Tony: 'ere...I've got one for you! What do you call more than one lie?
Me: Eh?
Tony: What is the name you give a group of lies?
Me: What? Like the collective noun?
Tony: Uh...I dunno. Like 'more than one' I mean.
Me: Lies?
Tony: Yeah.
Me: Um...a pack?
Tony: No, like a herd or something.
Me: A herd of lies?
Tony: Oh!!....no, lions I mean. Lie-Uns. Lions.
Me: Oh! Ok...well it's a pride of lions.
Tony: Nope.
Me: I think it is. It's commonly used. I know sometimes there are others as well. What do you think it is?
Tony: An ambush.
Me: Hmm...never heard of that. I'm pretty sure most people would say it's a pride of lions.
Tony: Look it up on your thing.... (smart phone)
Me: Ok
Me: Ok Google, show me a list of collective nouns....(plink plink)
Me: It's an ambush of tigers Tone.
Tony: Yeah!! That's it! What is a group of tigers called?
Me: Um....an ambush?
Tony: Yeah!
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