QTU

Ever have a hard time telling somebody just how good something tastes? Well, a friend of mine has devised a term to help us all out. Introducing the Quantitative Taste Unit (QTU). Now, when somebody asks, "How’s your meal?" instead of responding with, "Good," or "Mmm" or whatever variant that tells us nothing, you can respond in QTUs.

It works like this:

"How’s your meal? In QTUs?"

"Twelve."

"Wow. Let me try some."

There are flaws in the system, naturally. For example, I’m not sure what 12 QTUs represents. I know it’s better than 9 QTUs, but not as good as 16 QTUs. Still, once a median is established, I believe that the QTU will go a long way toward helping us define our dining experiences.

You know, this was all a lot funnier last night when we were drunk...