The Jacana Humour List =20 To unsubscribe (or join) contact jacana@botsnet.bw He who laughs, lasts ;-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Humour =3D Sanity =3D Survival (-: (-: (-: (-: (-; ------=_NextPart_001_0020_01C72143.F2A9D3D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
A few = collective=20 nouns......
 

A babble of barbers

A babble of = linguists

A babel of words =

A badling of = ducks

A balance of=20 accountants

A bale of = turtles

A bale of = turtles

A bale of turtles (dule,=20 turn)

A ballet of swans

A band of=20 coyotes/gorillas/jays/men

A band of gorillas=20 (whoop)

A band of jays =

A band of jays (party,=20 scold)

A band of = men

A band of mongooses=20 (pack)

A band of = robbers

A bank of circuits =

A bank of = monitors

A banner of knights=20 (rout)

A barrel of = monkeys

A barren of = mules

A barren of mules (pack, rake,=20 span)

A bask of crocodiles = (congregation, float,=20 nest)

A batch of bread=20 (caste)

A battery of = barracuda

A battery of = guns

A battery of tests =

A bavin of = brushwood

A bazaar of = guillemots

A beautification of spatulas=20

A bed of = cockles

A bed of flowers (bouquet, bunch,=20 patch)

A bed of = mussels

A bed of oysters=20 (hive)

A bed of snakes =

A bellowing of bullfinches=20

A belt of = asteroids

A bench of = aldermen

A bench of bishops=20 (psalter)

A bench of judges=20 (sentence)

A bench of = magistrates

A bench of show = dogs

A bend of willows =

A bestiary of mythological = creatures=20

A bevy of = alcoholics

A bevy of beauties=20 (galaxy)

A bevy of dowagers =

A bevy of ladies

A bevy of = quail

A bevy of quails (covey,=20 drift)

A bevy of roe = deer

A bevy of = roebucks

A bevy of = swans

A bike of bees, = wild

A bike of hornets (nest,=20 swarm)

A bill of particulars =

A billing of consultants=20

A billow of smokers =

A bind of salmon (draught, leap, = run,=20 school, shoal)

A blackening of=20 shoemakers

A blast of = hunters

A blaze of pyromaniacs=20

A blessing of = unicorns

A bloat of hippopotami (crash, = herd, pod,=20 school, thunder)

A blur of bicyclists =

A blush of = boys

A blush of embarassments=20

A board of = directors

A board of = trustees

A boast of soldiers =

A body of = pathologists

A bond of secret agents=20

A boo of surprises =

A book of mormons =

A bouquet of flowers =

A bouquet of = pheasants

A bout of estimations =

A box of = cricketers

A brace of = dentists

A brace of = ducks/grouse

A brace of = geldings

A brace of = grouse

A brace of orthodontists=20

A break of = winds

A breakdown of = plans

A bridge of admirals =

A brigade of = soldiers

A brood of chickens (cletch, = clutch,=20 peep)

A brood of=20 chicks/hens/pheasants

A brood of = hens

A budget of = inventions

A budget of = papers

A building of rooks =

A bunch of bananas=20 (hand)

A bunch of drongoes =

A bunch of flowers =

A bunch of grapes =

A bunch of grapes=20 (cluster)

A bunch of = things

A bundle of = asparagus

A bundle of = firewood

A bury of = conies/rabbits

A business of = ferrets

A business of = flies

A buttload of proctologists=20

A cache of = jewels

A cackle of hyenas =

A cadge of = peregrines

A calendar of saints =

A cancellation of=20 trains

A candle of tapirs =

A caravan of = camels

A carillon of bells (change,=20 peal)

A cartload of=20 chimpanzees

A cast of = actors

A cast of = falcons

A cast of = hawks

A cavalcade of=20 horsemen

A cavvy of extra cowboy mounts=20

A cawroboree of crows (in=20 flight)

A cete of = badgers

A chain of = bobolinks

A chain of islands=20 (archipelago)

A chapter of canons=20 (dignity)

A charm of=20 falcons/finches/magpies

A charm of finches (chirm, = trembling,=20 trimming)

A charm of goldfinches = (chattering, drum,=20 troubling)

A charm of hummingbirds=20

A charm of hummingbirds = (chattering, drum,=20 troubling)

A chattering of=20 choughs

A chattering of choughs=20 (clattering)

A chine of = polecats

A choir of = singers

A chorus of = angels

A circle of Babbitts =

A clamor of = rooks

A clan of = hyenas

A clank of tanks =

A class of = students

A clattering of choughs=20

A clench of sphincters=20

A clew of = worms

A click of computer mice=20

A clipping of geldings=20

A clique of=20 photographers

A cloud of bats =

A cloud of bats=20 (colony)

