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- From: lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Mensa (was Re: Kinesiology - how I heard about it)
- Message-ID: <13AUG199211532381@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 18:53:00 GMT
- References: <1992Aug05.182707.2856@srg.srg.af.mil> <zlsiida.19@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> <1992Aug13.161930.24758@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug13.161930.24758@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu writes...
- >In article <zlsiida.80@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>, zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes
- >in part:
- >|> > Tsk, tsk. You mean mensa is not a reliable source of info? You
- >|> >surprise me greatly! :-)
- >|>
- >|> If you were a member you wouldn't be surprised......or maybe you are and
- >|> that's why the smiley......you should see some of the stuff that goes on at
- >|> the UK AGM
- >
- >The smiley was because I have heard many reliable reports of the goofiness
- >of mensans. Naturally, my bad attitude could have nothing at all to do
- >with the fact the the local org. wouldn't even TALK to me, let alone
- >invite me to join. That shows how smart they are, grumble, grumble,
- >who do they think they are anyway, grumble, grumble, who wants to belong
- >to their stupid club anyway, grumble, grumble. :-) :-)
- >
- >(By coincidence, I was seduced by CSICOP a few months later--I guess
- >Kurtz et al. got me on the rebound. And I didn't even have to pass
- >an IQ test!)
-
- For those jilted by Mensa, there's always Densa. (Anybody have the
- address?)
-
- Jim Lippard Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
- Dept. of Philosophy Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
- University of Arizona
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