Hey everybody! I'm Dr. Nick!
And you're doomed. DOOMED I SAY!
Or maybe you aren't. I don;t know. He's a fake doctor on a show that is actually a cartoon. So, is he a bad doctor? It sure seems like it if you watch the Simpsons.
And I watched a lot of the Simpsons in the last couple of weeks. FXX had the "Every Simpsons Episode Ever" marathon going for the last 12 days and I watched a lot of it.
What can I say, I like the Simpsons. Even the newer ones. My sense of humor....it isn't exactly sophisticated....
But, this is a Tuesday night for me, even though it's a Wednesday morning for you. And, as some of you will remember, I shoot trap on Tuesdays. And as a result, it's late at night, and I'm not exactly 100% coherent.
So, for todays oddity, I have something I wasn't planning on. Tomorrow you'll get an oddity involving Thomas Paine. I was going to give it to you today, but the combination of the first day of school and trap means....nope. Not tonight.
So I am going to give you something stupid.
Today I have for you the dumb names people have come up for groups of animals.
I think I have done this before, but I'm not sure. I've been doing this for a year and a half now, so I might repeat myself. If I do, and you realize it, I'm sorry. If I do it and you don't notice, then I'm good.
Here is a list of what we call different groups of animals. Because my brain isn't working right, and I need to give you leeches something to keep you happy...
- Apes - A shrewdness
- Barracuda - A battery
- Boar - A sounder
- Butterfly - A rabble
- Cattle - A drift or a mob
- Cheetah - A coalition
- Cockroach - An intrusion
- Cormorant - A gulp
- Dove - A piteousness
- Emu - A mob
- Ferret - A fastening
- Fox - A skulk
- Grouse - A tok
- Hawk - A kettle or A boil
- Hound - A cry
- Jellyfish - A smack
- Monkey - A cartload
- Otter - A romp
- Peafowl - An ostentation
- Racoon - A gaze
- Shark - A shiver
- Snipe - A wisp
- Tiger - An Ambush
- Trout - A hover
- Woodcock - A fall
And there you have it: An example of what happens when Otter gets lazy and still provides you with an oddity.