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From: greg@ncr-tp.UUCP (Greg Noel)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Discussion about Mensa
Message-ID: <112@ncr-tp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 04:43:08 EST
Article-I.D.: ncr-tp.112
Posted: Tue Dec 11 04:43:08 1984
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In article <156@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) writes:
>>Discussion of Mensa the furniture or Mensa the high I.Q. furniture would
>>be one and the same.
>
>Am I missing something here or is this really meaningless?

Jerry, I'm upset with you!  A Mensan that doesn't know how the organization
got its name!  Now what would Margot Seitelman think of that, after all the
literature she's sent your way?  The word "Mensa" is Latin for "table" to
indicate the philosophy of the interactions -- a table around which we all
sit to discuss our opinions.  (Well, some of us stand and shout, but the idea
is there.....)

BTW, I'm a Mensan, and I don't think a "Mensan" newsgroup would be very
useful.  Now, a group to discuss matters related to intellegence (or
lack thereof) might be useful, but that's a VERY different subject
and should be discussed seperately (although I would think that it
might be better used as a potential topic in a more general newsgroup
-- was net.psychology ever started?).
-- 
-- Greg Noel, NCR Torrey Pines       Greg@ncr-tp.UUCP or Greg@nosc.ARPA