My sis-in-law sent out this email yesterday;
"They say that only people with an IQ of 120 or higher can figure this out:
If
2+3=10
7+2=63
6+5=66
8+4=96
then
9+7=?"
Then there were instructions on using the answer to open the file to which you could add your name, proving your brilliance.
Roy added the note that she was glad there was no time limit on this. Really?
Immediately emails began flying back and forth among all of us bragging as to who got the answer the quickest. Let's just say that at 10 seconds, JP lost. There were a couple of relatives who answered "I saw it was math and I don't care" which, as I'm sure you'll agree, is an answer only a Mensa candidate would dare reply.
My favorite answer was Bill's:
144. Three seconds! What do I win?
All we win is the privilege of laughing at Roy. She sent this out and then had to admit with chagrin that it took her twenty minutes and a calculator to figure it out.
She has a degree from Yale.
I have no degree from anywhere, having dropped out of the UofM to get married and have babies. I solved the equation in about 5 seconds but I am far too stupid to be able to add my name to the list, after I opened the attachment. A window kept popping up telling me an error had occurred. Then Bill "Mr. 3 Seconds" (he holds a degree from the University of St. Thomas) told me it was all a scam to get me to join the army.
I think he's probably wrong about that but who wants to take the chance?
I did succeed in erasing a couple of names that were already on the list. I have no idea how but I did.
You're welcome.
This little anecdote is proof of the Wisdom of William F. Buckley who said fifty years ago, that he'd rather be governed by the first 543 names in the Boston phone book than by the faculties of Harvard and Yale, which, coincidentally is exactly the situation the country now finds itself!
Clinton advisors famously said "It's the economy, stupid."
Update that for the Obama administration "It's the math, stupid."