A cloud of gnats (horde, rabble,=20 swarm)

A cloud of=20 gnats/bats/grasshoppers

A cloud of grasshoppers=20

A cloud of grasshoppers (cluster,=20 swarm)

A cloud of plankton =

A cloud of = seafowl

A cloud of theoretical=20 meteorologists

A clowder of = cats

A clump of freshman =

A clump of = reeds

A cluster of antelopes (herd,=20 tribe)

A cluster of=20 bees/grasshoppers

A cluster of bomblets =

A cluster of cats =

A cluster of=20 grasshoppers

A cluster of porcupine=20 fish

A clutch of = breasts

A clutch of car=20 mechanics

A clutch of = chicks

A clutch of = eggs

A clutch of kleptomaniacs=20

A clutch of testicles =

A clutter of = cats

A clutter of = cats/starlings

A clutter of spiders=20 (cluster)

A clutter of starlings=20

A coalition of=20 cheetahs

A cohort of zebras (herd,=20 zeal)

A collective of = nouns

A college of electors =

A colony of = ants

A colony of ants (army, bike,=20 swarm)

A colony of=20 ants/beavers/gulls/penguins/rabbits

A colony of auks (flock,=20 raft)

A colony of = avocets

A colony of = bats

A colony of = beavers

A colony of beavers (family,=20 lodge)

A colony of = chinchilla

A colony of = fungi

A colony of = gulls

A colony of = ibises

A colony of = lepers

A colony of lice=20 (infestation)

A colony of microbiologists=20

A colony of penguins (parcel,=20 rookery)

A colony of rabbits (bury, drove, = flick,=20 kindle, leash, nest, trace, warren, wrack)

A colony of rats (horde, mischief, = swarm)

A colony of seals (harem, herd, = pod,=20 rookery, spring)

A colony of termites=20 (swarm)

A colony of = voles

A colony of wasps (bike,=20 nest)

A company of actors =

A company of angel=20 fish

A company of archer=20 fish

A company of girl=20 guides

A company of parrots (flock, = pandemonium,=20 psittacosis)

A company of = parrots/widgeons

A company of = soldiers

A company of widgeon (bunch, coil, = flight,=20 knob, trip)

A complex of=20 psychologists

A compromise of=20 mediators

A compromise of senators=20

A conflagration of=20 arsonists

A conflagration of pyromaniacs=20

A confusion of [traffic] cones=20

A confusion of meanderings=20

A congregation of=20 churchgoers

A congregation of magpies (charm, = flock,=20 gulp, murder, tiding, tittering, tribe, )

A congregation of people=20

A congregation of plovers (band, = flight,=20 leash, stand, wing)

A congregation of=20 worshippers

A congress of = baboons

A conjunction of=20 grammarians

A conspiracy of = ravens

A constellation of=20 satellites

A constellation of stars=20

A constituency of voters=20

A convention of tongues=20

A converting of=20 preachers

A convocation of=20 eagles

A cornucopia of slugs =

A corps of = anatomists

A corps of cadets =

A corps of giraffe =

A cortege of = mourners

A coterie of = orchids

A coterie of prairie dogs=20 (town)

A couple of = impalas

A coven of = witches

A cover of = coots

A covert of coots ( commotion, = cover, fleet,=20 flock, pod, rasp, swarm)

A covey of grouse (brace, brood, = flight,=20 pack)

A covey of=20 grouse/partridges/pheasants/ptarmigans/quail

A covey of = pheasants

A covey of = ptarmigans

A covey of = quail

A cowardice of = curs

A crash of hippopotami=20

A crash of rhinoceroses (herd,=20 stubbornness)

A crash of = software

A creep of tortoises =

A crew of = sailors

A crowd of = onlookers

A crowd of people (audience, = congregation,=20 mob)

A crowd of = redwings

A cruft of = hackers

A crush of icebergs =

A crush of shoppers =

A cry of = hounds

A cry of players =

A cry of=20 players/actors

A culture of = bacteria

A cupful of starlets =

A curse of painters (illusion,=20 misbelieving)

A cutting of = cobblers

A cutting of cynics =

A dawn of morning glories=20

A death-row of turkeys=20

A debauchery of Hedonists=20

A decanter of deans=20 (decorum)

A deceit of = lapwings

A deck of cards            =20

A deck of sailors =

A deficit of economists=20

A den of snakes (bed, knot, nest, = pit,=20 trogle)

A den of thieves=20 (gang)

A density of meatheads=20

A descent of=20 woodpeckers

A desert of lapwings=20 (deceit)

A design of engineers =

A desperation of divorcees=20

A destruction of cats (feral or = wild)=20

A destruction of cats, wild (dout, = dowt)

