Anthropomorphic Nouns
Explaining things that come out of Washington
We're all familiar with a Herd of Cows
a Flock of Chickens
a School of Fish
a Gaggle of Geese
a Pride of Lions
a Murder of Crows
an Exaltation of Doves
a Parliament of Owls
Now consider a group of Baboons
Baboons 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
That pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington
QuotaBillsChicken: An egg factory - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
In the dark, all cows are black. - German Proverb
Sacred cows make the best hamburger. - Mark Twain
Daniel: The founder of the Lions Club - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Friccastewing a chicken on the hotplate - Archie Bunker
Watchdog: Animal that keeps the best time - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
In Congress, it's all pork, all the time. - Jim Cooper
A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage - Herbert Hoover
Electric Eel: Fish that thrives in strong currents - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
One can think of life after the fish is in the canoe. - Hawaii Proverb
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. - Gloria Steinem
Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. - English Proverb
Hot Dog: The only animal that feeds the hand that bites it - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox. - Gotthold E. Lessing
A sushi chef has to spot the best-quality fresh fish instantly. - Nobu Matsuhisa
I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me. - Willem Dafoe
Alone and warming his five wits, the white owl in the belfry sits. - Alfred Tennyson
It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. - Roman Proverb
A dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. - WC Fields
What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? - George Carlin
There's a good animal show on with that kindly old gent, Marlons Perkos. - Archie Bunker
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. - African Proverb
What you need is somebody new - there's more than 1 fish in the woodpile. - Archie Bunker
I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights. - Laura Mennell
If you're successful, don't crow. If you're defeated, don't croak. - Samuel Chadwick
Husband-hunting: A sport in which the animal that gets caught has to buy the license - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Is this chicken or is this fish? I know it's tuna but it says chicken of the sea. - Jessica Simpson
They laughed at Robert Fulton but without him, New York wouldn't have a fish market. - Archie Bunker
You can't fly with the owls by night and expect to keep up with the eagles during the day. - Unknown
I'm going to the Colonel next. I'm gonna get a big bucket of chicken chests and smashed potatoes. - Archie Bunker
I rejoice that there are owls. They represent the stark twilight and unsatisfied thoughts which all have. - Henry David Thoreau
I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna-fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. - Barbara Harrison
Do not trap yourself into an owl's hooting sound
Where sad nights linger through the blackness of a hound - Munia Khan
I will be deafer than the blue-eyed cat, And thrice as blind as any noonday owl, To holy virgins in their ecstasies. - Alfred Tennyson
Monkey: 1. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees; 2. A key that won't open a door. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
He respects Owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right. - A. A. Milne
The most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip. - Johnny Isakson
Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes. - Tommy Douglas
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it was stupid. - Albert Einstein
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. - Nathaniel Hawthorne