mmm, mensa...

Caveat Emptor: I went to a MENSA meeting. They were NOT impressed with my ability to armpit fart.

OMG! That was you???

Howie_Feltersnatch, do you have boobies? Those tend to make you feel better.

HumbleGenius
How exactly does someone get ready for a night of WoW? Thumb stretches?

I can't speak for everyone, but for me it's masturbation and beer.

I qualified too (no I didn't). I went to one of their meetings (lie), and those people were just odd (they probably are, who knows?) I decided I didn't need others to think I'm smart (yes. yes I do) so I told them,"no thanks" (also a lie) and never went back.

Why do they have clubs for something that is genetic? I want to belong to the 6 foot tall and over club! Bow before me, shrimpkins!

From Wikipedia

Mensa is used in Spanish slang to mean "stupid", and the word menso (feminine: mensa) means "jerk" in parts of Latin America.

Mens is also the Swedish and Norwegian expression for menstruation.

Caveat Emptor

I went to a MENSA meeting. They were NOT impressed with my ability to armpit fart.

I'm impressed. I can't do that without hurting my hand and my armpit. and the sounds that do come out are like those silent/deadly farts.

djZorbof: I want to belong to the 6 foot tall and over club!

That's called "basketball"

untrustworthy:

I wish. I take after my mom in appearance almost completely. She has an IQ of 90...

/I don't share her personality though so who knows

Mensa sounds like a pointless ego trip. Booksmart is one thing - wisdom is another.

djZorbof: I wish. I take after my mom in appearance almost completely. She has an IQ of 90...

Well, is she at least hot?

djZorbof: Why do they have clubs for something that is genetic?

Yeah, what's with that NAACP, anyway?

untrustworthy:

I'm here so somebody found her bone worthy.

I guess I'd do her after a few shots. :)

My dad was much smarter than my mom when it came to IQ.
My mom made over 80 thousand a year.
My dad was an out of work alcoholic.

I was in MENSA....in 5th grade. Boring as hell.

But I don't WANT menses for Christmas!

weezbo:

I realize what I did there.
Still, it kinda bugs me that people go around spouting something they were born with like it makes them some sort of genetic elite. I understand that people join who get board with the mindless chatter of us common folk and need some intelectual stimulation. I really have no beef with mensa.

geetus: Mensa sounds like a pointless ego trip. Booksmart is one thing - wisdom is another.

I guess it depends if you want to be a wizard or a cleric.

Boomaze, I tried to email a response to you but the address in your profile bounced back. My address is in my profile.

it's = it is
its = its, possessive

Does that rule piss anyone else off? Every other possesive gets the apostrophe except its.

I've heard the bullshiat about how it's to distinguish the two, but all you need is context.

If I see it's raining out; my first thought isn't going to be who's raining out is it.

Actually, C-J, it is the same as with other pronouns. Think "hers".

And "yours".

Edmund Scientifics* offers not just one or two but 12 Young Scientist Club kits, each including materials and instructions for doing experiments based on the kit's three themes of science.

Um, I want the "Rule the World" kit, please.

MIT was after me, you know. Wanted me to rule the world for them.

/Never dreamed of joining Mensa, or Alpha, or whatever. Don't want to join any club that would have me as a member.

//Wizard of Oz was on tonight, is on tomorrow night, too.

///Scrabbling around for my tape of "Dark Side of the Moon" to see if, well, you know.

////If you don't know, Mensa isn't for you, either.

C-J: Does that rule piss anyone else off?

But you don't need to be a Mensa member to figure it out. It's not THAT complicated.

All of the Mensans I have met have been pretty normal and definitely cover a wide range of careers (truck driver, janitor, psychologist, etc.).

I joined while in college solely so I could put it on my resume. :-)

"Here, honey, I got you a standardized test!"

"Punch."

That link, was like, too much reading.

give me doughnuts: trebuchet rides

To Ride a Trebuchet

Awesome Story.

/Googled 'trebuchet rides'

Oddly not on the list.

11:29:38 PMdoombot
...the word menso (feminine: mensa) means "jerk" in parts of Latin America.

