A few years ago, there was a Mensa convention in San Francisco, and several members lunched at a local cafe. While dining, they discovered that their saltshaker contained pepper and their pepper shaker was full of salt. How could they swap the contents of the bottles without spilling, and using only the implements at hand? Clearly this was a job for Mensa! The group debated and presented ideas, and finally came up with a brilliant solution involving a napkin, a straw, and an empty saucer. They called the waitress over to dazzle her with their solution.
"Ma'am," they said, "we couldn't help but notice that the pepper shaker contains salt and the salt shaker..."
"Oh," the waitress interrupted. "Sorry about that." She unscrewed the caps of both bottles and switched them.
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The local mensa group dropped into a meeting of the re-enactment group I belonged to at the time. They proposed using us as waiters at one of their suppers...a medieval themed event. I asked the spokeswoman..."so, what do we get out of this? Pay? Food?" Apparently we were to do for the honour of rubbing shoulders with the Mensa people.
Hope their event went well.
I was in Mensa for a while. I decided that they liked being smart more than I did. Perhaps they were just better at it.
Funny...I didn't see any evidence of it.
Where?
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