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Jul 10, 2012, 5:54:08 AM7/10/12

--- On Thu, 7/5/12, Imad Saab <sani...@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Imad Saab <sani...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Dr.Emad
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Date: Thursday, July 5, 2012, 1:42 AM

Anthropomorphic Nouns

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals.

We are all familiar with a
a Herd of cows,
a Flock of chickens,
a School of fish
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 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

A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!
I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Parliament!

You just can’t make this stuff up.