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Collective noun for the Irish government Cabinet

  • 26-11-2007 4:53am
    #1
    roy123456789
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭


    What do you call a bunch of cabinet ministers?
    A Flock of Birds
    A Smell of Taxi drivers

    A ....... of cabinet ministers ?

    best I could come up with was a wealth, but I reckoned you lot might do better


Comments

  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    a "shower of pricks" seems to apply to them, so how about a shower of cabinet ministers?


  • #3
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,630 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    A smeg of cabinet ministers.


  • #4
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Stephen wrote: »
    a "shower of pricks" seems to apply to them, so how about a shower of cabinet ministers?
    Ya that "shower".. It sounds right.


  • #5
    tech77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭tech77


    Shower was the first thing i thought of too.
    A waste of ministers?


  • #6
    MrJoeSoap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Shower was my first thought as well, weird!


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  • #7
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,523 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Its a cabinet of ministers, although 'shower' seems useful also.


  • #8
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    A smeg of cabinet ministers.

    Thought 'shower' first myself, but I'm now +1ing this^^^


  • #9
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,801 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    An 'ineptitude' of TDs.

    A 'santorum' of ministers. ;)


  • #10
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,360 ✭✭✭Archeron


    A clump of gimps.


  • #11
    Marksie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,395 ✭✭✭Marksie


    A pissoire of cabinet ministers.



    I reckon they are too stupid, incompetent and corrupt to know what it means


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  • #12
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Hill Billy wrote: »
    A 'santorum' of ministers.
    *quick Google*

    EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!1!!


  • #13
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,801 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    SumGuy wrote: »
    *quick Google*

    EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!1!!

    But true wouldn't you say? :p


  • #14
    trout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,949 ✭✭✭trout


    an 'ooze' of Ministers


  • #15
    justsomebloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,407 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    I think this is a trick question and the OP just wants to see who doesn't know what a noun is


  • #16
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    A nappy of cabinet ministers


  • #17
    pocketac3s
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭pocketac3s


    Wankballs


  • #18
    irishfeller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭irishfeller


    How about "a cancer of cabinet ministers"...seems apt at the mo..


  • #19
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    A 'Cabal' of Cabinet Ministers


  • #20
    Mr.Micro
    Registered Users Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭Mr.Micro


    redundant and pointless body that sucks the life out of the country


  • #21
    jdivision
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭jdivision


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    A 'Cabal' of Cabinet Ministers

    +1


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  • #22
    EamonnKeane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 950 ✭✭✭EamonnKeane


    A sycophancy of ministers


  • #23
    boneless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭boneless


    A Smell of Corruption


  • #24
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,523 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    How about a 'sleaze of politicians'?


  • #25
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,280 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Funny how everyone came up with the term shower... t'was the first word that came to my mind as well.

    Though an 'envelope' of politicians would suit in this country too ;)


  • #26
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    A lie of politicians
    A waffle of politicians
    A greed of politicians
    An obfuscation of politicians

    my favourite just " a waste of DNA "


  • #27
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Spook_ie wrote: »
    An obfuscation of politicians "

    +1


  • #28
    wazzoraybelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭wazzoraybelle


    An asylum of cabinet ministers?


  • #29
    Agamemnon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭Agamemnon


    A plague of cabinet ministers.
    A rash of cabinet ministers.
    A toiletful of cabinet ministers.


  • #30
    cornbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    An arsehole of ministers


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