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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2261 Post by talmacapt » Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:23 am

That made me laugh!!
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#2262 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:08 am

Yet another lucky guess. :)

What is the collective noun for warthogs? :D
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#2263 Post by G-CPTN » Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:00 am

As I remember (having grown up in a wool town - no longer active) woolsacks are about 4ft by 6ft by 2ft.
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#2264 Post by talmacapt » Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:14 pm

I cheated by looking it up.

It is not an implausability, that is a different animal.

Someone else can guess.
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#2265 Post by Rossian » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:31 pm

A grumphle? a snuffle? a snorter? a watch out I'm going to bite your ankles?
Dunno really

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#2266 Post by OFSO » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:49 pm

A pithy response? How dare you be so parliamentarian with me, Sir!
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#2267 Post by Karearea » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:52 pm

What is the collective noun for warthogs? :D
I was going to say a Blunder but I see that ain't it either.
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#2268 Post by om15 » Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:08 pm

A bletch of warthogs?
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#2269 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:06 am

They are rather noisy at times with their snorts.....
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#2270 Post by Rossian » Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:03 am

I like that word "bletch" all I need now is to have an occasion to use it. It will need a bit of pondering. I always used to think that Grolsch was the sound of a projectile vomit; maybe I still do, never having drunk it.

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#2271 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Apr 24, 2022 12:13 pm

The answer is to do with acoustics.... :D
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#2272 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Apr 24, 2022 1:41 pm

Will give this a bit longer to run...I look forward to hearing some more suggestions...soundwise.... ;)))
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#2273 Post by Opsboi » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:58 pm

A gust of warthogs

A flatulence of warthogs

A trump of warthogs

A snuffle of warthogs
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#2274 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:01 pm

Grunt?

Mmm, I see I was wrong 😉
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2275 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:07 pm

The answer is a sounder of warthogs. :D

OH

Someone else to confound us all again. :o)

Edit to add that our expert guides at Lebala struggled with this one..... :D
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#2276 Post by G-CPTN » Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:26 pm

A grunt?

A gissie?
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#2277 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:31 pm

Just to confirm that it is a sounder of warthogs.

OH declared.

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#2278 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Apr 24, 2022 4:52 pm

OK, where could you find a tumblehome today?
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#2279 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sun Apr 24, 2022 5:02 pm

On a boat.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2280 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Apr 24, 2022 5:18 pm

PP, you have it but I was hoping for a location or a particular ship 😁
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