Collective Nouns

• A plethora of lispers
• An overbearance of brood mares
• A mingling of broken vases
• A tenet of palindromes
• A hotbed of quilts
• A veneer of newscasters
• A brace of orthodontists
• A rash of dermatologists
• A chain of lynx
• A gaggle of

  censors

  comedians

• An amalgam of dentists
• A cast of orthopedists
• A slew of retired hit men
• A box of pugilists
• A concert of yes men
• A flash of paparazzi
• A bunch of florists
• A sum of adders
• A set of hairdressers
• A herd of otologists
• A lot of

  salt

  realtors

  parking attendants

  auctioneers

• A column of architects
• A ring of jewelers
• A great deal of used-car salesmen

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From evan@neiman.east.sun.com Wed Jun 26 17:27:07 1991
From: evan@neiman.east.sun.com (Evan L. Marcus [Sun NJ Systems Consultant])
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Subject: Collective nouns
Keywords: chuckle
Date: 22 Jun 91 23:30:05 GMT

The following appeared in the 4/29/91 issue of New York magazine.  They run
a periodic feature called the Competition, where readers are invited to
submit humorous entries that conform to a particular topic.  

In this one, the topic was Collective Nouns.  If you don't know what they
are, read on; you'll catch on...

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