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Mu Beta Posted Nov 15, 2002
Of course, that's assuming that 'mice' really is the plural of computer mouse.
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Sea Change Posted Nov 16, 2002
Well, they could be highly trained disco-diva mice, and the 'click' would be that of their 4mm heels on the dance floor.
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JD Posted Nov 19, 2002
Fun topic!
Explosion of Safety Engineers
Critical Mass of Nuclear Physicists (doesn't roll off the tongue easily, I admit)
Alot of Misspellers
Gurop of Typos
Fault of Errors
Rage of Traffic
Maze of Roadmaps
(this one I got from an old collegue who made it up on the spot):
A Fog of Vision Statements
I'll try to think of some more for this ... uhm ... what would one call a collective list of collective nouns?
- JD
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pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Nov 19, 2002
thin air toddler is a lurker.
"toddles off into thin air" means that some one starts to lurk.
"watch them fly"
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Mu Beta Posted Nov 19, 2002
*To pre-empt JD*
An appropriateness of collective nouns
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Cheerful Dragon Posted Nov 22, 2002
No, no! Everybody knows it's a *load* of b******s! 
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William of Middenshire, Keeper of Mammals Beginning with "W" and Goatee Beards Posted Nov 23, 2002
If I may join in...
A gloss of painters
A pgae of typing errors
And (think about it) a Wunch of Bankers.
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Sea Change Posted Nov 25, 2002
a wash of watercolorists
a persnickety of editors
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dasilva Posted Mar 29, 2003
A mornington of crescents?
I'd heard that mouses was the plural for the electrical version, can't remember where...
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The Groob Posted Mar 29, 2003
A dossie = group of young teens standing around doing nothing but smoking and pretending they're from the bronx.
A crew jumper = A dossie who stand nowhere near the bus stop then when the bus arrives barge to the front of the queue assuming they have a devine right to go on the bus first and accuse anyone who tries to stop them of being a queue jumper.
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dasilva Posted Mar 29, 2003
Bad experience waiting for the bus this morning, Spinks?
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Sea Change Posted Mar 30, 2003
A straggleclump of buses.
This describes the clustering of four or more very late buses you get either near the end of the line where they are all dropping off and catch up to each other as they spend less and less time at each stop. Sometimes a straggleclump will be caused by a streetlevel railroad crossing, especially at rushhour.
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typolifi Posted Mar 30, 2003
It may also happen if the schedules are made by silly persons.
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Is mise Duncan Posted Mar 30, 2003
A walkover of six nations rugby games?
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Mar 30, 2003
A classification of librarians
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Stealth "Jack" Azathoth Posted Mar 31, 2003
A Clutterette od CD's
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- 121: Mu Beta (Nov 15, 2002)
- 122: Sea Change (Nov 16, 2002)
- 123: JD (Nov 19, 2002)
- 124: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Nov 19, 2002)
- 125: Mu Beta (Nov 19, 2002)
- 126: typolifi (Nov 22, 2002)
- 127: Cheerful Dragon (Nov 22, 2002)
- 128: William of Middenshire, Keeper of Mammals Beginning with "W" and Goatee Beards (Nov 23, 2002)
- 129: Sea Change (Nov 25, 2002)
- 130: typolifi (Mar 29, 2003)
- 131: dasilva (Mar 29, 2003)
- 132: The Groob (Mar 29, 2003)
- 133: dasilva (Mar 29, 2003)
- 134: Sea Change (Mar 30, 2003)
- 135: typolifi (Mar 30, 2003)
- 136: Is mise Duncan (Mar 30, 2003)
- 137: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Mar 30, 2003)
- 138: typolifi (Mar 30, 2003)
- 139: Stealth "Jack" Azathoth (Mar 31, 2003)
- 140: typolifi (Mar 31, 2003)
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