Is this clever...Or wrong ?

[FierceKitty]

The difference between crows and ravens is a matter of a pinion.

Go away, please.

[Techno]

The difference between crows and ravens is a matter of a pinion.

Very good.
(There were two ravens strolling up the drive early this morning.....I know those were ravens, because they were so bloomin' enormous.)
Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Very good.
(There were two ravens strolling up the drive early this morning.....I know those were ravens, because they were so bloomin' enormous.)
Cheers - Phil

Flowering Ravens    

[O Dinas Powys]

I struggle with corvids...
Any ornithologists on the forum ?
I mean.....Would you really put a ring on a crow ?
(A raven, I could understand.)

Cheers - Phil

Probably wrong, they're probably from The Tower of London:

This photo of Tower of London is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Couldn't find the exact picture on Google, but there are a few of Ravens on a suspiciously similar perch  

Cheers!

Meirion

[Techno]

That makes a great deal of sense, Meirion. 

The little 'perches' look very, very similar.....(I assume that in the grounds of the Tower of London, there would be a number of these for them to hop on to.) 
I can't make up my mind as to whether I can see rings on their legs, in the TripAdvisor image, or not......(but I think I can.)

Anyway.....I think we can say for absolute certainty now, that those are Ravens and not Crows.....So the "Attempted Murder" caption is just plain wrong !! 

Cheers - Phil

[Luddite]

OK, so, we've got the crow/raven collective noun thing sorted.

Now for the more tricky wargamer collective noun 'debate'.  Perhaps we will need to break it down into typological distinctions?

A reek of wargamers (for the sweatered variety)?

A bicker of wargamers?

A bristle of wargamers?  (Bringing in the double meaning of the frictions of rules-disputes, and the prevalence of unkempt facial hair)

A Featherstone of wargamers?  (For the Old Guard)

A magniloquence of wargamers?  (For the sneering purists)

An impoverishment of wargamers?  (For the Evil Empire enslaved youngsters)

[OldenBUA]

It's a dissimilitude of wargamers, but you probably won't agree with that.

[Techno]

Very good ! 

I do rather like "A bicker" from Lud's list. 
Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

I know a certain forum where wargamers come togheter daily, and i think they described it as madhouse. 


So i vote for; a madhouse of wargamers

[Techno]

 

You're suspended for being a smart-a*se. 
Very good suggestion, Peter. 

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

But Peter I'm NOT MAD, I have a certificate to prove it.

IanS

[Techno]

Certificates downloaded from the intraweb don't count, Ian 
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Certificates downloaded from the intraweb don't count, Ian 
Cheers - Phil

Aw... I was gonna my to complete my set in myPerelli album!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Phil - dont forget to dry your hand in the microwave  

IanS

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

A collective noun of Ravens is 'an unkindness'.
Maybe that should also be applied to members of this forum when Phil and Nobby post?

[Techno]

Phil - dont forget to dry your hand in the microwave   IanS

I'll give that one a miss  .....Though now we've got a new microwave, I want to try am experiment with the old one, before it goes to the tip.
(One of THOSE experiments which comes with the caveat, "Don't try this at home, children."

A collective noun of Ravens is 'an unkindness'.

They certainly are unkind to a sick member of their 'flock'.

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Though now we've got a new microwave, I want to try am experiment with the old one, before it goes to the tip.
(One of THOSE experiments which comes with the caveat, "Don't try this at home, children."

Like this?

[O Dinas Powys]

Like this?

That's quite impressive 

Other things NOT to do with a microwave might include:

A half-dozen eggs - with the faces of "certain forum members" drawn on 
A tin-foil take-away box - with or without curry!
A glass bottle full of liquid with the cap on nice and tight...

Make sure to video any results for posterity...

From a safe distance...

Cheers!

Meirion

[Techno]

Like this?

I don't think my experiment will be quite so explosive, Nobby.....But IF I try it....I'm doing it outside....(Just in case.)
Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Tin foil, grapes, CDs and soap.

Just saying.