A destruction of wildcats=20 (dout)

A dilation of pupils =

A diligence of=20 messengers

A disguising of=20 tailors

A disputation of lawyers=20

A dissimulation of=20 birds

A division of = soldiers

A dole of doves ( dule, flight, = piteousness,=20 pitying, prettying)

A donut of = data

A doom of dragons =

A dopping of ducks (diving)=20

A dopping of sheldrakes=20 (doading)

A dose of doctors =

A dossier of = documents

A down of = hares

A doylt of pigs, = tame

A doylt of swine

A doylt of swine, tame (drift,=20 trip)

A draught of = fish

A dray of squirrels=20 (colony)

A drift of fish =

A drift of hogs (drove,=20 parcel)

A drift of icebergs =

A drift of = swine

A dropping of pigeons =

A drove of = bullocks

A drove of cabbies =

A drove of = cattle

A drove of hares (down, flick, = herd, husk,=20 kindle, leash, trace, trip)

A drove of pigs (drift, flock,=20 herd)

A drove of swine=20 (herd)

A drum of goldfinches =

A drumming of grouse =

A dule of = doves

A durante of toucans =

A faculty of = academics

A fagot of = drummers

A faith of = merchants

A fall of = lambs

A fall of = woodchucks

A fall of woodcock (covey, flight, = plump)

A falling of dominoes =

A family of otters (bevy, raft,=20 romp)

A family of = sardines

A fanfare of = strumpets

A farrow of piglets=20 (litter)

A fascination of listeners=20

A fascination of on-lookers=20

A feast of = brewers

A fellowship of = yeomen

A fesnying of ferrets =

A fidget of altarboys =

A fidget of suspects =

A field of racehorses=20 (string)

A field of theoretical=20 physicists

A fistful of = dollars

A flange of baboons (congress,=20 troop)

A flap of nuns =

A fleet of aircraft =

A fleet of bass=20 (shoal)

A fleet of = cars

A fleet of lorries=20 (convoy)

A fleet of = mudhens

A fleet of ships (armada,=20 flotilla)

A flight of=20 birds/butterflies/cormorants/doves/goshawks/swallows

A flight of butterflies = (kaleidoscope,=20 rabble, swarm)

A flight of cormorants=20 (gulp)

A flight of = doves

A flight of dragons (weyr,=20 wing)

A flight of dunbirds=20 (rush)

A flight of golf balls=20

A flight of = goshawks

A flight of insects (horde, = plague, rabble,=20 swarm)

A flight of locks

A flight of pigeons (flock, kit, = passel,=20 )

A flight of refugees =

A flight of = stairs

A flight of swallows=20 (gulp)

A flight of = yesterdays

A fling of = dunlins

A fling of = oxbirds

A fling of = sandpipers

A flink of cows (twelve or=20 more)

A flitch of bacon =

A float of crocodiles =

A float of tunas=20 (troup)

A flock of birds (dissimulation, = fleet,=20 flight, parcel, pod, volary, )

A flock of = bustards

A flock of camels (caravan, herd,=20 train)

A flock of dolphins (school,=20 team)

A flock of = geese/lice/sheep

A flock of = lice

A flock of sheep (down, drift, = drove, fold,=20 herd, meinie, mob, parcel, trip)

A flock of = swifts

A flock of = tourists

A flock of turkeys (dole, dule, = raffle,=20 raft, rafter, posse)

A flood of plumbers =

A flotilla of = ships

A flotilla of=20 swordfish

A flourish of blossoms=20

A flunk of students =

A flush of ducks (badelynge, = brace, bunch,=20 dopping, flock, paddling, plump, raft, safe, skein, sord, string,=20 team)

A flush of = lavatories

A flush of = plumbers

A fluther of = jellyfish

A fold of chairs =

A following of=20 stalkers

A formality of penguins=20

A formation of geologists=20

A fraid of = ghosts

A freeze of Northerners=20

A fright of ghosts =

A fry of = eels

A gaggle of actors =

A gaggle of = gays

A gaggle of geese (flock, plump, = skein,=20 team, wedge)

A gaggle of = women

A galaxy of=20 cosmologists

A galaxy of=20 governesses

A galaxy of = starlets

A galaxy of stars=20 (constellation)

A gallop of Greyhounds=20

A gam of porpoises (herd, pod, = school,=20 turmoil)

A gam of = weasles

A gam of = whales

A gambol of dancers =

A gang of buffalo (herd,=20 obstinacy)

A gang of = buffalo/elk

A gang of = elk

A gang of elk = (herd)

A gang of = hoodlums

A gang of = workmen

A garden of = flowers

A gatling of = woodpeckers

A gaze of raccoons=20 (nursery)

