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What is Mensa?
Mensa is an international organization whose criterion for membership is a score in the top 2% on any of a number of standardized tests. Mensa is a group of people usually capable of understanding your jokes and comments. St. Louis Mensa offers many social activities, as well as opportunities for volunteer work. St. Louis Area Mensa (SLAM) covers the MO and IL area surrounding St. Louis, MO, including Kirksville and Rolla. (more info)
How to join Mensa
You may already be a winner! Many of us qualified unknowingly on tests taken years before joining. Click here for info on various tests and qualifying scores. If you have a qualifying score on one of these tests and a document showing that score, fill out this form, print it, and mail it to the address shown. Include a notarized copy of your document or, of course, the original (NOT RECOMMENDED). Mensa accepts over 200 tests; most are not listed. For more information contact our local Membership Chair at Membership Coordinator.
The Mensa Test
If you can't use the procedure above, don't despair. Mensa offers its own exam for you. For details on the next local test call Bob at 314-963-7324.
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Missouri State Sales Tax.
Anyone who buys for a
SLAM function should
obtain a copy of the
exemption letter from
the SLAM Treasurer,
Judy Shimkus.
Click if you
like kitties..
In honor of the late George Carlin,
STUFF!
Cupboard bare? Tired of cooking? No clean dishes? Here's a solution...
CONTACT CURRENT OFFICERS
OF SLAM BY EMAIL
Directors-at-large:
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If you don’t have have a password or can't remember it, contact American Mensa via the link above or on the right.
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Saint Louis Area Mensa
does not endorse any
external site linked to
from this web site.
Soirée SIG: Carl’s 6 September 2008 Party—NOTICE the CHANGE!
This Mensa tradition continues for another year; Carl Masthay will again host a September party.
These parties have always been lively. If you haven’t yet attended, try this one and have a great time.
As is customary, Mensa will provide soda and beer. The free beer will include a selection of foreign beers
and domestic microbrews. Please bring a tasty snack to share and any special beverages you may require.
Carl has a large driveway with lots of space for parking. He strongly requests that guests using the driveway park at a 45-degree angle. This arrangement allows anyone to leave at any time and also accommo-dates lots of cars.
Be there—the party begins at 7:00 PM, the FIRST SATURDAY, Septem-ber 6, at 838 Larkin Ave. in Creve
Coeur, St. Louis County. Larkin runs parallel to Spoede Road one block west of it and immediately south
of Olive Blvd. [Stan W.]
I must add that I am going to Connecticut for my 50th year Southington High School reunion scheduled for 20 September. That’s the third Saturday, which would produce a clash in the regular time for my September party.
I can’t shift it earlier to the second Saturday because that’s Mike Smith’s important Game SIG! But on the FIRST
Saturday of September there would also be a clash, that of Jackie Boyce’s important Card SIG. On hearing of this problem, Jackie immediately said, “Oh, that’s OK. I’ll just cancel my Card SIG!” So, you all, please keep this change
in mind! [Carl]
2008 MENSA TRIVIA NIGHT
To benefit St. Louis Area Mensa Scholarship for Mental Health Study
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 7:30 PM
(DOORS OPEN AT 6:30)
Entry fee 11 dollars per player, in advance or at the door
Maximum 8 players per table
Fee includes pretzels and popcorn
Your own food and drink welcome; soda and beer available for a modest donation
Two 50/50 drawings, door prizes, cash for top 3 tables
Register early: space limits us to the first 13 tables
Individual players welcome; we will try to match you
To register contact Jackie at 636-386-3113
Location: Washington University West Campus
7425 Forsyth Blvd. (In Clayton) Formerly Famous-Barr basement
Building is on northeast corner of Forsyth & Jackson
Enter from a sunken courtyard in the parking lot east of building
For more directions:
It’s a Mystery!
By Jackie Boyce
Plans for the 2009 Regional Gathering (RG) are coming together quickly. The committee hopes you will join in the fun Feb. 13–15. If you would like to be part of the planning committee, please contact the chair, Jackie Boyce, at (636) 386-3113 or jackieb1104@charter.net.
If you, or someone you know, would like to present a session. please contact program chair, Mary Hall, at (314) 848-9879 or
recsecretary@stlouis.us.mensa.org.Volunteers are needed for hospitality, decorations, registration, signs and many other tasks. If you wish to help, please call Jackie Boyce.
'HELP' WANTED
Want to play an integral role in the development of an organization? Want something snazzy to add to your resume? Seeking a position that has absolutely no pay, but requires your time and talents to be successful? Then this may be the job for you. St. Louis Area Mensa currently has two openings: Director-at-Large and Scholarship Chair. Contact Scott Middleton for more information.
If you see this lady turning clockwise you are using
your right brain.
If you see it the other way, you are using your left brain.
Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way.
If you try to see it the other way and if you do see it, your IQ is above 160 which
is almost a genius.
Then see if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the
brain's current.
BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN
This was proved at Yale University, over a 5 year study on the human brain
and its functions. Only 14% of the US population can see her move both ways.
Mensans - do you think this
is true?
Girlie Wisdom!
Women over 50 don't have babies because
they would put them down and forget where they left them.
A friend of mine confused her Valium
with her birth control pills... she has 14 kids but doesn't really care.
One of life's mysteries is how a
2-pound box of chocolates can make a woman gain 5 lbs.
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes
leaves completely.
The best way to forget your troubles is
to wear tight shoes.
The nice part about living in a small
town is that when you don't know what you are doing, someone else does.
The older you get, the tougher it is to
lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.
Just when I was getting used to
yesterday, along came today.
Sometimes I think I understand
everything, and then I regain consciousness.
I gave up jogging for my health when my
thighs kept rubbing together and setting fire to my knickers.
Amazing! You hang something in your
closet for a while and it shrinks 2 sizes!
Skinny people irritate me!Especially
when they say things like...'You know sometimes I forget to eat!' .....Now I've
forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name and my keys, but I have never
forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat!
The trouble with some women is that
they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him.
I read this article that said the
typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too
fast. Are they kidding? That's my idea of a perfect day!
2008 SLAM Officers
Loc Sec/President - Scott Middleton Assistant Loc Sec - Jack Lippold Treasurer - Jackie Boyce Secretary - Mary Hall Director-at-Large 1 - Director-at-Large 2 - Gary Kryvko
Terms of the new officers begin June 1, 2008 - Next Board Meeting is August 17, 2008, at 4PM at Scott Middletons'
Copyright (c) 2006 American Mensa, Ltd. The Mensa logo is a registered trademark of Mensa International, Ltd. and American Mensa, Ltd., all rights reserved. Mensa does not hold any opinions, or have, or express, any political or religious views.
