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Did you know?
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!
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!
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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!
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!
