# A Plague of Locusts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191 "2000-04-20T05:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/1 "2000-04-20T05:07:00Z")
I just found myself, in another thread, resorting to the description, “A host of rules,” and realized in the re-reading how downright silly that sounds. Then I looked up and saw a P.J. O’Rourke effort on my bookshelf entitled _Parliament of Whores_, and, well, you can guess the rest . . . The language is already weighted down with such pearls as, “A Murder of Crows,” and, “A Bevy of Beauties,” and it seems to me that we have a responsibility to expand this descriptive device to the bitter end. I offer, “A Phalanx of Phish Fans,” to open the game. Dr. Watson “Defending the Genus of Genius since 1957.” ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/2 "2000-04-20T05:33:00Z")
You shouldn’t have given me the opportunity. I have been lobbying to have these added to **An Exaltation of Larks** for 16 years: A Batch of Operators A Pounding of KeyOperators A Listing of Programmers An Inquiry of Analysts A Muddle of Managers A Whine of Users An Incompetence of C_x_Os * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/3 "2000-04-20T05:50:00Z")
I fear I’ve missed the reference to **An Exaltation of Larks** , though it seems to have it’s own poetry, causing me to guess that I’ve broken no new ground here. Regardless, if 16 years have passed without result, we might as well add, “A Frustration of Authors.” Dr. Watson “Escrow means never having to say you’re finished.” ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/4 "2000-04-20T05:56:00Z")
A chance of promoters? Or would that be a fleeting? ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/5 "2000-04-20T06:03:00Z")
ummmmmmm . . . I’m not sure I get this Watson. You mean, like a _musing of poets_ ? Or rather a _liar of lawyers_ ? Or have I simply missed the point entirely ? (Which incidentally wouldn’t be that unusual an act.) * * * _“I am mortal, born to love and to suffer.” - Friedrich Holderlin_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/6 "2000-04-20T06:35:00Z")
\ Psst, hey **NothingMan** , it doesn’t look like anyone is around, so maybe you want to change that to, _“A lair of lawyers,”_ real fast, before we get slaughtered. Eh? Then we can claim it was just a typo. Dr. Watson “The management has no knowledge, and will not be held responsible for those who do.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/7 "2000-04-20T08:51:00Z")
A business of flies. The mental picture this inspires is priceless. * * * “Hush, village idiot!” ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/8 "2000-04-20T10:45:00Z")
A fuschia of drag-queens. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/9 "2000-04-20T13:08:00Z")
A stet of copy-editors ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/10 "2000-04-20T13:13:00Z")
A crash of support techs A consternation of mothers A belch of fraternities A grade of teachers An essay of English teachers A portfolio of art teachers A firing of potters ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/11 "2000-04-20T13:20:00Z")
A geek of programmers A twitch of Trekkies A thread of Dopers A slice of golfers (sounds very J. Daumer). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/12 "2000-04-20T16:54:00Z")
A clump of Inlaws. A clot of accountants. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/13 "2000-04-20T21:08:00Z")
A hustle of promoters. A geek of programmers. A pod of Starbucks. A silence of mimes. A cecil of Straight Dopers. Keith ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/14 "2000-04-20T21:15:00Z")
At the risk of being offensive, I’d like to offer up this little gem, “A Jihad of Muslims.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plague-of-locusts/16191/15 "2000-04-20T21:21:00Z")
A nun of your business.