Spot on, Rachel! I misguidedly joined Mensa several years ago, and let my
membership lapse after a year or two, when it became clear the level of
debate was as you describe. The overbearing aura of smugness in most of the
magazine articles, and most members' inability to LISTEN at meetings just
became too irritating. Mensa's really the Society for people who both have
high IQs AND want everyone to know it!
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Paul Vincent
Database Administrator, University of Central England
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 06 August 2001 20:24
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: computer history stories - Now: Age discrimination?
>
>
> oh I don't know... I can't tell you how many Mensa members
> I've met whose
> level of verbal sparring is "did not" "did too" "did not"
> "your mama wears
> army boots"
>
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