MENSA Adopts New Butterfly Entrance Exam
The Daily Probe - November 13, 2000
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (DPI) - Gone are the head-scratching brain
teasers about using seven matchsticks to form a decaduohedron
without changing the total area enclosed by said matchsticks.
There's a new MENSA test in town: the year 2000 presidential
election ballot from Palm Beach County. "Whoosh! I flunked the
hell out of that one," said MENSA-wannabe Louis Fortois. The
systems engineer, whose friends describe him as "pretty smart," ran
afoul of the devilishly intricate exam that was prepared by the
Palm Beach County Elections Board.
Maria Vos Savant, MENSA president and owner of the highest IQ in
the land, expressed the puzzle in layman's terms: "OK. You've got
a name. Next to that name is an arrow. The arrow points directly
to a little hole. Now... wait, I'm lost... let me start over. A
name and an arrow -- AGGGGHHHH! MY EYES -- Okay, let me have a
mulligan on that one -- may I have a fresh copy of the test,
please? Alright, to quote Albert Einstein, 'Mein Gott dots a tuff
vun,' here we go again, I'm focusing with both eyes now and this
test will soon fall to my laser-like brain -- AAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE!!!"
On a related note, Ms. Vos Savant later renounced her citizenship
and filed a lawsuit against MENSA.
- Reported by Chris Jones
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