A geek of engineers =

A generation of = vipers

A giggle of = girls

A glacier of freezers =

A glaring of cats            =20

A glean of herrings (army,=20 shoal)

A glide of flying = fish

A glint of goldfish=20 (troubling)

A glitter of generals =

A glozing of = taverners

A glut of pleasure =

A goring of = butchers

A gossip of relatives =

A greed of lawyers =

A grid of electrical=20 engineers

A grid of = electricians

A grind of = blackfish

A grind of chores =

A grind of whales,=20 bottle-nosed

A grip of hand tools =

A grist of = bees

A groan of puns =

A gross of farts =

A group of guinea = pigs

A grove of = bayonets

A grove of = trees

A guilt of pleasures =

A gulp of = cormorants/magpies

A gush of sycophants =

A hamper of helpers =

A hand of bananas =

A handful of palm readers=20

A harass of horses =

A harem of courtesans =

A harmony of beauties =

A harmony of singers =

A harras of = horses

A hassle of errands =

A hastiness of = cooks

A hatchet of corporate downsizing = proposals=20

A head of curlews=20 (herd)

A heap of front-end loaders=20

A heap of = trash

A heard of deaf people=20

A herd of antelope =

A herd of bison = (gang)

A herd of boars=20 (singular)

A herd of bucks=20 (leash)

A herd of buffalo =

A herd of=20 buffaloes/curlews/elephants/horse/kangaroo/pigs/wrens

A herd of = caribou

A herd of cattle (drift, drove,=20 mob)

A herd of chamois =

A herd of cows =

A herd of deer (bunch, leash, mob, = parcel,=20 rangale)

A herd of dinosaurs=20 (pack)

A herd of donkeys=20 (drove)

A herd of = eland

A herd of elephants=20 (parade)

A herd of fairies

A herd of = gnu

A herd of = harlots

A herd of = hartebeest

A herd of = harts

A herd of horses =

A herd of = ibex

A herd of = llamas

A herd of = moose

A herd of = seahorses

A herd of = seals

A herd of swans (bank, bevy, = drift, eyrar,=20 game, herd, lamentation, sownder, squadron, team, wedge, whiteness,=20 whiting)

A herd of = wildebeest

A herd of wrens =

A herd of wrens=20 (flock)

A herd of = yaks

A hide of tigers =

A hill of = beans

A hill of = ruffs

A hiss of lisps =

A hive of = bees

A horde of = gerbils

A horde of = gnats

A horde of = hamsters

A horde of = misers

A host of angels=20 (chorus)

A host of sparrows (meinie, = quarrel, tribe,=20 ubiquity)

A house of = senators

A hover of crows =

A hover of hummingbirds=20

A hover of trout=20 (shoal)

A huddle of hippos =

A huddle of = lawyers

A huddle of players =

A huddle of walruses (herd,=20 ugly)

A huff of people who write letters = to the=20 editor

A hug of teddy = bears

A hum of bees =

A husk of = hares/jackrabbits

A jagger of tongues =

A jam of = tarts

A kaleidoscope of=20 butterflies

A kennel of dogs

A kettle of drums =

A kettle of = hawks

A kindle of kittens (cats)=20

A kindle of kittens=20 (litter)

A kindle of = leverets

A kine of cattle =

A kine of cows

A kneeling of parishioners=20

A knob of pintail [small=20 number]

A knot of eels =

A knot of = snakes/toads

A knot of toads (knob,=20 nest)

A knuckle of gangsters=20

A labour of moles (company,=20 movement)

A lamentation of = swans

A languid languish of=20 lesbians

A lap of cod

A lean of builders =

A leap of = hares

A leap of leopards=20 (lepe)

A leash of deer

A leash of = foxes/greyhounds

A leash of = greyhounds

A leash of hares =

A lek of = grouse

A library of = books

A lie of politicians =

A linkage of=20 webmasters

A litter of = cubs/pigs/puppies

A litter of kittens (cats)=20

A litter of = pigs

A litter of puppies =

A litter of = pups

A load of = cobblers

A lodge of = beavers

A luck of dice =

A machination of monkeys=20

A magnum of hitmen =

A malapertness of=20 pedlars

A mask of raccoons =

A mass of Catholics =

A mass of = oncologists

A maze of canyons =

A meaning of dictionaries=20

A medusa of knots =

A meet of racehorses =

A meeting of quakers =

A melee of rioters =

A melody of harpers =

A melody of = harpists

A menage of mongrels =

A mess of grits =

A mess of = iguanas

A mess of little boys =

A mess of officers =

A mess of pottage =

A mews of capons =

A mews of hawks (aerie, cast, = kettle, mew,=20 moulting, screw, stream)

