Today's Journal

SHIVER OF SHARKS

When there are groups of animals they are called by various and sometimes comical names. These names are called collective nouns and I don’t know a collective noun from cauliflower. Well, then again, I know folks eat cauliflower. I don’t know what they do with collective nouns. These are some Animal Collective Nouns:

A tower of giraffes
A crash of rhinos
A galaxy of starfish
A shiver of sharks
A destruction of wildcats
A bask of crocodiles
A pride of lions
A bloat of hippopotamus
A nest of vipers
A confusion of wildebeests
A shrewdness of apes
A dazzle (or zeal) of zebra
A labour of moles

That’s as crazy as a Body of Believers and better than a Bloat of Believers, or a Destruction of Believers, or a Confusion of Believers. It makes the terms Fellowship, Community, or Flock sound like good collective nouns… if that’s what they are.

“So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.” Jesus