Photo by Local Photographer Gary Trent
This photo taken near Cache Creek
There was a Mensa convention in
San Francisco.
Mensa, as you probably 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 cafe.
When they sat down, one of them
discovered that their salt shaker contained pepper, and their pepper shaker was
full of salt.
How could they swap the
contents of the two bottles without spilling any, and using only the implements
at hand? Clearly, this was a job for Mensa minds.
The group debated the problem
and presented ideas and finally, came up with a brilliant solution involving a
napkin, a straw, and an empty saucer.
They called the waitress over,
ready to dazzle her with their solution. "Ma'am," they said. "we
couldn't help but notice that the pepper shaker contains salt and the salt
shaker has pepper." But before they could finish, the waitress
interrupted: "Oh, sorry about that." She leaned over the table,
unscrewed the caps of both bottles and switched them.
There was dead silence at the
Mensa table.
Kind of reminds you of
Washington, D.C., doesn't it?
