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    A group of crows is called a murder of crows.
    ~Richard
    Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
    - Oscar Wilde

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    A group of crows is called a murder of crows.
    ~Richard
    But a group of ravens is an unkindness or conspiracy. I gleefully pointed this knowledge out to a writer I know when he made reference to a murder of ravens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    A group of crows is called a murder of crows.
    ~Richard
    couldn't resist
    finally somewhere the humour will make sense

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    Don't do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics!

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzFuzzy View Post
    couldn't resist
    finally somewhere the humour will make sense

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    Do you just have a book of these things or what?
    Bread and water can so easily become tea and toast

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    Quote Originally Posted by edhewitt View Post
    Do you just have a book of these things or what?
    some random things cross my screen from time to time that appeal to my (some would say warped) sense of humour
    when they do I save them for a future random time when they might make someone else smile...

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    Brass beds became popular in the 18th Century because bedbugs couldn't hide out in the metal frames.

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