Borges' Animals
In "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins," Borges describes 'a certain Chinese Encyclopedia,' the Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, in which it is written that animals are divided into:- those that belong to the Emperor,
- embalmed ones,
- those that are trained,
- suckling pigs,
- mermaids,
- fabulous ones,
- stray dogs,
- those included in the present classification,
- those that tremble as if they were mad,
- innumerable ones,
- those drawn with a very fine camelhair brush,
- others,
- those that have just broken a flower vase,
- those that from a long way off look like flies.
http://www.multicians.org/thvv/borges-animals.html
What one of my friend's siri iphone app said when he asked "where to hide a body":
And finally, the awesome picture I just dug out of that time in high school that I dressed as a boy (it was Halloween, and it was awesome). I dig the attitude:
I love this. These kind of encyclopedic classifications are so interesting! (and hilarious)
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