Subject: The English Language<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1.5pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 1.5pt; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-RIGHT: 1.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 1.5pt" width="100%">NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WASHINGTON POLITICS! 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, aSchool 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! </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
"BWAHAHAHA!!!!!" Now that does explain the whole problem in a nutshell. We now know why they spend all their time flinging poo at each other rather than doing their job.