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Originally Posted by publiusr
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Wow, a resurrected post not done by jkwhoever!
Re MENSA, I've been a member on and off since 1968. A few meetings were enough to convince that there were too many people at those meetings who were overly impressed with themselves, something that makes a meeting long and boring, with pettiness as first order of business.
I've had interesting conversations by correspondence with a few MENSAns, but most folks at the meetings talk too much and say too little.
Besides this, the main reason for remaining a member was the monthly magazine whose "Letters to the Editor" section was a hoot. Most of the letters consisted of "I'm smarter than the author of that article and therefore I'm right!" followed next month by "I'm smarter than the author of that letter to the editor about that article and therefore I'm right!" and so on.
Speaking of humor, concerning that 4-year-old quote of a Groucho Marx quip even older, yes, Groucho had writers, but he also ad-libbed on a regular basis. One of the many anecdotes about George S. Kaufman takes place during a rehearsal of "Animal Crackers". Kaufman listened to the Marx Brothers have their way with his script before finally complaining: "Excuse me for interrupting, but I thought for a minute I actually heard a line I wrote."
