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1. The Simpsons
2. Seinfeld
3. All in the Family
4. Mary Tyler Moore Show
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Note: The 50 Best Comedies – Ever
By Kimberly Potts
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After a weekend-long game-playing marathon, members of Mensa, the high IQ society, have
named the 2008 recipients of the Mensa Select® seal.
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Note: Arlington, Texas (PRWeb via PRWeb) April 15, 2008
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‘I’d much rather understand, perceive and imagine — and be unhappy — than be stupid and content’
Think of a Mensa meeting and you imagine either a bunch of affable masterminds or overbearing snobs. Oliver Roberts discovers that genius is indiscriminate.
On the third Thursday of every month, a group of extraordinary people infiltrates the musty halls of the Old Edwardian Sports Club in Houghton.
Among the brass plaques, framed photographs of conquering teams and smell of Deep Heat they lurk, holding cups of tea and appearing uncomfortable even when they’re comfortable. Some have rounded shoulders, others wear glasses comically repaired with tape, and many flaunt a self-satisfied confidence. They are the brain jocks, and they don’t belong here.
This abode of beer games and towel-flicks is, however, one of the few places they can go to seek refuge from the condition that has both cursed and blessed them throughout their lives. Outside the hall where they find each other is a blackboard with an arrow, and above it, the word that spells out their hope for connection and an exchange of warm, intellectual juices — Mensa.
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Note: Published: Mar 15, 2008 The Times of South Africa
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