Collective names; three Mansells in one race...
#1
Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:35
The news that there will be not one, not two, but three Mansell's competeing at Silverstone next month, I pondered the collective name for this, the most obvious being "a whinge of Mansells" or "a moan of Mansells".
Then I thought about other collectives for F1 and motorsport (no, I'm not that busy today!),
A cliche of journalists
A click of photograhers
A fix of mechanics
A dissapointment of spectators (modern F1 of course)
A tub of drivers (a spaceframe didn't sound right)
and
A knowledge of TNFers
Over to you!
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#2
Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:57
Lighthearted of course.
The news that there will be not one, not two, but three Mansell's competeing at Silverstone next month, I pondered the collective name for this, the most obvious being "a whinge of Mansells" or "a moan of Mansells".
Then I thought about other collectives for F1 and motorsport (no, I'm not that busy today!),
A cliche of journalists
A click of photograhers
A fix of mechanics
A dissapointment of spectators (modern F1 of course)
A tub of drivers (a spaceframe didn't sound right)
and
A knowledge of TNFers
Over to you!
I would have thought that it should be ....
A flange of mechanics
A zoom of photographers
An excuse of drivers
and
A profit of Team Owners
#3
Posted 19 August 2009 - 12:13
#4
Posted 19 August 2009 - 12:56
Originally posted by kayemod
A spanking of Mosleys.
Surely that would be redundant?
There couldn't possibly be more than one of them...
A brace of tyre fitters?
#5
Posted 19 August 2009 - 13:43
A spanking of Mosleys.
An oxymoron if ever there was one.
#6
Posted 19 August 2009 - 14:00
#7
Posted 19 August 2009 - 14:09
#8
Posted 19 August 2009 - 14:55
#9
Posted 19 August 2009 - 15:07
Surely that would be redundant?
There couldn't possibly be more than one of them...
One would certainly hope so, but in Max's case, there's always the possibility of a second coming.
#10
Posted 19 August 2009 - 15:16
#11
Posted 19 August 2009 - 15:22
#12
Posted 19 August 2009 - 15:42
A curmudgeon of TNF'ers
#13
Posted 19 August 2009 - 15:43
#14
Posted 19 August 2009 - 15:56
#15
Posted 19 August 2009 - 16:13
#16
Posted 19 August 2009 - 16:45
Eeeeeeeewwwwwww .....One would certainly hope so, but in Max's case, there's always the possibility of a second coming.
#17
Posted 19 August 2009 - 16:55
#18
Posted 19 August 2009 - 16:58
#19
Posted 19 August 2009 - 17:22
#21
Posted 19 August 2009 - 20:59
A posse of Marshals
Careful!!
For any interested, you might search and find a pertinant quote about Niggle's F1 Williams comeback from a certain GM...
#22
Posted 19 August 2009 - 22:00
#23
Posted 19 August 2009 - 23:10
Careful!!
For any interested, you might search and find a pertinant quote about Niggle's F1 Williams comeback from a certain GM...
Hi Gregor
Note the one "L" in Marshal, alluding to the trackside flag waving Marshals not the race car driving Marshalls.
If I was alluding to the second type, I would have used the collective noun, a success of Marshalls. Obviously (lick lick grovel grovel).
#24
Posted 20 August 2009 - 00:08
#25
Posted 20 August 2009 - 06:48
#26
Posted 20 August 2009 - 07:21
#27
Posted 20 August 2009 - 07:28
I think a fix of FIA stewards might be more appropriate...Lighthearted of course.
A fix of mechanics
Over to you!
A nest of VIPers??
A clutch of mechanics
An absence of overtaking
A pride of Lyons
Rob
Edited by Kingsleyrob, 20 August 2009 - 07:44.
#28
Posted 20 August 2009 - 07:38
#29
Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:10
A snap of photographers.
#30
Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:11
"A lack of humour"??A waste of bandwidth, perhaps...
#31
Posted 20 August 2009 - 19:46