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A Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens

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!

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

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Too funny :slap :roflmao

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Sky, you made my day! I love it! :slap :roflmao

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It ain't a day -without a smile!

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