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So, what do you call a group of directors?
Somewhat offensive answers seem acceptable if they are funny.
So I should like to hear answers under one of three headings:
- Funny, and somewhat rude
- Funny, but not rude
- Serious, but apt
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A board of directors? Everywhere!
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Posted 2009-August-23, 16:15
This old chestnut was raised at Brighton by a little quiz in the daily bulletin. The answers seemed very poor to me.
So, what do you call a group of directors?
Somewhat offensive answers seem acceptable if they are funny.
So I should like to hear answers under one of three headings:
So, what do you call a group of directors?
Somewhat offensive answers seem acceptable if they are funny.
So I should like to hear answers under one of three headings:
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Posted 2009-August-23, 16:41
A NUISANCE ( a collective for house cats)
A Murder ( of crows)
A shrewdness ( of monkeys)
this is hilarious
A Murder ( of crows)
A shrewdness ( of monkeys)
this is hilarious
Free, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:
Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2009-August-23, 16:50
If we get to coin our own turn of phrase, I'd suggest an "incontinence" of directors.
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Posted 2009-August-23, 19:09
Er....
A bored of directors.
The JJEU (Judge, Jury and Executioners Union).
A gaggle of frustrated lawyers.
David's Team.
Er, maybe later...
David's Disowned Team
The WDITTJA (Why Did I Take This Unpaid Job Anonymous)
Can't think of anything better
Nick
A bored of directors.
The JJEU (Judge, Jury and Executioners Union).
A gaggle of frustrated lawyers.
David's Team.
Er, maybe later...
David's Disowned Team
The WDITTJA (Why Did I Take This Unpaid Job Anonymous)
Can't think of anything better
Nick
"Pass is your friend" - my brother in law - who likes to bid a lot.
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Posted 2009-August-24, 19:30
A corporation of directors?
I prefer to give the lawmakers credit for stating things for a reason - barmar
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Posted 2009-August-24, 19:40
a swarm (bees, etc), an intrusion (roaches), a parliament (crows), a plague (doves), a mustering (storks), a creep (tortoises), a descent (woodpeckers)
http://www.hintsandt...collectives.htm
http://www.hintsandt...collectives.htm
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Posted 2009-August-24, 20:20
How about a "thunder" of Directors?
Persistent sound, fleeting illumination
Persistent sound, fleeting illumination
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Posted 2009-August-24, 20:25
people
My addiction to Mario Bros #3 has come back!
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Posted 2009-August-24, 23:27
From the animal world, I like:
ostentation (peacocks) - for when they "puff up"
murmuration (starlings) - "murmur" like the sound they make when they are discussing a hand
shiver (sharks) - to describe how they move around the room
intrusion (cockroaches) - to be cheeky
parliament (owls) - to represent how they look over the game
http://www.npwrc.usg...imals/names.htm
ostentation (peacocks) - for when they "puff up"
murmuration (starlings) - "murmur" like the sound they make when they are discussing a hand
shiver (sharks) - to describe how they move around the room
intrusion (cockroaches) - to be cheeky
parliament (owls) - to represent how they look over the game
http://www.npwrc.usg...imals/names.htm
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Posted 2009-August-25, 01:01
How about
'Nice Chappies and Chappesses'
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Posted 2009-August-25, 01:03
'Bavinettes'
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Posted 2009-August-25, 03:32
Echognome, on Aug 25 2009, 06:27 AM, said:
ostentation (peacocks)
murmuration (starlings)
etc.
murmuration (starlings)
etc.
I don't think most of these colourful phrases arose, as a dictionary should, through observation of actual usage, in the way one might discover a few genuine dictionary phrases such as "gaggle of geese" or "herd of sheep". Rather a variety of authors made them up and tried to popularise them by putting them in books. Rather like the collections of made-up "true" stories stalk the internet today.
Some of them have some semi-validity. Eg, there are folk tales of the "parliament" of crows or owls or whatever. But if Farmer Joe wanted to talk about a load of crows down on his field, he said, "flock of crows", unless he was specifically making reference to that tale. In any case, a large gathering of crows is usually rooks.
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Posted 2009-August-25, 04:10
A corpulence of directors
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2009-August-25, 07:51
"nob" (Pochards) to extend the animal allusions. 
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Posted 2009-August-25, 08:00
shintaro, on Aug 25 2009, 02:01 AM, said:
How about
'Nice Chappies and Chappesses'
so when you get really ticked off at a director you can call them a chapstick?
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Posted 2009-August-25, 08:04
matmat, on Aug 25 2009, 10:00 AM, said:
so when you get really ticked off at a director you can call them a chapstick?
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Posted 2009-August-25, 13:07
matmat, on Aug 25 2009, 09:00 AM, said:
shintaro, on Aug 25 2009, 02:01 AM, said:
How about
'Nice Chappies and Chappesses'
so when you get really ticked off at a director you can call them a chapstick?
You might get a clip round the ear with the Hard Backed copy from me if you did
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