"geoff" wrote in message
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Urglers,

Having just writ about a tittering of magpies, I thought it about time we
all tried to give an amusing collective noun for something to do with
gardening.

Examples :- the collective noun for weeds; a "backbreaking" of weeds.
A
"snot" of slugs perhaps!

We all know of a "pride" of lions, but what about dandylions?

Now you have a go!

Regards

Geoff



A crunch of snails
A confiscation of footballs

A blessing of ladybirds
An anticipation of seeds
A lack of greenhouse space

a pickle of onions
a dressing of salads
a kindergarden of seedlings
a sweep of broom
a pack of dogwoods

--

Shan (Ireland)

a beard of new grass growth

On Thu, 22 May 2003 14:08:43 +0100, "geoff"
wrote:

A slip of decking

A sod of docks

An arse of midges

A shite of weather



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

On Fri, 23 May 2003 12:08:17 +0100, Stephen Howard
wrote:

~On Thu, 22 May 2003 14:08:43 +0100, "geoff"
wrote:
~
~A slip of decking
~
~A sod of docks
~
~An arse of midges
~
~A shite of weather
~

Some Father Ted moments there.. :-)

I'd go for a b*gger of bindweed and a git of pigeons, cos that's what
I usually call them....


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps (nospam backwards!) from replies, thanks!

Seeing as nobody else said it...

A shedload of seedlings (or plantpots, seedtrays, bags of compost, tools,
spiders, woodlice...)

Edwin.

On Thu, 22 May 2003 21:48:49 +0100, "chris.sperry"
wrote:

"geoff" wrote in message
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Urglers,

Having just writ about a tittering of magpies, I thought it about time we
all tried to give an amusing collective noun for something to do with
gardening.

Examples :- the collective noun for weeds; a "backbreaking" of weeds.
A
"snot" of slugs perhaps!

We all know of a "pride" of lions, but what about dandylions?

Now you have a go!

Regards

Geoff

a heckle of hostas

a flock of gooseberries

--
martin

"...........a git of pigeons................."

Think I'd rather

A pie of pigeons

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a flock of gooseberries

Shouldn't that be a flock of geeseberry?

Janet.

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message
from martin contains these words:


a flock of gooseberries

Shouldn't that be a flock of geeseberry?


You might be on your own with that one Janet! (;-)

pk

Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ^W^W^W^W uk.rec.gardening, I
heard Andy Spragg say...
A surplus of stock.


It was always a deficit at the place I used to jbex. Strangely, the
Materials department would never believe Finance that there was a
problem with the way they ran their system.
--
Fenny
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will ****
on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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On Thu, 22 May 2003 14:08:43 +0100, "geoff"
wrote:

A slip of decking

A sod of docks

An arse of midges

A shite of weather

A hate of cats ...

Jennifer

"Jennifer Sparkes" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 May 2003 14:08:43 +0100, "geoff"
wrote:

A slip of decking

A sod of docks

An arse of midges

A shite of weather

A hate of cats ...


A Frazzle of BBQ's

pk

On Mon, 26 May 2003 09:20:49 +0100, Jennifer Sparkes
wrote:

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from Stephen Howard contains these words:

On Thu, 22 May 2003 14:08:43 +0100, "geoff"
wrote:

A slip of decking

A sod of docks

An arse of midges

A shite of weather

A hate of cats ...

a turd of dogs
--
martin