Anthropomorphic Nouns- What is a Congress?

FROM THE E-MAIL FILE (thanks Cami!)

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!

A  CONGRESS OF BABOONS!

I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !!!



  You just can’t make this stuff up!