Since the curmudgeon is almost always wise, like an owl, a group of which
is/are called a "parliament," and since he too has survived many miles and
years, like parrots are capable of, a group of which is/are called a
"pandemonium," perhaps we curmudgeons, as a group, could be a "parliamonium."
Beats the hell out of, and is much easier to pronounce than, "obnoxious, old
ass/arsehole know-it-alls."
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Why would we be consulted? We're curmudgeons - no-one consults us on
> anything because they just can't handle the truth! Are crows
> consulted on whether they want to be referred to as a 'murder'? Of
> course not; they just get on with their dark deeds.
> Call us anything you like - just don't call us late for lunch.
> AndrewF
> (An irritability of....hmmm)
>
>
> On 14/11/2005, at 9:53 AM, Marc Lawrence wrote:
> >
> >> Joel Wilcox wrote:
> >> A slugfest of curmudgeons ...
> >>
> >
> > Perhaps that should be added to the OM List Glossary
> > as the appropriate terminology for a collective, assuming
> > that all the relevant curmudgeons can reach consensus
> > on it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Marc (not a curmudgeon - just whiney & irritable)
> >
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