<![CDATA[perfection quotient]]>has anyone heard of this new term being bandied about – perfection quotient – as a purely subjective means of describing a thing in terms of how closely it comes – in your mind and appreciation – to being perfect…

so yesterday i made a peppermint crisp tart which was incredible but definitely not perfect so i would give it a perfection quotient of 1.3 which means basically it scores an 8.7 out of ten but with this new trend scores a 1.3 short of perfection and thus a PQ (as they are calling it) of 1.3 – as something can never be more perfect than perfect (altho again this is a subjective scale so i guess you will get people who talk about giving 110% effort to something – when there is no more effort possible than 100% get a life – who will try and work the system so to speak) the highest PQ possible is a 0 which is perfect

the other thing with this scale is that it is a specifically comparative scale and so i am rating peppermint tart against the perfect peppermint tart, not against chocolate or God or a great soccer goal – which is also a new way of looking at something – so in the category it is in how closely does it rate to the perfect one of its type as you see it (so a perfection quotient can never be wrong, altho perhaps stupid, ha!)

i like it – anyone else heard about this? and what PQ would your latest peppermint tart receive?

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