Mensa

[Colonialgirl]

Years Ago, there was a Mensa Convention in San Francisco. Mensa, as you know, is A National Organization for People who have An IQ of 140 or Higher.

Several of The Mensa Members went out for Lunch at a Local Cafe. When they sat down, one of them discovered that The Salt Shaker contained Pepper & The Pepper Shaker was full of Salt.

How could they Swap The Contents of The 2 Bottles without spilling any & using only The Implements At Hand? Clearly this was A Job for Mensa Minds.

The Group debated the Problem, Presented Ideas & finally came up with "A Brilliant Solution involving A Napkin, a Straw & an Empty Saucer."

They called The Waitress over, ready to Dazzle Her with Their Solution. "Miss", they said," We couldn't help but notice that the pepper shaker contains salt & the salt shaker…."

Before they could finish, the waitress interrupted, "Oh! Sorry about that".

She leaned over The Table, Unscrewed the Caps of Both Bottles & Switched Them.

There was Dead Silence at The Mensa Table.

Kinda reminds you of The Government, doesn't it.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Kinda reminds you of The Government, doesn't it.

Hi,

Or my late father, the (for real!) rocket scientist. Oh wait, he DID work WITH the gubb'mint for decades...

Rick C

 

[don44]

Yep !!!!

 

[cadillo]

Mensa Convention? Surely you are japing us. In Spanish "Mensa" means a female fool, or a stupid female; the male variety being "Menso".

Just saying.

 

[tinman]

Mensa Convention? Surely you are japing us. In Spanish "Mensa" means a female fool, or a stupid female; the male variety being "Menso".
Just saying.

But in Latin it means "table".......it was chosen to signify the coming together of equals at a table....which is their logo.

 

[Dan in MI]

CG,

It's the same for engineers. Those that actually know what their hands are for and have used them are good. The rest pull out their calculator to figure out how to wipe their own butt.

 

[GuyPike]

Yup, engineers had half a tank of hydrogen peroxide at 50% solution but decided 25% was what hey wanted. debated who to call to replace the solution. we filled the tank with water and moved on. Worked fine.

 

[mohavesam]

Snopes is your friend.

There is a word for a person who never misses a chance to appear smarter than a smart person...

 

[gramps]

Snopes is your friend.

There is a word for a person who never misses a chance to appear smarter than a smart person...

Hey we like entertainment. Don't ruin it with facts. :mrgreen:
gramps

 

[Sin6Sec63451022]

Reminds me of the "Far Side" cartoon of the kid at the "Gifted Children's School" leaning on the door trying to get in. Above the door it says "pull". Of course, I've never done that, myself!!!!

 

[GunnyGene]

Reminds me of the "Far Side" cartoon of the kid at the "Gifted Children's School" leaning on the door trying to get in. Above the door it says "pull". Of course, I've never done that, myself!!!!

The USMC taught me how to open any door with the proper application of explosives, regardless of what the sign says. :mrgreen:

 

[cadillo]

Mensa Convention? Surely you are japing us. In Spanish "Mensa" means a female fool, or a stupid female; the male variety being "Menso".
Just saying.

But in Latin it means "table".......it was chosen to signify the coming together of equals at a table....which is their logo.

In my part of the world Latin speakers are rather uncommon. Spanish speakers on the other hand make up about 96% of the population here. Referring to or aligning yourself with the word "Mensa" here will indeed attract some attention, but it won't be positive. I'm glad they did it though. Good for a laugh.

 

[volshooter]

Funny joke!
I don't give two poots about IQ numbers.
My son, who is exceptionally gifted and recognized, bragged about his IQ #.
He challenged my dumb hillbilly behind to take the test.
Yep, I scored higher.
Still burns his behind.
While he educates our children with great enthusiasm 10 hours a day, I fish and hunt at my leisure.
That alone shows that I might be smarter.

