No, It’s Not Actually a Murder of Crows – Okay, technically it is (2015)

Re:No, It’s Not Actually a Murder of Crows – Okay, technical... by stan_rogers on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:09PM (#24683308)

As long as it remains a flange of baboons, does anything else really matter?

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Re:No, It’s Not Actually a Murder of Crows – Okay, technical... by DonaldFisk on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:46PM (#24683541)

Classic comedy sketch. There's also a "whoop" of gorillas. It appears that some people think flange is the correct collective noun for baboons, as it subsequently appeared in a televised pub quiz in which someone, taught how to memorize general knowledge facts by Derren Brown, took part.

https://youtu.be/l1-69AnA_To?t=900

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Re:No, It’s Not Actually a Murder of Crows – Okay, technical... by bhrgunatha on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:58AM (#24684928)

I read that primatologists adopted flange as well as troop for baboons, which I hope is true, I think there's plenty of scope for whimsy in language.

Sadly it seems the video of that sketch has been blocked or removed from youtube - the best I can find now is a poorly recorded audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgxbAjmwUus

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Re:No, It’s Not Actually a Murder of Crows – Okay, technical... by nicoburns on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:34PM (#24683464)

I'd say the squad of squids is still pretty important!

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Re:No, It’s Not Actually a Murder of Crows – Okay, technical... by smichel17 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:07PM (#24683648)

I propose that we also enshrine the reverse -- a squid of squads.

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Re:No, It’s Not Actually a Murder of Crows – Okay, technical... by dllthomas on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:27AM (#24687549)

A nest of ifdefs, and a wunch of bankers.

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