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Lee Marsh
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Lee Marsh
Sorry about this post, was testing something...
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Blinky the Shark
Lee said:
Failed. alt.test is over there ---------------------->
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Lee Marsh
I know, It was actually an accident to begin with.
Blinky the Shark wrote:
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Blinky the Shark wrote:
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Blinky the Shark
Lee said:
No problem, Lee. And thanks for responding like a healthy and
clueful adult, instead of yelling "NETKOP" and making a fool
of yourself.
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Bob Adkins
Use alt.politics or alt.mensa to test. It serves them right. ;-)
Bob
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Spoon2001
Use alt.politics or alt.mensa to test. It serves them right. ;-)
mensa = achievements do not equal claimed level of intelligence, mensa
membership required as proof of alleged intelligence
mensa = achievements do not equal claimed level of intelligence, mensa
membership required as proof of alleged intelligence
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tlshell
Actually, on my computer, alt.test is over there:
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Bob Adkins
Wait! Where in the hell are you anyway?
Bob
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Blinky the Shark
Bob said:
Wait! Where in the hell are you anyway?
She's actually over
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there.
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Bob Adkins
I thought maybe she was on the Space Station or something.
Bob
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Bob Adkins
MENSA=a bunch of raging, flaming, rude, childish, potty-mouthed bores.
There's a lot of crazies on that group!
Don't tell anyone I said so. Some of them are pretty scary.
Bob
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Bob Adkins
BINGO! Thanks!
Bob
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Ted K
MENSA=a bunch of raging, flaming, rude, childish, potty-mouthed bores.
There's a lot of crazies on that group!
Don't tell anyone I said so. Some of them are pretty scary.
Bob
Bobby, I heard that. I joined MENSA in 1962. Found the most serious
people in New York City. Moved to Lexington, KY and had the most fun
with that group (two of my buddies and I used to do a number on the
more serious ones). Been in CA since '85 and found a SIG (special
interest group) that I thought would be intellectually challenging.
While I had trouble adjusting to the "crazies," what I couldn't abide
was the incomprehensible logic - or lack thereof - of members of that
group.
What I will say though, is this, aside from their infatuation with
"intelligence" the members of MENSA are a cross-section of what I
encounter in society in general. Business, politics, you name it!
People are all the same.
This year I did not renew my membership.
The following quotation summarizes my thinking. Even "intelligent"
people succumb.
"Clear Thinking is a very rare thing, but even just plain thinking is
almost as rare. Most of us most of the time do not think at all. We
believe and we feel, but we do not think." (Leonard Woolf)
Incidentally, "bunches" are for grapes, not MENSANS!
Sign me -- your RAGING former MENSAN!,
Ted
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tlshell
Wait! Where in the hell are you anyway?
I'm in the northern hemisphere, everything is cool here... (-;
Therese Shellabarger - Civis Mundi - (e-mail address removed)
- Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun
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Blinky the Shark
Well -- Mensa doesn't *claim* to be about "achievement".
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Blinky the Shark
Bingo what? Mensa doesn't *claim* to be about "achievement".
The above is like saying, "Hey, did you know that the Irish Republican
Army isn't about what kind of car you drive?" Well, yes we did -- so what?
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Bob Adkins
I've no doubt that is true.
Most truly intelligent people tend to be humble, polite and unassuming. They
are too busy with their work to explore themselves.
alt.mensa is about intelligent people who are anonymous, and can let their
frustrations come out. Anonymity often does strange things to the most solid
people, as I'm sure you know. I suspect there are a lot of crazies and self
proclaimed MENSAN's who post on that group. I'm aware that it probably does
not accurately reflect the MENSA community.
Bob