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[Neoskel]

Psssh, anyone who cares if crows and ravens are different. They taste and look the same on a dinner plate.

phah. crows are mobs. ravens are packs.
Misbehaving Crows are a nuisance, 'misbehaving' ravens are a menace.

Actually, a group of crows is a murder (as already covered), and a group of ravens is an unkindness. On a somewhat related note, a group of turtles is a bale, a group of foxes is a skulk and a group of jellyfish is called a smack. Oh yeah, and it's kangaroos that group in mobs.

Yeah, animal group names get pretty silly.

[Hectonkhyres]

A job you could queue up- you can deconstruct and construct the queen elsewhere.

That... just doesn't sound right. In fact, it sounds so not right that I fully expect a fully illustrated crack-fic showing just that will show up on 4chan's /b/ any day now. Lovely.
...
That said, yeah. Playing a bloated, perpetually baby-popping queen might be interesting, but only if DF adventure mode evolves into more of a strategy-type game than a one sided meleefest. I would have to be able to, lets say, dispatch scouts to act as my hands and parties of my soldier or worker-caste children to act as my hands. And, while minions might be too dumb to wipe their own asses, I would expect a queen could be quite bright. Perhaps I could enslave some legendary craftsmen to build me an artifact wagon of the sort Genghis Khan supposedly had. Workers may be stupid, but even they should be able to pull the damn thing if they get harnessed in right.

[Flaede]

phah. crows are mobs. ravens are packs.
Misbehaving Crows are a nuisance, 'misbehaving' ravens are a menace.

Actually, a group of crows is a murder (as already covered), and a group of ravens is an unkindness. On a somewhat related note, a group of turtles is a bale, a group of foxes is a skulk and a group of jellyfish is called a smack. Oh yeah, and it's kangaroos that group in mobs.

Yeah, animal group names get pretty silly.

Again: Not. Using. Technical. Terms.
I was talking about how they act. Crows annoy me. Ravens give the the shivvers

[CobaltKobold]

Around here, at least, the crows are only distinguishable from ra'ens in that they flock and ha'e diff'rent beaks; they're the same size (small-medium cat size)

[Phant]

Even better, a group of ferrets is a 'business'. What kind of business ferrets are in I am not sure, loansharking maybe. Which gives rise to another idea, ferrets as a pet choice. Ferrets have been kept, much like cats, to keep dwellings and stores clear of vermin historically, and being burrowing critters might be a better match for the subterranean dwarves.

[Flaede]

Even better, a group of ferrets is a 'business'. What kind of business ferrets are in I am not sure, loansharking maybe. Which gives rise to another idea, ferrets as a pet choice. Ferrets have been kept, much like cats, to keep dwellings and stores clear of vermin historically, and being burrowing critters might be a better match for the subterranean dwarves.

I like it! And ferret trainers can be "Business Men"

[umiman]

Don't ferrets also stink?

[Mel_Vixen]

Yes very horrible by the way if you dont bath them as often as you bath yourself.

[Neonivek]

Yes very horrible by the way if you dont bath them as often as you bath yourself.

Uhhh... I think in my case I'd bathe them more then I bathe myself.

We really need to get back on Dwarf Fortress soon unless this is leading to a discussion on how Toady should allow groups of people to have different names like for Cows "Herds" and Coocoos "Mafia"

[Granite26]

Even better, a group of ferrets is a 'business'. What kind of business ferrets are in I am not sure...

If you ever kept ferrets, you'd know, because you'd be knee deep in their 'business'

[PTTG??]

OH NO THE FORUMS ARE DOW-

Oh, they're back now.

[Alfador]

Psssh, anyone who cares if crows and ravens are different. They taste and look the same on a dinner plate.

phah. crows are mobs. ravens are packs.
Misbehaving Crows are a nuisance, 'misbehaving' ravens are a menace.

Actually, a group of crows is a murder (as already covered), and a group of ravens is an unkindness. On a somewhat related note, a group of turtles is a bale, a group of foxes is a skulk and a group of jellyfish is called a smack. Oh yeah, and it's kangaroos that group in mobs.

Yeah, animal group names get pretty silly.

>_>

<_<

*skulks about*

[Techhead]

Ferrets also love shiny objects and can break the sound barrier if fed sufficient quantities of raw sugar.
After being prodded with a squid-on-a-stick they can breathe fire.

[Osmosis Jones]

Adding wings and whoopee cushions full of holy water, they also function as adequate anti-vampire devices.

[Hectonkhyres]

Ferrets also love shiny objects and can break the sound barrier if fed sufficient quantities of raw sugar.
After being prodded with a squid-on-a-stick they can breathe fire.

Techhead here has obviously been archive-trawling Sluggy Freelance lately. Kudos.
On a vaguely-related-to-DF, I fully plan to create a simulacrum of the Sluggyverse in DF once a sufficiently advanced version comes out. Complete with Santa Claus as a cosmic horror vulnerable only to nerf weapons.