 

[eveled]

I've heard of a similar problem with the Chevy Nova, in Spanish Nova means "she no go"

I remember hearing of a problem on a production line, involving empty packages making it thru. The engineers developed some high tech solution to sense the empties, and stop the line so they could be removed. It cost a ton of money but was worth it for quality control.

After a week production was back up, with 0 empties making it through. It seems the old stupid guy running the machine got tired of starting it over and over and had set up a $20 fan to blow the empties off the belt before the high tech solution sensed them.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Okay; TRUE STORY:
I was the "Sears Paint Chemist" for the company that at the time was making 99+% of the paints for Sears. They were going to film some "Great American Homes" commercials at the Burbank studios and I got sent as "Technical Adviser" (four Semesters of Paint /Coatings Tech and TEN years of experience). They started with Interior paint commercials, and after explaining the Technique Sears and my company recommended for painting walls; I watched as they filmed a wall being painted, Then EVERYONE is standing around , because they are going to do another "take"; Finally I asked, "What are we waiting for??" and got told we had to wait for the studio carpenters to come and change out the wall panels ! I said"Why not take a bucket of water and some rags and just WASH the latex paint off the wall, Dry it off and be ready to go again;" You Should have seen the looks I got as LIGHT BULBS went on; They tried it and it was perfect, the wall was ready to go in less than five minutes.
Later the guy from Sear ad agency asked me if I realized what I had done; Said "yeah, I sped things up" and he laughed and told me that I could BET that from then on in EVERY paint ad contract that Sears WOULD specify that procedure and thus saving them THOUSANDS of dollars in studio time.
What did I get out of it ??? Well, got treated to a really GREAT dinner at the Brown Derby in Hollywood by the Ad Exec and the Sears Rep.

PS: It just seemed like common sense to me !

 

[gtxmonte]

And therein lies the problem...........Common sense is just not all that common

 

[volshooter]

Outstanding Colonialgirl! I have been in similar situations with a local home pro dude that had a tv show.
I have even been called as an expert witness for a couple of lawsuits. Those that are supposed to know rely on us that do.
I actually witnessed a tv professional bass fisherman pry my buddy for tips and spots to fish.
I want a person with common sense, beside me long before a person that took a test and thought they were smarter than anyone around them. I know a few folks strutting around with numbers. Us regular folk realized they are dumb.I do have to change light bulbs for them.
A very close to me young lady excelled at school, with honors, yet has no natural sense of direction or can read a basic map, unless her gps tells her when to turn. She is very smart but has no life skills.(has no idea how to change a flat tire)
I bet most of our government reps are of the opinion they are in a special group.

 

[buckheart]

Outstanding Colonialgirl! I have been in similar situations with a local home pro dude that had a tv show.
I have even been called as an expert witness for a couple of lawsuits. Those that are supposed to know rely on us that do.
I actually witnessed a tv professional bass fisherman pry my buddy for tips and spots to fish.
I want a person with common sense, beside me long before a person that took a test and thought they were smarter than anyone around them. I know a few folks strutting around with numbers. Us regular folk realized they are dumb.I do have to change light bulbs for them.
A very close to me young lady excelled at school, with honors, yet has no natural sense of direction or can read a basic map, unless her gps tells her when to turn. She is very smart but has no life skills.(has no idea how to change a flat tire)
I bet most of our government reps are of the opinion they are in a special group.

Though my farm raised father was all for us kids going to college he had definite opinions about higher education. One of his favorite sayings was.

"You can stack all the books you want on the back of a donkey and it'll still just be a jackass"

 

[Pal Val]

I was invited to Mensa by a coworker, on basis of my SAT score (99+ percentile). I lasted one meeting. After meeting a number of people more interested in showing off their mental prowess than in making friends, I decided to decline the invitation. It was as much fun as walking into a bar where they only serve lemonade.

 

[volshooter]

Great post val.
Like the shoot today, 95% active/retired military or police. I had the second best score. Was asked where my training was. Life was my answer. Shame that someone like me could out shoot trained folk. Same folk that brag alot, yeah, like it takes 17 rounds to put a man down carrying a knife.
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