Mensa

[tgiro]

(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 café.  When they sat down, one of them discovered that the salt shaker contained pepper & the
pepper shaker was full of salt.

How could they swap the contents of the two bottles without spilling any & using only the implements at hand?  Clearly this was a job for Mensa minds.

The group debated the problem, presented ideas & finally came up with a brilliant solution involving a napkin, a straw & an empty saucer.

They called the waitress over, ready to dazzle her with their solution. "Miss," they said, "We couldn't help but notice that the pepper shaker
contains salt & 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 & switched them.

There was dead silence at the Mensa table.

[Scrappile]

I'm certainly not in their club.  Switching the lids was my thought at the beginning..... pays to be dumb.

[new2woodwrk]

LOL Actually, been there done that! Seriously!

[amazingkevin]

4 hours ago, tgiro said:

(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 café.  When they sat down, one of them discovered that the salt shaker contained pepper & the
pepper shaker was full of salt.

How could they swap the contents of the two bottles without spilling any & using only the implements at hand?  Clearly this was a job for Mensa minds.

The group debated the problem, presented ideas & finally came up with a brilliant solution involving a napkin, a straw & an empty saucer.

They called the waitress over, ready to dazzle her with their solution. "Miss," they said, "We couldn't help but notice that the pepper shaker
contains salt & 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 & switched them.

There was dead silence at the Mensa table.

It could happen

[dgman]

4 hours ago, Scrappile said:

I'm certainly not in their club.  Switching the lids was my thought at the beginning..... pays to be dumb.

I thought the same thing!

[WayneMahler]

4 hours ago, Scrappile said:

I'm certainly not in their club.  Switching the lids was my thought at the beginning..... pays to be dumb.

Big difference between book smart and street smart. Just saying  

[jollyred]

Does it mean anything if I didn't come up with either way of doing it?

[danny]

Jokes like this always makes me ....keep reading just to see what the punch line is.  Say Hehe  :+}

[Rockytime]

That's a good one. I know people like that.