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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 870768" data-attributes="member: 1246">The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective&nbsp; nouns&nbsp;for the various groups of animals.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School of fish and&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a Gaggle of geese.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as well&nbsp;as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves and, presumably&nbsp;because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most&nbsp;obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.&nbsp;And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?&nbsp;&nbsp;Believe it or not ....... a Congress!&nbsp;&nbsp;I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 870768, member: 1246"] 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! [/QUOTE]

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