The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals: We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School of fish and a Gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves and, presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls. Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not ....... A Congress! I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington!
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 23:56:22 +0000
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