Category: Humour

An ‘exuberance of students’

What’s your favourite collective noun?

Collective nouns such as a murder of crows and a murmuration of starlings really amuse me.

Just wondered if there are  collective nouns for a group of  nurses, a group of doctors, a group of artists…. a group of policemen.
What would you call a  group of snails or a collection of ants?

Maybe you can help? Let’s make some up!

Or maybe you have a favourite?

The Bucket Seat.

Billy Wong, a long time fan of Easy Rider, thought that he had managed to put on hold his wife Suzie’s plea to trade in his motor cycle for a new 4×4. Even the arrival of the new baby, Fatty Wong had done nothing to change his mind. Instead, he invented the motor cycle Bucket Seat and now had dreams of becoming one of China’s new fast growing band of seriously rich executives. Continue reading “The Bucket Seat.”

Australian Customs

Obviously, after I’ve spent a whole three weeks Down Under, I will be able to give you a fully informed and exhaustive commentary on every aspect of Australian customs. But, I haven’t been yet and can’t do the in-depth and incisive stuff until I have. Watch this space.

In the meantime and for the avoidance of doubt, this post is actually about the Australian Customs Services. I’ve been googling them and digesting information from my fellow cherished authors (FCA). As a result, I’m worried about getting into the place at all. Continue reading “Australian Customs”