"Olie" nospam@nobody wrote in message ...


My MENSA membership number is 1006281.
What's your MENSA membership number?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

A MENSA membership means you have a high intelligence quotient. A high
intelligence quotient does not necessarily mean you know anything, only
that if you apply yourself that you have the ability to learn more easily
than an average person. I know some very lazy MENSA members that can't
even spell a large number of the words they use.

In other words, even people above average intelligence can be and often
are too lazy to learn. They do manage to apply what they do know better
than most.


Mensa - who gives a damned? Most of the "brilliant" people I've ever met -
had their thumbs up their ass when it came to doing the basic things in
life - they can't do them. What the hell good is a "brilliant" person if
they're too stupid to know how or lazy to do "basic" things? If having a
Mensa number means you're bankrupt in common sense or "lazy", I'd rather
not
be a member - thank you. Often, it is "common sense" which gets you
through - NOT "brilliance". From all I've ever heard and /or seen -
"brilliance" and "common sense" don't go hand in hand. Sitting in a chair
with a bunch of books behind you to make you "appear" smart and not
getting
off your lazy ass to use it or to further your education - is not a
"productive" person. I know a few welfare bums who fall into that
description- "appear" smart, "act" smart - lazy as hell. Being in the
center
of a University Library with books on most any subject - is NOT going to
make you any more intelligent if you don't venture to "learn". Even at
that,
if you don't use it, you lose it.

.............
This is funny as all getout angry diatribe snipped

Obviously the person claiming to be a Mensa member has poked a figurative
finger into your soft spot. Sensitive, are you? Taking umbrage? Apparently
you feel that the alleged Mensa member has slighted you either directly or
indirectly, ergo your lengthy and uncalled-for diatribe.
Of course, in your self-righteous response you probably did not consider
the
possibility that the "Mensa" person was a troll. Makes no difference, does
it? He certainly set you off on a rant.
I give him five stars for that.

Sit back, read the post again and view it with a bit of a tongue-in-cheek
sense of humor. It will lower your blood pressure. Even if the guy IS a
Mensa member, by the simple fact of him bragging about same shows that he
is
a blowgut braggart whose ego has gotten in the way of common sense.
I doubt he is what he says he is, but he certainly elicited a wordy
response
from you.
He wins. You lost.


Eh, not really........... I'm "agreeing" with you as to his content. As to
mine, I was basically replying to what Brenda Ann had said. He didn't hit a
"soft spot". People like that - I just find very ignorant. You're right, it
is funny! My exchange with him died with my last contact with him. I'm
merely replying to others. AND giving my opinion about people like that. Him
get to me? THAT IS FUNNY! I've had better people try. So, in that regard
I'll disagree with you. He didn't budge my blood pressure - one iota. So,
sorry - he gets no stars. I've just agreed to disagree with him and am
agreeing with the others - YOU included (to the point mentioned).

L.