Monday
Oct012012
Ep 31: Color Me Bad!
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Monday, October 1, 2012 at 1:00PM | in episodes
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 1:00PM | in episodes 
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Roses are red / violets are blue / we can't talk about color / without mentioning poo.
We dive into the world of color: weird color names, chameleons, the legitimacy of purple, cheddar cheese vs. flamingos, color character name quiz, Crayola crayon controversy, heterochromia, and why we'd want to take Monet to a rave party.
ALSO: Animal collective nouns, Wine quiz
Reader Comments (4)
hi gang its jamie again another perfect podcast .you are all great as usual. just wanted to tell u my favorite colors 1 yellow , 2 navy blue , my favorite color name is irish green . my other favorite is red because it means how muxch i love all of you. karen , colin , dana, chris , oh and there is just one more orange crush because i have the biggest crush on dana she is so pretty inside and out funny and talented and has the greatest laugh . well thats all for now brains lovvvvvve u all . have a goodnite jamie n.
To go with your Parliament of owls, you might like: a knot of toads; an exultation of larks; a labour of moles; a muster of peacocks; a nye of pheasants; a sleuth of bears; a whisp of snipe; a cast of hawks; a sedge of herons; a paddling of ducks on water but a safe of ducks on land; a charm of finches; a skulk of foxes; a colony of gulls or ants; a chowder of domestic cats but a dout of wild cats and a kindle of kittens; a covey of partridges; a bellowing of bullfinches; a shrewdness of apes; a yoke of oxen; a flight of swallows; a flock of sheep or goats; a gaggle of geese on land but a skein of geese in flight; a string of horses; a pack of hounds or wolves; a shoal of fish; a bloat of hippoppotami; a fluther of jellyfish; a rafter of turkeys; a hover of trout; a crash of rhinoceroses; a bale of turtles; a watch of nightingales; a pandemonium of parrots; a congregation of plovers; an unkindness of ravens; a herd of cows or deer; a bask of crocodiles; a mob of kangaroos; a troop of monkeys; an army of caterpillars; a turmoil of porpoises; a descent of woodpeckers; a zeal of zebras; an obstinacy of buffalo; a bevy of quail; a muster of penguins; a tiding of magpies; a mute of hares; a bury of rabbits; a school of whales but a pod of killer whales!
Another topic you may care to consider is: preparation of food - one hulls strawberries, husks coconuts, pods peas, strings runner beans, etc.
Have fun. I do enjoy listening to you.
Virginia
Hi Brainiacs.
I loved the Colour episode. I love all of your episodes. I know you were planning on presenting a quiz on Colour-blindness. As a colour blind fella, I'd be interested to hear about your research on the subject if the opportunity presents itself.
Keep up the good work guys and gals.
Virginia, I hate to be a nitpicker, but I think it's "an exaltation of larks," and "a clowder of cats." Also you left out my very favorite, a murder of crows :{