Just thought this was funny

TURTLE · 11-03-2011, 11:02 AM

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.

Aqua Uno · 11-03-2011, 01:46 PM

Funny for sure!

PorknBeans · 11-03-2011, 02:24 PM

hahah nice

11-03-2011, 11:02 AM	#1
TURTLE Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: May 2008 Location: Gulf Breeze Posts: 3,872	Just thought this was funny 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.

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11-03-2011, 01:46 PM	#2
Aqua Uno Flats Fisher Trigger Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Crestview Posts: 320	Funny for sure!

11-03-2011, 02:24 PM	#3
PorknBeans Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gainesville Posts: 727	hahah nice

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