Loved this email from a friend…
“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!”
With apologies to Baboons everywhere, I certainly hope that things will improve when Congress returns from its break. We the people deserve better than what we’re getting.
