Advertisement Bringing the search for the collective noun for roosters (C8) to an end where it began, the most popular suggestion coming in from Column 8 readers, by far, has been for “a theatre of roosters”. Having started the search that has entertained Column 8 readers all week, Doug Pinch of Nimbin returns with more about his stated favourite: an ostentation of peacocks. “Nimbin has at least three feral ostentations wandering the main street. To the delight of most of town (some shopkeepers don’t like peacock poop), these flamboyant creatures hang about our little CBD, often properly using the pedestrian crossing, and sleep in various trees at night. I can imagine future conspicuous traffic signs for the outskirts of Nimbin town saying, ‘Give Way to Ostentations’.”