“We need someone to mock at our next Mensa dinner. Interested in taking our test?”
With that, a friend, who is a decades-long member of the fraternity for the Top 2% most-intelligent people in the world, conned – err, “recruited” – me to take the Mensa entrance exam.
Actually, each October, the organization invites members of the media to take the test and then hopefully write about it. I thought about pitching the idea to some of my editors, but quickly realized I’d only confirm my stupidity to hundreds of thousands of readers across the country, maybe even the world in some cases. So, I decided to author the article for the blog, where maybe “only” 10,000 or so will laugh at me…