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19/06/2021 8:41 am
A few years ago, there was a Mensa convention in San Francisco.
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 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 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 government bureaucracy, doesn't it?
19/06/2021 11:21 am
Being that I work for the gov’t, I can vouch that that is EXACTLY how gov’t bureaucracy works.
Zeeky Banutski
The People’s Republic of Maryland
David Green and David Green reacted
19/06/2021 12:54 pm
kind of the solution staring you in the face.
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