Saturday, July 21, 2007

What to do?

Since the days when man first learned to communicate with primitive grunts and gestures, he has governed this power with a set of guidelines so that he could spread information over great distances at a rapid pace. There were probably not many things for a caveman to talk about other than rocks and trees and women and water so his language was simple. As civilization evolved, man needed to describe increasingly complex ideas and language evolved to compensate. Today, we can build planes that fly around the world in less than 24 hours because of our ever increasing mastery of mathematics and design. We can manipulate our environment as never before.

And it doesn't come easy. When an idea is passed down from generation to generation, it becomes ingrained in the mind and it is very hard for man to change his old ways. Wars have been fought and many lives lost when new ideas attempt to replace old dogma. We have come a long way and there have been many battles fought and won to replace old institutions that were hampering our growth with new ones that nurtured us as a species. And there is one in particular that we would like to discuss with you today:


Number 1 = Pee

Number 2 = Poop


This system may have been good enough for peasants living in the dark ages who probably ate turnips and bread all day but today's diets are much different. Consider this scenario:

Breakfast: Eggs and hot sauce

Lunch: Taco Bell

Dinner: General Tso's Chicken and about a pound of green beans.

Now let me ask you, what are you going to find in the toilet the next morning? Is it going to be solid? I think not. But it's safe to say it won't be a pure liquid either. So how do you define it??? It is neither a 1 nor a 2. It is in limbo!

But what if we no longer only use a 1 or a 2 and we open it up to all numbers in between? What if our little friend can now be a 1.5?

Now I know what you might be thinking: "But Smoov, what if we don't care about the consistency, just what hole it's coming out of ?". Is that really what's important? What about a friend who may need to direct you to his non-visitor toilet? Or a young lady about to receive a steaming hot carl? I bet they care.

The system is simple. Depending on the fraction of solid to liquid, adjust your rating. So a 2/3 liquid, 1/3 solid would be a 1.3333. And if you aren't sure, like when you have to tell someone before hand, just give an estimate with the side you think you are erring to. So if you think it's at least a 1.5 but it could be more solid, then say a 1.5+.

Try it out and let us know how it goes.