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Offline Bondai

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Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« on: November 04, 2012, 12:48:46 PM »



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A quiver of cobras
A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)
A sedge or siege of cranes
A float of crocodiles
A murder of crows
A cowardice of curs
A dole of doves
A brace, paddling, or team of ducks
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Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2012, 01:01:44 PM »
Where I came from, we used an all-purpose word for any plurality, group, herd, or large quantity.

"Shitload".

Used in a sentence: "You got a shitload of pheasants there."

Note #1: a shitload is not synonymous with "a load of shit". A load of shit refers to an untruth or an impossibility.

Note #2: the word shitload cannot be used to describe an aggregation of excrement. "You got a shitload of shit there" is not acceptable.
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Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2012, 01:28:12 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on November 04, 2012, 01:01:44 PM
Where I came from, we used an all-purpose word for any plurality, group, herd, or large quantity.

"Shitload".

Used in a sentence: "You got a shitload of pheasants there."

Note #1: a shitload is not synonymous with "a load of shit". A load of shit refers to an untruth or an impossibility.

Note #2: the word shitload cannot be used to describe an aggregation of excrement. "You got a shitload of shit there" is not acceptable.

And a shitload is roughly equivalent to 2 1/2 buttloads.
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Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2012, 02:40:17 PM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on November 04, 2012, 01:28:12 PM
And a shitload is roughly equivalent to 2 1/2 buttloads.

Bull, you run into a small farmer driving a very small tractor pulling a ton of cow manure to spread on his fields and ask him, what have you in the in the trailer and most likely he will say it is a shit load of shit.

But in NC if you dig into the shit you my find a few hundred bags of pot underneath.  Swamp grass they call it or did 40 years ago.
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Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2012, 05:07:27 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on November 04, 2012, 01:01:44 PM
Where I came from, we used an all-purpose word for any plurality, group, herd, or large quantity.

"Shitload".

Used in a sentence: "You got a shitload of pheasants there."

Note #1: a shitload is not synonymous with "a load of shit". A load of shit refers to an untruth or an impossibility.

Note #2: the word shitload cannot be used to describe an aggregation of excrement. "You got a shitload of shit there" is not acceptable.

In the military, we have transferred over to the metric system...Metric shitload, metric ****ton, etc.

Most guys still use the traditional Imperial measurement of shitload for approximations.
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Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2012, 05:57:38 PM »
Quote from: docstew on November 04, 2012, 05:07:27 PM
In the military, we have transferred over to the metric system...Metric shitload, metric ****ton, etc.

Most guys still use the traditional Imperial measurement of shitload for approximations.

I'm old school that way. It works well enough to put hot shit on target.
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Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2012, 07:07:47 PM »
I think that "shitload" , "shitton" and "****lot" are truly universal terms.

Much like the popular term in construction for a very small distance is a "c**thair".
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Re: Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2012, 07:40:18 PM »
Where does assload fit into the equation?
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Re: Useless Knowledge for Sunday
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2012, 08:43:38 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on November 04, 2012, 07:07:47 PM
I think that "shitload" , "shitton" and "****lot" are truly universal terms.

Much like the popular term in construction for a very small distance is a "c**thair".

C**t hair can be refined even further,  red, blonde or brunette.
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