English language
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:44:46 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:
Funny but true! 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. Slightly 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.
A group of politicians is parties on the taxpayer.
But 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.
What do you call two idiots in the same room. You and the idiot.
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