At work, we often find ourselves crudded. But when you're in this state often, you learn to distinguish between different levels of cruddedness (or cruddation, in technical terminology). Here's the scale we use -
10 = Hiroshima Crud - the worst; top of the scale. Get yourself a lawyer.
8 = Grosse Merde - equals 1 Stinky Crud plus 2 Oh Cruds
7 = Shingies - we're getting serious here
6 = Major Cruddation - worth skipping lunch to sort out.
5 = Stinky Crud - worth skipping morning-tea break for.
4 = Crud - the traditional, original and best
3 = Oh Crud - a minor setback, can be overcome within a couple of minutes
1 = Mini-Crud - barely worth mentioning; the normal background level that surrounds us.
0 = 100% Crud-Free. A theoretical state hypothesised to exist were you living on a desert island with no Microsoft Office products and no bosses and no deadlines and no speed cameras.
Is the crud scale linear? It would seem not, since you say 8 = Grosse Merde = 1 x Stinky Crud + 2 x Oh Crud = 5 + 3 + 3 = 11.
ReplyDeleteNo it's definitely non-linear. It's much more complicated than that. Please see the technical paper I submitted to Annals of Neuropsychology May 2010.
ReplyDeleteThere's no number 9 and 2, any particular reason?
ReplyDeleteLabels for 9 and 2 are currently in dispute. When the terminology is decided, it will be published here and on wikipedia.
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