A mint of candies =

A mischief of mice (horde, nest,=20 trip)

A mixture of pharmacists=20

A moan of lamentations=20

A mob of = emus

A mob of kangaroos=20 (troop)

A mob of = kangaroos/emus

A mob of = wallaby

A mob of = wombats

A morbidity of = majors

A morning of hammers =

A multiply of husbands=20

A murder of crows ( hover, muster, = parcel)

A murder of = magpies

A murmer of nuns =

A murmur of alliterations=20

A murmuration of starlings = (chattering,=20 cloud, congregation, clutter)

A muscle of marines =

A muse of = capons

A muster of peacocks (ostentation, = pride)

A muster of soldiers =

A mustering of storks (flight,=20 phalanx)

A mutation of = thrushes

A mute of = hounds

A nag of grandparents =

A nest of=20 hornets/mice/rabbits/vipers/wasps

A nest of machine guns=20

A nest of mice (horde,=20 mischief)

A nest of = rabbits

A nest of = rumours

A nest of vipers=20 (generation)

A nest of wasps =

A network of = computers

A neverthriving of=20 jugglers

A nide of geese

A nobility of beasts =

A nucleus of=20 physicists

A number of=20 mathematicians

A nursery of = raccoons

A nye of pheasants (bouquet, head, = nide,=20 warren, )

A pace of asses =

A pace of asses (drove, coffle,=20 herd)

A pack of = Brownies

A pack of cards (deck,=20 hand)

A pack of coyote (band,=20 rout)

A pack of dogs=20 (kennel)

A pack of grouse =

A pack of hounds (cry, hunt, = kennel, leash,=20 meet, mute, stable, sute)

A pack of = hounds/rats/wolves

A pack of = perch

A pack of = rats

A pack of stoats=20 (trip)

A pack of = suitcases

A pack of wolves (herd,=20 rout)

A paddling of ducks (on water)=20

A pair of = horses

A pair of = shoes

A palm of wankers =

A pandemonium of = parrots

A pander of toadies =

A panel of = experts

A pantheon of = gods

A parade of = elephants

A parade of penguins =

A parcel of deer            =20

A parcel of = hinds

A parcel of = linnets

A parliament of = owls

A parliament of rooks =

A parliament of rooks (building, = clamour,=20 congregation, shoal, wing)

A party of = jays

A party of rainbow=20 fish

A passel of brats =

A passel/parcel of = hogs

A patch of = flowers

A pathos of mourners =

A patter of footsteps =

A peal of bells =

A peep of = chickens

A peloton of cyclists =

A pencil of = lines

A phantasmagoria of=20 phantoms

A piddle of puppies =

A pile of dung =

A piteousness of = doves

A pity of prisoners=20 (gang)

A pitying of=20 turtledoves

A pladge of wasps

A plague of locusts (cloud,=20 swarm)

A platoon of = soldiers

A plump of ducks (flying)           =20

A plump of = moorhens

A plump of waterfowl (bunch, knob, = raft)

A pod of=20 boar/dolphin/seals/walrus/whales

A pod of = dolphins

A pod of = peas

A pod of pelicans=20 (scoop)

A pod of = seals

A pod of = whales

A pod of = whiting

A poke of fencers =

A pomp of = pekingese

A pomposity of professors=20

A ponder of=20 philosophers

A pontificality of prelates=20

A portfolio of=20 stockbrokers

A posse of = police

A posse of = sheriffs

A pounce of cats

A poverty of pipers =

A prattle of parrots =

A pretension of intellects=20

A prettying of doves =

A prevarication of=20 consultants

A prey of nuns =

A prickle of = hedgehogs

A prickle of=20 porcupines

A pride of lions (flock, sault, = sawt, sowse,=20 troop)

A pride of ostriches=20 (flock)

A promise of = barmen

A promise of = tomorrows

A prudence of = vicars

A quake of cowards =

A quake of seismologists=20

A quantity of = smelt

A quarrel of lawyers =

A quaver of arias =

A quiver of = arrows

A quiver of = cobras

A quiz of teachers =

A rabble of=20 butterflies

A rabble of = rats

A rabble of = remedies

A radiance of cardinals=20

A radiance of=20 radiographers

A raft of auks =

A raft of coots =

A raft of ducks (while idle in=20 water)

A raft of widgeon =

A rafter of = turkeys

A rag of = colts

A rain of cats and dogs=20

A rainbow of butterflies=20

A rake of colts (rack,=20 rag)

A ramuda of = horses

A range of = mountains

A rascal of = boys

A reflection of narcissists=20

A regatta of swans =

A release of anglers =

A revelation of=20 flashers

A rhumba of=20 rattlesnakes

A rhyme of poets =

A riches of = matrons

A richness of martens=20 (richesse)

