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Old 6th Apr 2011, 09:06
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Given his former service in the Royal Regiment of Artillery (originally inspired by his love of the Cavalry) my godfather always applied equestrian terms to his aircraft, in addition to their female gender of course!

Following this trend the collective noun for horses would be:

Troop (military), team (agricultural), herd (wild), harras (hunting), stable (racing), breed (stud farm).

At garden parties my godfather would sometimes announce the arrival of friends flying in company as "the approach of the heavenly host"!

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A Balancing Act.
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Old 6th Apr 2011, 11:07
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As if the english language needs any more collective nouns... have a look at this list:

Collective Nouns

surprising actually that helicopters aren't already in there.
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Old 6th Apr 2011, 11:53
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Well given that the list of collective nouns states that it is a "wing of aircraft", then presumably it is a "rotor of helicopters".

I still think my favourite collective noun is that used for a group of bankers - a wunch of bankers.
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some development of the Pandalet theme might be a good idea.

I was in the VRD 'wing' for a while, or so the engraving on my personal shooter of the 12 gauge variety said.

as far as cheap plonk goes I do hope it is not this "stuff" that you have in mind. Posted on our ABC not long ago. jacob's creek we reckon may not be a stirling drop, but when in a jam no matter whether its been bolied, frozen, bounced around over a rough road or a vibrating rotary device, one can still drink it.

Typo gives away fake Aussie wine

Posted 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Fake bottles of Australia's best-selling Jacob's Creek wine have flooded the UK market, but were discovered because of a typo on the label.
Hundreds of bottles of imitation Jacob's Creek, which have made their way into bottle shops across the country, have already been seized.
The wine appears identical to the real thing apart from a tell-tale misspelling of Australia on the label - and the apparently horrible taste.
The fakes are believed to have come from China.
Trading standards officials are warning consumers to look for the label error when buying a bottle of one of the UK's favourite wines.

Pernod Ricard United Kingdom, owner of Jacob's Creek, has launched an investigation.
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Old 6th Apr 2011, 12:55
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I will offer either either a "lift of helicopters" or a "buzz of helicopters"........!!!

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Old 6th Apr 2011, 13:59
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*ROFL* about the fake Jacob's Crack over here being discovered because of the "horrible taste"! How would you tell?

I always thought the stuff was so plentiful in the UK because nobody in the Antipodes would drink the stuff, so they had to export it all.
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Old 6th Apr 2011, 14:07
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Since there's a bottle of vino going:
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WHINE OF HELICOPTERS
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And since this is a "collective" noun thang.....

Let's make this competition: cyclical

Yaw all know what I mean..............
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Old 6th Apr 2011, 15:19
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At our place it's usually an Invasion of helicopters.
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Old 6th Apr 2011, 15:56
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How 'bout; ROTORFLOCK? My first thought was CLUSTERFLOCK but figured I'd better keep it clean!
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