The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects
The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects is a new taxonomic nomenclature for the overlooked and often forgotten small objects that surround us:
Once noticed, these Very Small Objects seem to exist in every niche and corner in staggering numbers and varieties. We encounter these objects every day hidden in plain sight. They fill our pockets, cabinets, and corners. They populate our environments and make our machines work. They come from our plants, our pets, and even from our own bodies.
Because these objects come from diverse sources, and because they are comprised of non-living and never-living things, they cannot currently be grouped together under any existing classification system.
Intentionally diverging from the existing classification strategies, this system employs an anglicized trinomial nomenclature. Each individual name is a composite of English-language fragments, and in some cases, whole words. The composite names are new and previously unknown under any language system.
Some sample objects:
Nelifrag Beachipartof purpleflatesmothebiggerlik
Nelipart Baselectro grayirreshrpunlik
Onlifrag Yardenouse yelolineflexiotherlik
Onliwhol Underwebedisgups browneroundecruncibiggerlik
June 25th, 2006 at 10:03 am
First thought: “Of course, we would need some way to classify small objects”
Second thought: “This guy must be English - heavy on the bureaucracy, light on the thought process”
Third thought: “This is just weird. Where is lint classified?”
September 28th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Yet another dull adult attempting to crash a school science fair.
February 6th, 2007 at 1:27 am
#4 - The Larch.