~ Anthropomorphic Nouns ~

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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.

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!

A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!

That pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !

You just can't make up this stuff.