Tuesday, June 12, 2012

~ Anthropomorphic Nouns ~


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We are all familiar with a

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Herd of cows,

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A Flock of chickens,

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A School of fish

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And a Gaggle of geese.

However, less widely known is:

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A Pride of lions,
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A Murder of crows

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(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),

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An Exaltation of doves

And, presumably because they look so wise:

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A Parliament of owls.

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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!

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A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!

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

15 comments:

Schteveo said...

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

Well, yeah ya' can make it up!

A group / family of baboons is a TROOP. But isn't it satisfying once in a while to belittle people who spend most of their time talking down to us, treating us like idiot children and belittling us!?

Anonymous said...

How about a World of Shit?

Schteveo said...

That's what they're handing us Anon.

alan said...

Since there seems to be so much defintion changing coming from one side of the aisle, I think defining a group of baboons as a congress sounds good.

Schteveo said...

I hadn't thought about the near constant re-naming by the Leftists. But I'd go along with this idea.

Missy said...

A 'gulp' of tadpoles?

Jock Itch Qwell Dude said...

A 'cadre' of crabs.

Pathwaaaaaaattt said...

A Snoot of Pubes.

Lard Bung said...

A bung of blubber.

Hershey Breath said...

A Splat of Diarrhea.

Gitchigoome said...

A Squat of SQUANTO

Micchi Elle O said...

A Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak

of

SniggerLip Stank

Schteveo said...

Blubber is an animal now!? Hell, my gut could be in a zoo then!

Turd Shed said...

A shat of shit?

Missy Munch said...

A gullet of giz.