rolf Loc: Kenora Ont.Canada

Mensa & the salt & pepper shakers....



Some years ago, there was a Mensa convention in San Francisco . Mensa, as you know, is a national organization for people who have an IQ of 140 or higher.



Several of the Mensa members went out for lunch at a local cafe. When they sat down, one of them discovered that their salt shaker contained pepper, and their pepper shaker was full of salt. How could they swap the contents of the two bottles without spilling any, and using only the implements at hand? Clearly -- this was a job for Mensa minds.



The group debated the problem 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, ready 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 "



But before they could finish,..........



the waitress interrupted. "Oh -- sorry about that." She leaned over the table, unscrewed the caps of both bottles and switched them.



There was dead silence at the Mensa table.





Reminds me of our government, solutions would be so simple, but the brilliant minds in Ottawa have to make the situation difficult.

Raider Fan Loc: Lake County, IL.

Sadly Rolf that problem is not unique to Ottawa, we have our own group of knuckleheads in DC.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

What makes you think the brilliant minds of Ottawa have a lock on stupidity? Washington, Paris, Tokyo, London, and many others all have ample surpluses of stupidity. Seems to be a world-wide glut of it. There certainly is no shortage.

Lens Cap Loc: The Cold North Coast

I've worked with those guys!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, and we elected them. :oops:

jiminnee

You may have noticed, also,that the "brilliant minds" aren't very interested in simple solutions from the average person.

dvan7117 Loc: Colorado

And we will re-elect them.

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

Frustrated by the local café incident, the Mensa members wrote a 300 page report on "how to control the internet". An important guy in Wash D.C., who would clearly call the salt-pepper problem, a racist problem, purchased the report.

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

:lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

Collie lover Loc: St. Louis, MO

Could also be true of the U.S. government, and probably many others.

Mata Inah

Some years ago my husband, with a very high IQ of 175, finally agreed to go to a mensa meeting. He came home very discouraged, and never went back again, because none of them could talk about baseball ! ! !