A ring of = keys

A ring of = telephones

A roll of coins =

A romp of otters

A rookery of = penguins

A rope of = onions

A rosary of quotations=20 (mellificium)

A rouleau of = coins

A round of circumnavigations=20

A round of drinks =

A rout of = wolves

A row of = oarsmen

A rumble of artillery =

A rumpus of = baboons

A run of cowards =

A run of = poultry

A rush of pochard (flight, = knob[small=20 number])

A salon of Poodles =

A salvo of [artillery] shells=20

A scale of fish =

A scale of ichthyologists=20

A scandal of shoes =

A school of butterfly=20 fish

A school of = clerks

A school of = cod

A school of = fish

A school of = fish/porposes

A school of porpoises (herd,=20 pod)

A school of whales (float, gam, = herd, mob,=20 pod, run, shoal, troup)

A scold of jays

A scolding of=20 seamstresses

A scoop of = journalists

A scourge of mosquitos=20 (swarm)

A screech of gulls =

A scull of friars =

A scurry of = squirrels

A sea of bishops =

A sedge of bitterns=20 (siege)

A sedge of cranes (herd, sedge,=20 siege)

A sedge of herons (flight, hedge, = rookery,=20 siege)

A set of=20 mathematicians

A sheaf of wheat =

A shitload of troubles=20

A shiver of sharks (school,=20 shoal)

A shoal of = barbels

A shoal of=20 bass/pilchards/shad

A shoal of fish (catch, draught, = fray, haul,=20 run, school)

A shoal of = mackerel

A shoal of minnows (steam, stream, = swarm)

A shoal of pilchards=20 (school)

A shoal of = roach

A shoal of = shad

A shoal of sticklebacks=20 (spread)

A shock of corn =

A shortage of dwarves =

A shower of=20 meteorologists

A shrewdness of apes=20 (troop)

A shrivel of = critics

A shuffle of=20 bureaucrats

A siege of bitterns =

A siege of = cranes/herons

A siege of = herons

A simplicity of=20 subalterns

A singular of = boars

A skein of geese =

A skein of = geese/pheasants

A skirl of pipers=20 (poverty)

A skulk of foxes (earth, lead, = leash,=20 troop)

A skulk of = foxes/larks/quail

A slate of = candidates

A sleuth/sloth of = bears

A slew of = homework

A slice of circumcisions=20

A slither of gossip columnists=20

A slither of = snakes

A sloth of = bears

A sloth of bears=20 (sleuth)

A smack/smuth of = jellyfish

A smashing of luddites=20

A snap of photographers=20

A sneak of weasels (gang,=20 pack)

A sneer of = butlers

A sord of mallards (flush, = puddling,=20 sute)

A souffle of clouds =

A sounder of boars, wild=20 [12+]

A sounder of swine, wild=20 [12+]

A sounder of wild=20 swine/boars/foxes

A span of mules

A splash of puddles =

A spoonful of caribou =

A spread of nymphomaniacs=20

A sprig of vegetarians=20

A spring of = seals

A spring of teals (bunch, coil, = knob,=20 raft)

A squabble of = seagulls

A squad of = beaters

A squad of soldiers (army, = brigade, company,=20 division, muster, platoon, troop)

A squash of sermons =

A squeal of nieces =

A squint of proofreaders=20

A stable of horses (drove, harras, = herd,=20 remuda, string, stud, team)

A stable of prostitutes=20

A stack of = librarians

A staff of = employees

A stalk of = foresters

A stand of = flamingos

A stand of trees (clump, forest,=20 grove)

A stash of weed =

A steam of turds =

A stench of skunks =

A sting of jellyfish =

A stock of portfolio managers=20

A storm of paratroops =

A storytelling of crows=20

A streak of = tigers

A stretch of giraffes =

A string of pearls=20 (rope)

A string of ponies=20 (herd)

A string of = ponies/horses

A stripe of zebras =

A stuck of jellyfish (fluther, = smack,=20 smuth)

A stud of = mares

A stumble of drunks =

A subtlety of designers=20

A subtlety of sergeants at=20 law

A sulk of teenagers =

A superfluity of = nuns

A surfeit of = skunks

A sute of = bloodhounds

A swarm of ants =

A swarm of = ants/bees/eels

A swarm of bees (bike, cast, = cluster, drift,=20 erst, game, grist, hive, rabble, stand)

A swarm of cockroaches=20

A swarm of dragonet=20 fish

A swarm of = eels

A swarm of flies (business, cloud, = grist,=20 hatch)

