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 up.
H/t beloved fellow Tina.
~Eowyn
I just checked. You are for real. Now that is too funny.
Great Post Eowyn, and Tina
Once again, Steve’s said it all, so just a simple “Ditto, and Amen!”, which is kind of saying the same thing twice, I guess…. Anyhow, great job, keep up the great work, we love it and you!!
The Grouchy old Fogie raises his hand from the back row,,, ” I VOTE AYE~! ”
Eowyn and Tina,,, the acclimation is unanimous~!
Well… it is an accurate summation…. got my vote!
Very clever Dr. Eowyn and Tina! Thank you for the insight and the great pictures and obvious analogies!