<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: medium; "><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 654px; "><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="width: 648px; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 17px; ">With thanks to a Viz subscriber and friend . . .</span><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/alphabet.gif" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:part1.04000008.02080802@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/alphabet.gif" border="0" height="146" width="109"></a></span><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals.</span></b> <br><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">We are all familiar with a</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/herd-of-cows.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:part2.08030208.06050200@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/herd-of-cows.jpg" border="0" height="187" width="300"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Herd of cows,</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/flock-of-chickens.jpeg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:part3.07010506.05010001@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/flock-of-chickens.jpeg" border="0" height="183" width="275"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">a Flock of chickens,</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/school-of-fish.jpeg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:part4.02070603.00070001@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/school-of-fish.jpeg" border="0" height="187" width="269"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">a School of fish,</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/gaggle-of-geese.jpeg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:part5.01020804.08020605@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/gaggle-of-geese.jpeg" border="0" height="278" width="181"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">and a Gaggle of geese.</span></b> <br><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">However, less widely known is:</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pride-of-lions.jpeg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:part6.05050202.00010404@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pride-of-lions.jpeg" border="0" height="193" width="262"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">a Pride of lions,</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/murder-of-crows.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:part7.09090200.00080005@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/murder-of-crows.jpg" border="0" height="209" width="300"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">a Murder of crows,</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/rooks-and-ravens.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:part8.06070806.07010108@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/rooks-and-ravens.jpg" border="0" height="183" width="275"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/exaltation-of-doevs.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:part9.03060001.02060001@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/exaltation-of-doevs.jpg" border="0" height="226" width="223"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">an Exaltation of doves and, presumably because they look so wise:</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/parliament-of-owls.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:part10.02060606.08020704@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/parliament-of-owls.jpg" border="0" height="176" width="287"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">a Parliament of owls.</span></b> <br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboons.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1035" src="cid:part11.05090404.06070007@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboons.jpg" border="0" height="183" width="275"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Now consider a group of Baboons.</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><br><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><br><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><br><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Believe it or not; a Congress!</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/congress1.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1036" src="cid:part12.09010006.05070207@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/congress1.jpg" border="0" height="360" width="550"></span></a><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br>A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!</span></b> <br><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboon.jpeg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1037" src="cid:part13.02040703.07080609@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboon.jpeg" border="0" height="200" width="252"></span></a><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboom3.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1038" src="cid:part14.01020404.05040306@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboom3.jpg" border="0" height="268" width="188"></span></a><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboon2.jpg" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; "><img id="_x0000_i1039" src="cid:part15.02060101.00010109@uidaho.edu" alt="http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboon2.jpg" border="0" height="259" width="194"></span></a><br><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">You just can’t make this stuff up.</span></b> <br><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Go green; <span style="color: red; ">Recycle Congress in 2012!</span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p></div></div></div><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Spokane, Washington</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>