{Political_Views} Fw: Anthropomorphic Nouns

 

 

 Anthropomorphic Nouns                                                       I thought this might be boring, but stick with it.  You'll love the ending. 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! (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.