beauty in a card
Singapore--Due the increasing number of people being increasingly concerned about the looks of the people they are about to meet, the government has decided to include a beauty quotient in every female citizen's identification card. This quotient will be from a range of 1(not worth looking) to 10 (can't get any prettier), and they are even considering the inclusion of up to 2 decimal places to better gauge the beauty of the people. Every female citizen above the age of 12 are expected to report to the SIR building upon receiving their notification. there, they will have to go thru a series of checks and scrutiny, and then subsequently given a grade by 100 different people--of all gender, race, age, and social class-- to ensure a fair and general opinion. all these will then be reflected in their new identification card. this new measure was received with mixed reactions---those wif beauty hail its coming, while those who knew deep within they lack it claims this is totally absurd and untolerable. authorities have decided to go thru wif it nonetheless.
when interviewed, the officials of this new how-pretty-are-you scheme claims, "i don't see why are the people making such a big fuss over it? dun they always ask questions like "is so-and-so pretty?" or "are u sure she's as pretty as u claim her to be?" the very moment someone around them mention any ladies? so what we're doing here is to protect the people. now that everyone has a "beauty grade", said questions can be more easily answered wif "she's a 9.43" (or in another case: "she's super ugly! she a 2.32") What we're doing here is really justified, especially when young boys go on irc chats and get cheated by fat and ugly women who claim themselves to be "ravishing and adorable", and then make the mistake of their lifetime when the eager boys actually agree to meet up."
One may question that beauty is passing, and that someone who is a 10 in her heydays could onli be worth a 1.21 when she's 85. thus, in response to this, there will be a review every 6 mths for anyone scoring above 8.5, and every 10 mths for anyone above 7. (it is believed that it is more difficult to maintain beauty than to stay ugly. thus the lower u score, the less reviews are actually needed.) After the age of 30, the individual's score will simply go down by one every 3 years until they reach the bare minumum of 1.1. (lowest score of 1.0 is reserved onli for those condemned. people reading this might wanna take felicia as a sample.)
beauty quotient will start as of 2005, and females are highly recommended to beautify themselves before the coming of the judgement. all who actually get below a 5.0 will have to be sent for a 6 weeks facial restructuring phase. this was all done in lieu of the "take people at face value" campaign that will be launched shortly after to make singapore a more gracious society.
-ivan
