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[Michchamp]

I could be in mensa if I wanted then? Just send them a copy of my ACTs or SATs?

 

[tinselwolverine]

That's only because so few people take standardized tests. According to Wikipedia, Mensa is open to people that score in the 98th percentile on a standardized test and there are 110,000 members. If everyone in the world was taking standardized tests, then 100%*0.02*7B/110,000=0.079% of the eligible people would be joining. If people taking tests were representative of the global population and the 90% stat is right, that would imply that only 1 out of every 127 people actually take the standardized tests Mensa looks at. That 90% stat is muddled by self-selection. If everyone took standardized tests, that number would be somewhere between 90 and 99.92% depending on how big a role self-selection plays.

I think you sometimes (probably after a few pale ales) write the equivalent of numerical jibberish, just to screw with us...

 

[tinselwolverine]

I could be in mensa if I wanted then? Just send them a copy of my ACTs or SATs?

Well, you would also have to pay a whole bunch of fees, and dues, just for the privelige of being associated with a whole bunch of smug, pretentious arrogant asses.

 

[Michchamp]

Well, you would also have to pay a whole bunch of fees, and dues, just for the privelige [sic] of being associated with a whole bunch of smug, pretentious arrogant asses.

... where do I sign up???

 

[byco42]

Well, you would also have to pay a whole bunch of fees, and dues, just for the privelige of being associated with a whole bunch of smug, pretentious arrogant asses.

Haven't we, as Michigan graduates, already paid for that privilege?

 

[Michchamp]

I think you sometimes (probably after a few pale ales) write the equivalent of numerical jibberish, just to screw with us...

you know, I was pretty good at math and science too.

I got a "B" in calculus at Michigan, and I barely studied.

I placed right into organic chemistry (they wouldn't let me take regular chemistry).

econ 401 & 402 used applied calculus, and a lot of the equations in financial econ 435 were straight up rocket science

And I took "Everyday Physics" for fun my senior year and got an A+. I didn't study at all for that. My dad (who was a physics PhD from Michigan) said the physics grad students called that class "Physics for Bunnies."

I don't think people here give me enough credit.

 

[Michchamp]

Well, you would also have to pay a whole bunch of fees, and dues, just for the privelige of being associated with a whole bunch of smug, pretentious arrogant asses.

Haven't we, as Michigan graduates, already paid for that privilege?

yes, but this is an additional privilege... it's like getting to associate with the smuggest and most pretentious of the arrogant asses.

 

[byco42]

I've sort of assumed/guessed the "smartest poster" vote is a gag and a comment about my ego more than anything (and I'm happy to deserve it..."Michigan Arrogance" and all.)

BYCO's attack on my research ends our friendship, also, I'm very arrogant about how I created dinos after I rebuilt my lab...that helps you to not see the twist. I hope I repent in BYCO's presence after my creations deal me a mortal wound.

There has to be a backstory in there about the fact that I think these dinosaurs have to eat non-GMO livestock and I discover that you are friends with Clarence Thomas and own Monsanto shares.

That's what causes me to sabotage your laboratory. There must not be a non-GMO gap!

 

[byco42]

you know, I was pretty good at math and science too.

I got a "B" in calculus at Michigan, and I barely studied.

I placed right into organic chemistry (they wouldn't let me take regular chemistry).

econ 401 & 402 used applied calculus, and a lot of the equations in financial econ 435 were straight up rocket science

And I took "Everyday Physics" for fun my senior year and got an A+. I didn't study at all for that. My dad (who was a physics PhD from Michigan) said the physics grad students called that class "Physics for Bunnies."

I don't think people here give me enough credit.

I disagree, Champ, we all recognize your brilliance.

 

[byco42]

yes, but this is an additional privilege... it's like getting to associate with the smuggest and most pretentious of the arrogant asses.

I'll go back to my original question as a response.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Haven't we, as Michigan graduates, already paid for that privilege?

BA - dum!

I guess I went off the board too long; that was the response I was looking for (or something like it); but it's already a bunch of posts back.

That said, nice job byco.

 

[redandguilty]

I think you sometimes (probably after a few pale ales) write the equivalent of numerical jibberish, just to screw with us...

Rats. You got me. Except for your parenthetical comment. On that count you were waaaaay off. There was only one IPA, the rest was Farmhouse Ale.

 

[redandguilty]

There has to be a backstory in there about the fact that I think these dinosaurs have to eat non-GMO livestock and I discover that you are friends with Clarence Thomas and own Monsanto shares.

That's what causes me to sabotage your laboratory. There must not be a non-GMO gap!

What?! How do you expect me to feed these dinos without GM crops and all the help Monsanto has given me?

If you smash up my lab and ruin my GM crops, I want a scene where my dinos tear up a farmer's market.

Also, when we put out bait for the dinos and blow them up near the end, let's do that in the Horseshoe.

 

[byco42]

What?! How do you expect me to feed these dinos without GM crops and all the help Monsanto has given me?

If you smash up my lab and ruin my GM crops, I want a scene where my dinos tear up a farmer's market.

Also, when we put out bait for the dinos and blow them up near the end, let's do that in the Horseshoe.

Done: On a peak Saturday. The dinos desicrate the place and all the liberal crunchies express their impotent outrage: "Hey, man, you just peed on a bushel of Fuji apples that cost $10.00!"

Let's first let the dinos gorge on rancid Buckeye meat before we explode them. It can be during the OSU-MSU game, so some Sparties can be the appetizer. I can see a scene where a T-Rex gobbles up the Ohio* tuba player and barfs him all over Dantonio.

The dinos recognize Goulston as one of their own, and MSU is stripped of all their wins because they illegally recruited players who belong to a different species.

 

[tinselwolverine]

. The dinos recognize Goulston as one of their own, and MSU is stripped of all their wins because they illegally recruited players who belong to a different species.

Ha ha ha...

When he's found out, does Ghoulston start strangling and choking everybody else on the field, or trying to tear their heads off?

 

[byco42]

Ha ha ha...

When he's found out, does Ghoulston start strangling and choking everybody else on the field?

No more than he normally does. We want to keep this storyline in the bounds of reality.

 

[Michchamp]

I'm resigning from this script writing team.

you guys are on your own.

 

[byco42]

I'm resigning from this script writing team.

you guys are on your own.

This is what collaboration is all about. Keeps the riffs moving.

 

[redandguilty]

From now on, I'm blaming any Michigan losses on genetically modified opponents. That's the only possible explanation for Alabama, right?

 

[byco42]

From now on, I'm blaming any Michigan losses on genetically modified opponents. That's the only possible explanation for Alabama, right?

I'm going to take that hanging curveball and wait for the next opportunity to comment on southern genetics.