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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. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? |
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On Aug 29, 4:44*pm, 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. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? What would they call a gathering of Dopers? |
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On 8/29/2011 6:21 PM, North Star wrote:
On Aug 29, 4:44 pm, 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. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? What would they call a gathering of Dopers? Halifaxans of course. |
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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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"North Star" wrote in message
... On Aug 29, 4:44 pm, 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. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? What would they call a gathering of Dopers? Reply: Halifaxers? |
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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. no doubt referring to the GOP congress |
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On 8/29/2011 8:29 PM, Califbill wrote:
"North Star" wrote in message ... On Aug 29, 4:44 pm, 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. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? What would they call a gathering of Dopers? Reply: Halifaxers? "Mr and Mrs. White and family"? |
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On Aug 29, 10:05*pm, JustWait wrote:
On 8/29/2011 8:29 PM, Califbill wrote: "North Star" wrote in message ... On Aug 29, 4:44 pm, 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. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? What would they call a gathering of Dopers? Reply: Halifaxers? "Mr and Mrs. White and family"?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - They sure wouldn't call us Peter Pan and Tinker Bell! |
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In article m, "not a
says... On 8/29/2011 6:21 PM, North Star wrote: On Aug 29, 4:44 pm, 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. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? What would they call a gathering of Dopers? Halifaxans of course. I wonder if they're all cowards up there like Don? |
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