tony draper

Some of these are getting a bit long in the tooth, how about dragging the collective noun into the twenty first century.

A Unkindness of Ravens.
A murder of Crows.
A building of Rooks.
A lamentation of Swans.

How about some modern ones.

A Shallowness of Media People.

A Mince of Female Impersonaters.

A Insincerity of Politicians.

A Defecation of Traffic Wardens

A padlock of Admins

A------ of Pilots.

A --------of Cabin Crew.

A --------- of ATC's

You Coward Draper,

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sanjosebaz

Apologies to the suits who look after our hard-earned cash, but a Wunch of Bankers springs instantly to mind

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sprocket

...er was that a Gutfull of pilots?

tony draper

Heh heh, Draper saying nowt.
some of the old ones are magic.

A congregation of people
A gaggle of geese A superfluity of nuns
A pride of lions An impatience of wives
A shrewdness of apes An obeisance of servants
A murder of crows An impertinence of peddlers
A pod of seals A boast of soldiers
A party of jays A poverty of pipers
A paddling of ducks A neverthriving of jugglers
A pitying of turtledoves A drift of fishermen
A crash of rhinoceroses A smirk of couriers
A trip of goats An incredulity of cuckolds
A bouquet of pheasants An eloquence of lawyers
An ostentation of peacocks A skulk of thieves
A knot of toads An illusion of painters
A clowder of cats A rascal of boys
A school (=shoal) of fish A giggle of girls
A cete of badgers
An ugly of walruses

HugMonster

Some of those are wonderful!

I'd definitely vote for a Wunch of Bankers.

Also suggest an excess of accountants and a confusion of systems analysts (or management consultants).

Grainger

Excellent !

I seem to remember a sketch on Smith and jones, where they were reading all these definitions from a large encyclopaedia.

At the end of the sketch, the tome was closed to reveal the title:

"A load of b*llocks" :o

OzExpat

A "wunch of bankers" indeed!

Blacksheep

To complete the blanks I'd suggest a wing of pilots, a flounce of cabin crew and a hold of controllers.

Note: wing is pronounced with an "h" after the "w" and an "e" on the end

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Through difficulties to the cinema

henry crun

A collective of chopper pilots.

A clearance of controllers.

spannerhead

A thicket of managers

Conky Joe

A bumble of Britons
A mess of children
A clot of Cornishmen
A fart of politicians
An evil of terrorists
A surprise of missiles
A halo of heroes

And what about ourselves ...

A riot of ppruners
A peculiar of ppruners
A post of ppruners

CJ

DireStraits

Here's some:

A Bucket of Bolts

A Sopwith of Camels

A Bundle of Joy

A Barrel of Fun

A Packet of Smokes

A Case of Beer

A Dose of Crabs

Tricky Woo

A collective of nouns.

SilentHandover

A Parliament of Owls

Biggles Flies Undone

Can't decide....

A Thrust of Jetblasters
An Obscenity of Jetblasters

Your call Danny

Eric

A banned of Blasters?

HugMonster

A herd of rumours

And if you're in a DIY shop, do they have a flock of wallpapers?

widgeon

an exhalation of cigars.
an experience of shags ( the birds of course )

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Paterbrat

A scrotefull of nuts,
An armfull of wildthings,

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Man-on-the-fence

A Tosser of Teachers