| Author | Message | ||
     Pkforbes87 |
Just wondering if there are any benefits to joining? I have little interest in it to just be a part of the club, I'm interested in discounts, services, etc. | ||
| Court |
For $63.00 per year you can get a really fun e-mail address . . . . for benefits join AAA or AMA. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
That's what I thought. Their benefits page looks like the group is designed for those looking for an ego boost. I'll just save my money.. I already know I'm a genius  | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Why where I come from we have great thinkers, with no more brains than you Scarecrow; but what do they have that you dont? A Mensa card and a Diploma! I hear-by confer to you the Honorary Doctorate of Thinkology; that will be 69.95 for the Membership...... | ||
| Cityxslicker |
(processing fee  ) But wait there is more, because you know we cant do this all day. Are you listening there you 4, keep up with me, we also have the ability to restore a broken heart, instill courage, and return you to a newly reconstructed home....and a new set of rights for your little dog too. (just vote appropriately in 2012 !) | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Uh oh, I think Cityxslicker just outed himself as a "Friend of Dorothy"  | ||
| Court |
>>>>I already know I'm a genius Which . . . . . if you can document a 177 IQ qualifies you, standing alone, to be a "Barista" at The Fresh Pot in Portland. Raw intellect is ammo . . . . . without a gun . . . a person is unarmed. | ||
| Greg_e |
Mensa, started by pretentious a-holes to make themselves feel important. Probably government funded in the beginning. | ||
| Moxnix |
Joined 'cause my neighbor wanted someone to go to meetings with. Went to one meeting. Let card expire. People dressed like characters from The Great Gatsby, people looking like skid row bums who turned out to be professors from the local university, and others who all wanted to know what your score was to make sure they were smarter than you. At least the meeting was in a bar. My long-expired Mensa card and a couple of bucks will get me a cup of coffee in Portland. | ||
| Slaughter |
Just because somebody may qualify for membership in MENSA - doesn't mean they are not totally gullible. | ||
| Moxnix |
"Gullible" isn't in the dictionary. | ||
| Court |
>>>Let card expire. I always considered that the smartest thing a MENSA member, or eligible candidate, could do. | ||
| Reindog |
Mikey, I'm smart! People tell me I'm smart. I deserve some respect. | ||
| Sifo |
I was invited by someone years ago. I decided that if there were more like him I didn't want any part of it. I ran like hell. | ||
| Slaughter |
It many not be in YOUR dictionary, it IS however, in the vernacular. | ||
| Slaughter |
Forgot my &#^* smiley again: :-) | ||
| Ducbsa |
Mensa, started by pretentious a-holes to make themselves feel important. My brother, who is pretty smart, gave them a short try and had the same opinion. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Any chics? I dig smart wimmens. | ||
| 86129squids |
"You're smarter than you look." | ||
| Etennuly |
Dave.....it is those same smart ones who are selling the Mensa memberships! They will take all they can get from you and leave you with a smile..... that is if you are not smart enough to figure them out . One of my neighbors, a father of three at about 28 years of age, while I was attending College at the age of 34, was going on about his Mensa membership to me for weeks and how he enjoyed going to the meetings. His wife mentioned to my wife about how high his score was. I went to school on a special grant that required the test to qualify. My score was within a point of his. Poor guy died about three weeks later in a car accident. While replacing some interior stuff in his Mustang he left out the seat belts waiting to find a trim piece for it. It was a seat belt mandatory state and he wore his regularly. A car pulled in front of his car at an intersection a half mile from home. It was a twenty mph impact. He jolted forward into the steering wheel breaking one rib that jabbed into his heart. I always thought that was a dumb way for such a smart guy to die. I guess Mensa memberships don't come with a "common sense" card. | ||
| Kenm123t |
I went to one meeting and living in southern climate and quickly learned some members thought soap was evil and destroyed skin oils. | ||
| Fast1075 |
I was briefly a member as a teenager...I tired quickly of the self-important asshats. | ||
| Ourdee |
huh? | ||
| Sdecp |
Sorry PK, but your thread title makes me laugh  | ||
| Moxnix |
Mensa joke: There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't. Genius, to me, is a good memory and the ability to figure things out. | ||
| Sifo |
How many MENSA members does it take to tie a shoelace? I really don't know. The only admitted MENSA member I've known wore shoes with velcro. | ||
| Whisperstealth |
I'd like to pile on, but don't think I'd even qualify as a member. MY IQ is nowhere close to 170. I've only had it tested once and scored 120, slightly over average. However, I am just smart enough to not even have to consider shelling out $63.00 a year! Unless I would be getting real discounts I would actually use. | ||
| Cpeg |
Mensa had a booth at a county fair, they were doing their best to sign up all them carney workers. I told them I was a Marxist. The Groucho one that said I wouldn't be a member of any club that would have me as a member. | ||
| Dynasport |
That was actually my thought. On a plane one time I found a Mensa membership test in a magazine. Out of curiosity I took the quiz and actually qualified. I was immediately less impressed by MENSA and decided I had no desire to join. | ||
| Reducati |
I would never join a group that would have me as a member.  |
