New rating system--and why the Baha'i took my MBTs

I'm thinking of writing a guidebook under the pseudonym Kathar--as in, Kathar the Great, a three-headed, multi-tentacled alien. I'll call it An Alien's Guidebook to Earth and it will provide the following rating system:

5 raised tentacles - means that the quality of the accommodation or what ever is absolutely exceptional. For instance: "The Sagrita Familia in Barcelona Spain is perhaps among the wonderful things which have convinced the Intergalactic High Consul to spare humanity thus far."

4 tentacles up - refers to an experience which is very much worth having. For instance this review: "Fez Delight Restuarant, Fez Morocco - Excellent pigeon potpie; nearly died of flux 3 days later. Coincidence? Hopefully. 4 Raised tentacles."

3 tentacles - okay / average / somewhere between good and a waste of resources.

2 tentalces - bearable, but possibly approaching horrible. E.g.: "Hotel The Spot, Delhi, India - the scuffed-walled room, though spacious, was surprisingly clammy; and the pillows felt as if they might have been stuffed with dead rats."

1 tentacle – noisy, sticky, and/or overpriced; in a word, evil. E.g.: "Hotel Namaskar, Delhi, India - the cramped dungeon-like cell smelled of many years of stale uric acid; sleeping there meant unwittingly declaring war on a largish population of cockroaches. Would have constituted a human rights violation if we hadn't been staying of our own volition."

So, when I refer to Kathar's rating in the future, you will understand. I hope.

Baha'i Lotus House of Worship

The Baha'i temple pictured above is a nice enough place, however it's hard to see how this is necessarily a great use of money and resources--especially given the crumbling decrepitude of other parts of India, like our neighborhood pictured below.

While I agree that the Baha'i temple and all temples for that matter are testaments to the power of human will when it is motivated, the beauty of these in a place like India tends to seem rather at odds with immense and immediate surrounding poverty.

Our neighborhood

Not Mr. Roger’s neighborhood

Also, you have to guve up your shoes prior to stepping onto the path near the temple. The anal retention makes practical sense when we consider that this place is the most visited attraction in the world right now. And, not to worry, we got our shoes back.

Kathar's review of the Baha'i temple: 3 tentacles up.