We received at my office the gorgeous catalog for a publishing company called Sceptre, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Numerous writers wrote little pieces about the number 25. Below is my favorite:
25 Collective nouns for un/common things.
a reversal of mirrors
a slump of slippers
a forest of rubber gloves
a telescope of toilet rolls
a voodoo of pincushions
a dream of pillowcases
an expression of pumpkins
a bouquet of odd socks
a niggle of crosswords
a crumple of carrier bags
a regime of paperclips
an armament of cutlery
a cloud of used tissues
a duel of toothbrushes
a migration of pens
a convalescence of dressing gowns
a fable of apples
a sob of raindrops
a passage of newspapers
an alarm of clocks
a whirlpool of wooden spoons
a clacker of stilettos
a thud of potatoes
an eviction of bin liners
–– Jess Richards
My Attempt
a prayer of annotations
a bottle of triplets
a library of oysters
a backlog of icicles
a continent of mistakes
a garden of scarves
a page of orgasms
a whisper of paintings
a zoo of hearts
a video of persimmons
a meal of schoolchildren
a dance of questions
an orb of horses
a blanket of thimbles
a concert of nail files
a palace of statistics
a harvest of fireworks
an exercise of massacres
an avalanche of emeralds
a funeral of attics
a contest of spirals
an umbrella of kittens
a tea bag of wood chips
a protest of pinkies
a blitzkrieg of hedges
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