Friday, May 17, 2013

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

 
We are All Familiar with:
 
 
 

A Heard of Cows



 A Flock of Chickens





A School of Fish




A Gaggle of Geese



However, less likely known are:
 A Pride of Lions






 A Murder of Crows




 (as well as their cousins, the Rooks and Ravens)




 The Exaltation of Doves



And Presumably because they look so wise:
 A Parliament of Owls.





Now consider a group of Baboons.
Baboons 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!
(Note: I hadn't heard that before, so I looked it up. It is correct)





A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!
That pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !
You just can't make this stuff up.




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