Murder and Coincidence

So last night as I 'nodded nearly napping' in my trusty brown recliner, I came across some more useless animal info to share. You guys may know this stuff but it was all new to me. Collectuve animal terms are tricky...a pride of lions, a band of gorillas, a yoke of oxen etc. But I had no idea that the technical term for a group of crows was a 'murder'. A murder of crows. When I googled it, incidentally, there were a ton of movies and bands with the name-it's pretty catchy, I'll admit. Other interesting collective animal names: A leash of fox, a storytelling of ravens, an army of frogs, a bale of turtles, a cry of hounds (also a 'mute of houds'-condradictory, no?), a shrewdness of apes, a down of hares, a drift of swine, a kindle of kittens, and a 'labor' of moles. Cool stuff, huh?

Change of subject:
Here is a cool true story that just reeks of coincidence and shows how small a world it is, especially when you are in the truth:

In May, the old man and I were watching House Hunters on HGTV-an episode in Las Vegas where a young professional was moving out of his parents' house to a home of his own. We always watch the episodes that are set in the areas we are considering for our coming relocation. Anyway, this episode was immediately appealing because the guy was probably close to thirty and still lived with his parents-and he owned a successful business designing swimming pools. I told my husband 'He's probably a Witness' and we both laughed. Then we noticed some very familiar looking books on a shelf in his parents' house as he was being interviewed; I was almost certain they were boundvolumes. My husband was still unconvinced. Next, the guy introduces the family dog who happens to be named-'Philea'. I just looked at Jonathan but he smiled and shook his head. The realtors in this episode were 'old family friends' according to our house-hunter and they were all very comfortable on camera and gestured alot. By the end of the show, I was just sure they were all our brothers but again, my husband just told me there was no way I could know for sure.

Anyway, last week I contacted my friends from a neighboring congregation who have aquaintances in Las Vegas and asked if they could put me in touch w/ them so that I could ask some questions about the area. I was given the name of a young brother in the area who owned his own business and who might still live with his parents; my friends weren't sure. They gave me his business phone, which I reverse searched online to see if there was a website. It was a business that designs swimming pools. I immediately thought of the guy on House Hunters and decided to google the guy's name and see if there was a photo of him online. Sure enough, the house-hunting guy and my friends' friend in Vegas are one and the same! I was excited and my husband was wierded out...heh heh.