whats the right word?

[zippy656]

you get A Gaggle of Geese, a Crash of Rhinos, a Pod of Whales,

so is it a group of $x$'s

or a Mud of 4x4's

any ideas??

 

[lacroupade]

what can I say that isn't said (idiotically) here:

"What is a 'Guzzle of 4x4 Drivers'? The Independent today posted the results of a competition for new collective nouns.

One of them is: A guzzle of 4x4 drivers. As in: "The narrow road beside the school was entirely blocked by a guzzle of 4x4 drivers picking up their children." (Winner: Matthew Balmforth)

Explaining further about 4x4 drivers, the Independent states,'These are today's latest villains, and many people are keen to pigeonhole them as self-satisfied, inconsiderate, and environmental polluters in the extreme.'

'The winning word, which was suggested by a considerable number of people,manages to combine punchy impact with a sense of profligate consumption. An arrogance of 4x4 drivers was the second most-popular term. Others included: a pollution; an emission; a carbonation; a choke; an annoyance; an infuriation; a belligerence; an indifference; a menace; a smog; a smugness; a self-justification; an aloof; an insolence; a bombast; an inconsideration; a burberry; a Chelsea (as in the tractor); a Clarkson (as in Jeremy); a school run (popular but a bit obvious). "

 

[lacroupade]

Actually it feels quite good being called a villain!

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

Actually it feels quite good being called a villain!

well ve've all joined the club and the CLUB.

personally think its jealousy, cos funny how they change their attitude if you offer
to pull 'em out of a flood or hedge.

everyone that gets in our soon to be 13 year old t2 think its great AND on a private
plate but really is 96/P. Always say you too could have one from about a grand or so.

mrs is a registered childminder, car is in her name and can fill all 6 passrnger seats with
her customers' kids, all of whom enjoy the view from our economical 2.7 tdi tractor-bus.

Our local school served by parents out of catchment area as is an church school
though majority of parents are in sporty 2bys and still cant park for toffee!

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

A "superiority" of 4bys. I dont have delusiuons of granduer, my truck ( ok Mrs's )
really is:-

SUPERIOR

to some shopping trolley/hair dressers/slammed big exhaust piped bags of crap.
Only thing I hanker for are bigger trucks, heavy trucks and buses, and owt else
with BIG engine(s) like locomotives, aircraft and ships.

 

[lacroupade]

Tell me - I've endure a couple of very difficult and cold journeys n the A470 over the Brecon Beacons in the snow recently, made ten times longer by idiots who either think they can drive a car in conditions that even challenged 4wd but couldn't, or even worse, idiots who knew they couldn't but set out anyway!

Wonder if we need a collective noun for a group of anti-4x4 protestors?

"Bunch of Idiots" springs to mind....

 

[zippy656]

oh how very true.

its a pity the world is so full on them too!

 

[lacroupade]

not another avatar?!

 

[zippy656]

not another avatar?!

gone back to the first one i used,


zippy