A Conversation for The Quite Interesting Society

QI - Lemmastide

Post 41

pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like?

Taff, you have forgotten the Swiss WMD......the 26 bladed Army Knife smiley - laugh


QI - Lemmastide

Post 42

bobstafford

Look chaps

answer this

What is a quiversmiley - winkeye


QI - Lemmastide

Post 43

hygienicdispenser


A repressed quaver.


QI - Lemmastide

Post 44

hygienicdispenser


Or a vibrational displacement.


QI - Lemmastide

Post 45

bobstafford

No there is a proper meaning + .....something else


QI - Lemmastide

Post 46

hygienicdispenser


Going back a bit, you say that on of Keith Miller's observations was close. Was it the collective noun suggestion? Is a quiver the collective noun for something dangerous - sharks, hamsters, or - just had an idea - poisonous jellyfish?


QI - Lemmastide

Post 47

bobstafford

So we have

A quiver is

A thing to keep arrows in
A vibrational displacement



There is more smiley - smiley


QI - Lemmastide

Post 48

bobstafford

A is quiver the collective noun for something dangeroussmiley - smiley


QI - Lemmastide

Post 49

Taff Agent of kaos


i don't know the answer but i am all a quiversmiley - winkeye

smiley - bat


QI - Lemmastide

Post 50

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

Aquiver with exitement!!!

smiley - smiley
GT


QI - Lemmastide

Post 51

Rod

as sir Andrew Aguecheek - quiver with the ague

Also, perhaps quaver, but that takes us - where?


QI - Lemmastide

Post 52

Taff Agent of kaos


cheesey corn snack

smiley - bat


QI - Lemmastide

Post 53

bobstafford

A is quiver the collective noun for something dangerous smiley - smiley


QI - Lemmastide

Post 54

toybox

Arrows? Snakes? Creepy crawly? Secret agents?


QI - Lemmastide

Post 55

bobstafford

Yes one of themsmiley - smiley


QI - Lemmastide

Post 56

toybox

Snakes then, I'g guess. Well, arrows too, but we have ruled these out at the beginning smiley - biggrin


QI - Lemmastide

Post 57

hygienicdispenser


Ah, and "Snakes on a Plane"


QI - Lemmastide

Post 58

bobstafford

Lets go with snakes then +2 toybox

Now what snakessmiley - smiley


QI - Lemmastide

Post 59

toybox

Poisonous ones?

I don't know many. Vipers? Najas? Cobras? Boas? Couleuvres? Pythons? Anacondas? Rattlesnakes?


QI - Lemmastide

Post 60

bobstafford

Pick onesmiley - smiley


Key: Complain about this post