In which a Poser is Posed, for Means of Educating One Upon the Lexicographies of Various Animal Factions
Ah Monday! who's name is dreaded amongst drippy-nosed school-dickens and their progenitors alike as foreboding of yet another week of enforced dress codes and hours of un-desired work, whether it be memorizing tables of multiplication or key-boarding digits into vast grids; gazing out of casements as the beckoning rays of Helios caress the unfolding petals of new blooms and tempt shirkers into preparing all manner of outlandish excuses in vain hopes of escape. I trust this week-end held delights for all, my dear readers. I know not how you spent your dwindling freedoms, whether by way of indolent stupors or frenzied bacchanalia, I trust it treated you well. Myself, I whiled away my time constructing miniature replicas of famed moments in mathematical history (Archimedes sketching in the sand whilst being menaced by Romans, Euler at work upon his proof of ζ(2)= π2/6, a be-jailed Galois scribbling the into his note-book on the eve before his fate-ful duel, Kopernicus applying thin layers of quicksilver onto Tycho Brahe's moustache with aid of a tiny paint brush as the latter lay in slumber, and so on), preparing and then consuming tiny benedicts comprised of quails eggs and crab mushrooms, and composing love sonnets in Middle English (spring doth affect us all, one way or another).
Today's entry may take the form of both a list, if one is of a more passive nature, and a game, if one is feeling more ambitious. First shall be a series of terms for groups of various animals, and Second shall be a list of those animals referred to above, but scrambled as to pose a puzzle. The challenge is thus: Match the Animal with it's term of congregation. Enjoy!
flange
deceit
bed
smack
coalition
kindle, or intrigue
business
exultation
crash
knob
quiver
posse
singular
mischief
sleuth
flamboyance
mews
wisdom
charm
gulp
clowder
mutation
bazaar
guillemots
finches
ducks
boars
wombats
flamingos
mice
cormorants
cats
cobras
rhinoceros
thrush
ferrets
bears
lapwing
turkeys
capons
jellyfish
cheetahs
kittens
eels
larks
baboon
Pray give this an idle go-around in your afternoon hours, those desiring of reward for their labors may submit their entries by post, with the winners receiving one love-sonnet, to be recited at their window in the gloaming of some summer's eve.
