Some readers have contacted me to express surprise at my comparison between George Bush and a six year old girl who has had half her brain removed. I accept that I was probably being unfair to the little girl. However, it is true that a Bush is actually used by scientists as a standard unit of intelligence, although it is only really of use when describing the intelligence of infant children, lower primates, dogs, etc. A six year old child is roughly equivalent to 4 Bushes – although I was once introduced to a precocious little chap who had been rated at almost seven Bushes while aged just six and a half!
In fact, George is not the only person in public life who has leant his name to a scientific measurement. A Prescott is a negative measure of intelligibility. Amongst psychologists, the Clinton is now the accepted measure of shamelessness (the average adult human rates at around one twenty-fifth of a Clinton) while the Blair is used as the standard unit of sanctimoniousness, phoniness, cheesiness and hypocrisy.
It isn't just politicians who have leant their names to standard units, either. The Jackson is the accepted measurement of creepy inappropriateness while the Spears is used to denote degrees of extreme desperation.
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