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Grammar Cop: That's Not What They MENSA
Defendant: The 10 Minute IQ Quiz
Count 1: Misdemeanor typo.
Count 2: Misdemeanor typo in the commission of an alleged test of intelligence.
Report: Officer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was investigating a Facebook advertisement. Said advertisement brought the officer to a website for what claimed to be a ten minute IQ test - presumably for impatient aspiring geniuses. The transgression occurred after the officer was 70% through the endeavor, at which time officer realized the test was, ironically, stupid. It should be noted that IQ tests do not normally pose multiple choice questions answerable by pre-teens.
Fine: $160 and a two minute suspended sentence.
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Comments
The question reads as though it was written by my marble-mouthed Southern cousin.
Ever'time she speaks, I cringe.
Posted by: Kelly In Seattle | July 29, 2008 4:21 PM
And just to be super-pedantic, none of those answers are correct.
Posted by: Mike Beversluis | July 29, 2008 5:10 PM
That doesn't look like a test put out by Mensa as I would expect it to have a logo on it. And no-one can get their IQ through doing a 10 minute on-line test. If they want to know, people should take the supervised Mensa test. In UK that takes more than two hours and two tests.
[ Aside from the people who think I'm Diddy, we're all smart enough to know this. -B. ]
Posted by: Candleflower in England | July 30, 2008 4:46 AM
It is scandalous that you forgot to use hyphens! It should be "10-minute IQ test" and "two-minute suspended sentence."
Posted by: Pumpkin Pie | August 24, 2008 1:10 AM
Just to be extra-super-pedantic, none of those answers is correct.
Posted by: Boris | September 5, 2008 8:32 PM