I was in mensa for awhile. In my experience, everyone was in it for the booze. It's cool to get trashed with 40 other people, and none of them turn out to be angry drunks. I got my money's worth.

After I joined, my name was in the next newsletter four times! Spelled four different ways. My last name is three letters long.

OK, all you MENSA members who know how to solve riddles . . . What do you call a hooker with a runny nose?

A land where common sense continues to drift in the opposite direction.

Ah, so many here who make light of mensa just so they can point out they were either in it or qualified. Just like every mensa thread. What Sean Connery said about the prom queen in The Rock? Not you...

worthlessjuan

Wet?

worthlessjuan: What do you call a hooker with a runny nose?

Full.

J3 - ditto. I was in for a couple years and somehow thought it would develop into something more than a bunch of rejects. People were not distinguishable by their intellect, did spend all the money on booze, and had next to no social skills. It was like nerds plus beer. Without any chance for intelligent discussion. Creepy. Pointless.

worthlessjuan:

A double threat to my health?

Tom-Servo: All I want from Mensa is for Asia Carrera to fark me.

Not too long ago she was begging for money. I'm sure if you wanted to tap some atheist Asian ass, she would be yours for the right price.

Ever since I read through one of Scott Adams' earlier books I was intrigued by the concept of "Mensa", especially the cone-head guys with no social skills. I decided one day to try and get in. Years later when they did National Testing Day or whatever it's called, I took the test, passed, joined just to see what it's about.

I have to say that while many of the stereotypes are true (self-righteous jerks, perhaps, and no hot chicks in the 20-27 range), my "chapter" actually does some pretty cool stuff. If you're a nerd. Like they take tours of nuclear power plants, radioastronomy observatories, manufacturing facilities, and meet at the local mexican place. And it *does* give you a good network of people to talk to should you want to travel or need advice and don't know where to start. Kind of like the Masons or Elks used to do, but without the 'society' thing.

It's a social club based on a pseudo-arbitrary number, and really nothing more. In *general*, the people I've met have been genuine, self-deprecating, and polite folks. But then, that's also the culture of my area in western Virginia. Southern hospitality and all...

The one Mensa person I knew - well, she had it listed under her name on her cubicle - was a social moron. She was incapable of talking about anything besides herself, which was annoying. During the time we worked together she always would toss that crap in my face whenever we had to work together (naval electrical designers). The concept that I'd give her work didn't sit well with her since I, according to her, was "below her". Crickey, you couldn't PAY me to be below (or on top) of that.

She finally STFU when I was reviewing one of her drawings one day and found a string of errors. I pointed them out to her, she laughed and said "I committed a foo poo!". I said "foo poo? WTF?" She said "it's French for a mistake". She wasn't happy when I corrected her on the pronunciation and meaning in front of her little fan club. She was quiet after that, well, until she was laid off. Now she is a cashier at a local Barnes and Noble.

weezbo: Full.

The winner!

All the Mensa people I've ever met love to tell you so. They were also the most issue* riddled people I've ever met.

*Horrible social skills, underachievement, smugness, arogance ...

I work with some brilliant people and have always known that you don't need a membership card to be intelligent. It's just another mutual admiration society. Hmmmmm, it's much like Hollywood.

/not disclosing my IQ score.

HA HA. I spelled "Arrogance" wrong.

/So proud

yhetti: It's a social club based on a pseudo-arbitrary number, and really nothing more.

The haters don't get that, though. There are lots of social clubs that have some form of exclusivity: frats, shriners, some country clubs, etc. With Mensa, though, there are no humiliating initiation rituals, exhorbitant fees, sucking up to existing memebers to get voted in, etc.

Catracks: All the Mensa people I've ever met love to tell you so.

How would you know that someone you've met is in Mensa other than them telling you? If you've met a moderately well-adjusted person who is also a member of Mensa, they probably didn't tell you. Someone who feels compelled to brag about being a member of ANY social group is almost certainly isssue riddled. Consider also that some people who claim to be Mensans might just be making it up, just like fake Navy Seals, etc. At least that's what my cousin Chuck Norris says.