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 stuff up !!!!

Go green - Recycle Congress in 2012!!!