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I didn’t get it either Thy…had to look it up. 😛 lol A group of Crows is called a “murder”, but since there’s only two crows…it’s “attempted murder”… *ba dum tss*
Ok, thanks for the explanation, but it still does not make sense. Oh well. Ok, did some searching, and now it is at least somewhat explained why it is called a murder of crows: http://www.word-detective.com/2009/02/murder-of-crows-etc/
Had to look it up, too. That one’s for native English speakers, I guess. But on second thought – Is that a “crowbar” they’re sitting on?
I saw this and I wondered what the smallest possible size of a murder of crows is? Two would be plural, so wouldn’t that be a murder?
That was very witty, Richard! Had to look up what a group of Ravens is called. (An unkindness or conspiracy.)
LOL…excellent!
i dont get it. This makes no sense to me.
I didn’t get it either Thy…had to look it up. 😛 lol
A group of Crows is called a “murder”, but since there’s only two crows…it’s “attempted murder”… *ba dum tss*
Bingo!
Sorry to disappoint, but those are ravens. That is why it didn’t make sense.[img]

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That’s very unkind of you…
Ok, thanks for the explanation, but it still does not make sense.
Oh well.
Ok, did some searching, and now it is at least somewhat explained why it is called a murder of crows:
http://www.word-detective.com/2009/02/murder-of-crows-etc/
Had to look it up, too. That one’s for native English speakers, I guess.
But on second thought – Is that a “crowbar” they’re sitting on?
I wondered how many people would get this one.
Ha! That’s a good one! 🙂
Finally!
It was bound to happen sooner or later.
It’s nice to know that most B&Pers either know a lot of stuff or are willing and able to look it up.
I got it right away, one of the few animal groups I do know what it’s called! Funny!
I got it immediately too, but I still looked for the cat.
I saw this and I wondered what the smallest possible size of a murder of crows is? Two would be plural, so wouldn’t that be a murder?
That was very witty, Richard! Had to look up what a group of Ravens is called. (An unkindness or conspiracy.)