A swarm of = rats

A swarm of suitors =

A sweetness of sopranos=20

A swelter of blankets =

A tabernacle of = bakers

A talent of = gamblers

A tangle of tricksters=20

A team of = athletes

A team of = ducks

A team of = horses/ducks/oxen

A team of oxen (drove, herd, = meinie, span,=20 yoke)

A tedium of golfers =

A terror of terriers =

A thought of = barons

A threatening of courtiers=20

A thunder of = hippos

A tiding of = magpies

A tilt of windmills =

A tittering of = magpies

A tok of = capercaillie

A tongue lashing of interpreters=20

A totter/tower of = giraffes

A tower of giraffes (corps, group, = herd)

A trace of hares =

A treachery of spies =

A trembing of finches =

A tribe of = goats

A tribe of=20 goats/monkeys/dotterel

A tribe of = monkeys

A tribe of = natives

A trimming of finches =

A trip of = dotterel

A trip of goats (flock, herd, = trip,=20 tribe)

A trip of hares =

A trip of wildfowl (bunch, knob, = lute,=20 plump, scry, skein, sord, sute)

A troop of apes =

A troop of baboons =

A troop of=20 baboons/monkeys/kangaroos

A troop of boy = scouts

A troop of = dogfish

A troop of monkeys (cartload, = mission,=20 tribe, wilderness)

A troop of = mushrooms

A troubling of goldfinches=20

A troup of = performers

A troup of = shrimps

A troupe of = acrobats

A troupe of = artistes

A troupe of = dancers

A troupe of = minstrels

A troupe of performers=20 (troup)

A tumult of = tubas

A turn of turtles

A twinkling of = todays

A tyranny of dictators=20

A ubiquity of sparrows=20

A vagary of=20 impediments

A vane of directions =

A vein of goldfinch =

A village of gays =

A virtue of = patients

A vision of optometrists=20

A visit of jehovah's witnesses=20

A volary of birds

A vomit of = goblins

A wad of bills =

A wad of cash =

A waddle of Basset Hounds=20

A wailing of Weight Watchers=20

A wake of = buzzards/vultures

A walk of snipe = (wisp)

A warren of = rabbits

A wash of emotions =

A watch of nightingales (match,=20 pray)

A wave of surfers =

A wealth of=20 information

A wedge of geese (flying in a=20 "V"

A wedge of swans (flying in a=20 "V")

A whistle of = modems

A whored of prostitutes=20

A wiliness of = coyotes

A wing of (fighter) aircraft=20

A wing of plovers

A wisdom of=20 grandparents

A wisdom of owls =

A wisp of = snipe

A wolfpack of submarines=20

A woop of = gorillas

A worship of = writers

A wriggle of worms =

A yearning of=20 yesterdays

A yoke of = oxen

An aarmory of=20 aardvarks

An abandonment of=20 orphans

An absence of = waiters

An accompaniment of=20 condiments

An addition of=20 mathematicians

An agenda of = tasks

An amalgamation of=20 metallurgists

An amble of = walkers

An ambush of tigers=20 (streak)

An ambush of = widows

An annoyance of=20 cellphones

An annoyance of=20 neighbours

An anthology of = poems

An anthology of=20 prostitutes

An anthology of=20 stories

An anvil of=20 blacksmiths

An archive of=20 programmers

An armada of = ships

An army of=20 ants/caterpillars/frogs

An army of=20 caterpillars

An army of frogs (colony, = froggery,=20 knot)

An array of hedgehogs=20 (prickle)

An array of luminaries=20

An ascension of = larks

An assemblage of jigsaw puzzlers=20

An assembly of toys =

An asylum of managers =

An attitude of teenagers=20

An audience of=20 listeners

An audit of=20 bookkeepers

An aurora of polar bears=20 (pack)

An earth of foxes

An eloquence of=20 lawyers

An embarrassment of parents=20

An embarrassment of riches=20

An encroachment of fence-builders=20

An escargatoire of snails (rout,=20 walk)

An evensong of choirboys=20

An exaggeration of=20 fishermen

An exaltation of larks (ascension, = bevy,=20 flight)

An expectation of=20 heirs

An expectation of=20 midwives

An illusion of=20 magicians

An immersion of baptists=20

An impatience of = wives

An imposition of in-laws=20

An incantation of warlocks=20

An incantation of witches=20

An incision of surgeons=20

An incredulity of=20 cuckolds

An indecision of managers=20

An intrigue of council=20 members

An intrigue of = kittens

An intrusion of=20 cockroaches

An obeisance of=20 servants

An obesity of Americans=20

An obscurity of poets =

An observance of=20 hermits

An obstinacy of = buffalo

An obstruction of = dons

An optimism of = youths

An orchestra of crickets=20

An orchestra of=20 musicians

An order of waiters =

An ostentation of=20 peacocks

An outcrop of=20 geologists

An ubiquity of = sparrows

An unction of=20 undertakers

An undulation of hills=20

An unease of=20 compromises

An unkindness of ravens=20


 
 
