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Subject: Re: [Leica] .......OT.....Lobsters
From: Nick Poole <nick.botton@camphill.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:00:14 +0100
References: <B6EF5361.9D95%john@pinkheadedbug.com>

>on 4/3/01 9:27 AM, tmlee at clairetm@singnet.com.sg wrote:
>
>>  Whats a group of lobsters called ?
>>
>>  TMLee
>
>Ah, grasshopper, as far as I know there isn't an official collective noun
>for lobsters (I would love to be corrected).
>
>Most aquatic molluscs use the collective noun 'bed', as in 'a bed of clams'.
>However this seems pretty inappropriate for lobsters though I suspect the
>fishing community use this. Jellyfish come in smacks, which is cool, but the
>only suggestion I have ever heard for lobsters comes from the scuba
>community, who understandably suggest 'a risk of lobsters'.
>
>Personally I'd go for 'a nip (or pinch) of lobsters' or 'a claw of
>lobsters', but on the other hand given their frequent destiny perhaps it
>should be 'a pink of lobsters' or even 'a murder of lobsters', like crows.
>
>All of this leads somewhat inevitably to my final suggestion: 'a dinner of
>lobsters'. Who's paying?
>
>
>--
>Johnny Deadman
>
>http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

To satisfy both fishermen and gourmets, 'compot of lobster' seems a 
reasonable compromise!

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