tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post488980163354153456..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Further Diversification and Lightening Up of the BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-37169618297856605462008-11-04T15:11:00.000+01:002008-11-04T15:11:00.000+01:00I'm with Weer'd...Murder of Crows is a great one. ...I'm with Weer'd...Murder of Crows is a great one. Parliament of Rooks is another. One story behind that, as re-told to me in a comic book by Neil Gaiman, is that the flock is called a Parliament because occasionally they will surround one bird who will squawk and hop and chatter like it is making a case for something. Or telling a joke. If they agree...they all fly off. If they disagree...they peck the lone rook to death!!!<BR/><BR/>I don't know if that actually happens, but WOW if it does!Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-27903475243314228102008-11-04T14:18:00.000+01:002008-11-04T14:18:00.000+01:00This is one of my favorite hobbies, learning about...This is one of my favorite hobbies, learning about words.<BR/><BR/>My wife laughed at me when we moved into our new house and unloaded my books. I had 2 different books about Origins of Words and phrases and no less then 5 dictionaries.<BR/><BR/>I always thought a Pod of Whales was incongruous; such a small word for a group of large animals.Bob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15882819735831651314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-6168122814568754932008-11-04T11:44:00.000+01:002008-11-04T11:44:00.000+01:00Murder of Crows always is funny to me. Especially...Murder of Crows always is funny to me. Especially since they are such gentle birds.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com