A group of crows is a “murder.” “There was a murder on my front lawn this afternoon. Fortunately, it was just a lot of crows” was posted on Twitter by Glenn Peters on December 11, 2010.
“I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn and they just hung up. They said that couldn’t do anything about crows and to stop calling” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 10, 2016.
“What do you call two crows on a branch?"/"Attempted murder” is a related riddle.
Twitter
Glenn Peters
@gentlerpens
There was a murder on my front lawn this afternoon. Fortunately, it was just a lot of crows.
5:47 PM · Dec 11, 2010·Twitter SMS
Twitter
𝕂-Puff
@sarcasticgurly
Theres a murder on my front lawn- a murder of CROWS! XD
6:56 AM · Apr 24, 2013·Twitter for Android
Twitter
FletcherDodge
@NobleRot
There was a murder on my front lawn this evening… of crows
7:16 PM · Aug 26, 2014·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/theone1221 March 10, 2016
I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn and they just hung up.
They said that couldn’t do anything about crows and to stop calling.
COMMENTS
xf-
TIL: In the english language, “murder” can refer to a group of crows.
Twitter
Samantha Dowd
@samanthadowd935
I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn and they just hung up. via /r/Jokes
They said that couldn’t do anything about crows and …
10:07 AM · Mar 10, 2016·IFTTT
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/theone1221 October 11, 2016
I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn and they just hung up.
They said that couldn’t do anything about crows and to stop calling.
COMMENTS
audiodrone
So much for lawn order.
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn and they just hung up
They said that couldn’t do anything about crows and to stop calling
5:48 PM · Apr 1, 2017·Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/madazzahatter February 9, 2018
I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn, but they said they couldn’t do anything about crows and to stop calling them.
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn and they just hung up.
They said that couldn’t do anything about crows and to stop calling.
6:32 PM · Jun 11, 2020·Twitter Web App
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/madazzahatter June 26, 2020
I called the cops about a murder on my front lawn, but they said they couldn’t do anything…
...about crows and to stop calling them.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
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“You can’t leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution” (6/1)
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“You simply cannot leave those who created the problem in chare of the solution!” (6/1)
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“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier…” (6/1)
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“You can’t just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution” (6/1)
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Entry in progress—BP (6/1)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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