Collective noun...

I’ve always loved that collective noun thing when it’s applied to animals; a school of whales, a murder of crows, a parliament of magpies, a congregation of alligators. It all seems a bit random really. There were no whales in class when I was at school, I have no idea why crows should be linked with murder, a parliament of magpies (the thieving kind) seems to make a little sense, and I avoid church as I don’t want to be eaten by religion. Anyway, it got me thinking about what might be the collective noun for everyday things like saucepans and cricket bats and it led me to write this little bit of nonsense.

Collective noun

An outpouring of watering cans,
A snippet of scissors,
A tedium of televisions,
An effervescence of fizzers.

A battery of pancakes,

A scholl of shoes,
A cricket of boxes,
A sniffing of glues.

A monty of pylons,

A tickle of ties,
A number of buses,
A slither of lies.

A band of bandages,

A cradle of caps,
A drizzle of lemons,
A rattle of taps.