On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:28:23 -0000, Tom Crispin wrote:

On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 6:59:56 AM UTC, Judith wrote:
On Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:11:29 +0000, Peter Parry
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 01:25:13 -0800 (PST), Tom Crispin
wrote:

By the way, the collective noun for cyclists is "peloton" not "pack".

Is it? It seems to be a very recent intruder derived from the French
for" small balls" according to the Oxford Dictionaries site.

Rather unfortunate. A croissant of cyclists would have been less
embarrassing. In any event it only applies to the push bike riders in
a race (where the cumulative effects of saddle irritation and a
predilection for drugs may make it quite accurate).

Possibly for a pack of standard issue push bikers - an annoyance of
cyclists, an embarrassment of cyclists, an irritation of cyclists, a
drizzle of cyclists?


I prefer a rabble of cyclists.

A slime of Judiths.

Nah, it's a one-off. Luckily.

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Bah, and indeed, Humbug