The English language has some wonderfully Anthropomorphic Collective Nouns for the various Groups of Animals.
We are all familiar with a
Herd of Cows,
Flock of Chickens,
School of Fish,
And a Gaggle of Geese, and
A Pride of Lions.
However, less widely known is:
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 Congress 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 Parliament
YEP . . . A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS! Pretty much explains everything doesn't it?
You just cant make this stuff up.
Now if they could just find a suitable Collective Noun for a group of Senators - perhaps a Duffy of Senators?
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