 
The Jacana Humour=20 List     3D""
To=20 unsubscribe (or join) contact jacana@botsnet.bw
He who = laughs,=20 lasts
;-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Humour =3D Sanity =3D Survival (-: (-: = (-: (-:=20 (-;
------=_NextPart_001_0020_01C72143.F2A9D3D0-- ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C72143.F2A9D3D0 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="biggrin4.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: <001d01c72133$2ef86d30$5633fea9@lee28> R0lGODlhIAAgAPEAAAAAAAAAgP///wYFBCH/C05FVFNDQVBFMi4wAwHoAwAh+QQJFAADACwAAAAA IAAgAAACdJxvoMgKDJuYD4IpapQ4c6xtw9VRB1mGERkE4Im1pjhO8lzbrkfnL4LCAS2/jypxHC1O wKUlueo1pUyqUwp9Uqu9K81hzW5X4nGjbD6h06M2W1RZj+NvOLd+l2Mb+Hui/2fRl6XH98W2Vqjn RYbo8PgI+FYAACH5BAkUAAMALAAAAAAgACAAAAKVnG+gyAoMm5gPgilqlDhzrG3D1VEHWYYR2mks KCZTEMDyXHvxKNAmQvKpEhbbZzhCOoDAxQq52jWlJ2rSOrIutVSFLrbdeaHY5oVc5o3TojMJrTW9 2ZKK98ue8355isudB3iSwddFgadWCHY4NJbh1HameIMCybG28VbpwHmIWOQJkjK5Qsh5egfXJMr6 GIjKSSd7UAAAIfkECRQAAwAsAAAAACAAIAAAAp6cb6DICgybmA+CKWqUOHOsbcPVUQdZhhHaaSwo JlgQmLJAw/E45eqV81gsuo8qcRwtTgjHZrkbRU/J51RZHUYdWa2IC/2GVw7hNXZR2M4rCqo7JamL 7JuHBX/qXvmPkD9GhucyJ/c0l9LkJgfGlcLFkZYB0gLyZiGZ8VY5eUk0OEkpt4ZZ2YiYtoOXUqIZ R8nZcqbG19LXcApZtwtRAAAh+QQJZAADACwAAAAAIAAgAAACo5xvoMgKDJuYD4IpapQ4c6xtw9VR B1mGERoEZjK1oAjHrlfLL43u9WyxAD+qxKJxTCAcKwWORztlSMUgj4KqLq9YkPa06TkpT2R13CWX o6NMB511yOcOddoNSunzXr79j/f3QPW25xdYQXgYKAikCNjDmHVCV2lJt7QYKZbCsWkoKcQ4yjmU +Vno94UGmfr105r3KqX5Nrv0aJfERnl5ywt8UAAAIfkECRQAAwAsAAAAACAAIAAAApycb6DICgyb mA+CKWqUOHOsbcM1BQF1kCYoJtjquQIci2RX31246bXMsliCH17COFqkEI4eMvKERoWtlLI6wiav 2Om2WQXbHD+tLUPyatM3dZiic/dYcXMRiLKPdni0mgyiAZjm5JMnM+igqICzyHEBCbITSGSVASeZ GXnIdEkZ50noNLkIeOkFOtno1taIU9bC6BMnx1TqqJe7UQAAIfkECRQAAwAsAAAAACAAIAAAApec b6DICgybmA+CKWqUOHOsbcMlBAF4kOXpieNkogkWt6Laabjs7uGbi/yANoRqOEI6jMaFECl0NaBR aYJqsV6xDa2iuFlav1xtimweZy5lM5vUlsKB8VvrC07TZxS9kaLz5pe09jeXBgfG1udFkUe2xgWZ RwcCBcdmt2bp4OBI+fcJ0pHBKFfamYpXh1c6CjioqjpIy1AAACH+P1JlZHVjZWQgNTElIEAgd3d3 LmdpZndpemFyZC5jb20gR3Vlc3Q6IE5PTi1DT01NRVJDSUFMIFVTRSBPTkxZAAA7 ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C72143.F2A9D3D0 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="GreySquaresZ.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: <001e01c72133$2efade30$5633fea9@lee28> R0lGODlhDwANAJH/AP///+np6QAAAAAAACwAAAAADwANAEACGQyOmaZ97FSYtFoYEc5gZx+BjtiQ EregSAEAOw== ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C72143.F2A9D3D0--