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[STMO999]

My son, who has aspergers, attained a really high score when he sat an IQ test. But, as has been said, the way he looks at life would prevent him from any practical application of it. He thinks numbers are 'alive' and when numbers jacks is on the telly he sits and mouths the words with them.

Our eldest (autistic) was tested when he turned 12, and he scored 127 which apparently puts him in the "very superior" intelligence class.
Yet he still can't work out what clothing is appropiate just before he walks out of the door (ie, he would go out today in a t-shirt and not realise he won't make it 2 minutes up the road).

By all accounts, it is not uncommon for those with mental health issues to reach higher scores than average.

That's Ben. Cant fasten a button or work out why he cant put an inside out coat on, but wipes the floor with me on 'The impossible quiz'

[KillerWatt]

That's Ben. Cant fasten a button or work out why he cant put an inside out coat on, but wipes the floor with me on 'The impossible quiz'

Our eldest is the same. He'll tell you anything you want to know about astronomy (and a handful of other subjects), yet has a complete s**t fit if you try to make him put on a pair of socks that match.

Another of his most noticeable quirks (aside from swearing) is the head "tic".
His head will twitch so violently that I can feel it happening when stopped at lights with him on the back of the bike, yet he will have no recollection whatsoever.

[HolyCount]

I think, if you look at the mental greats of the world, present and past, they are all marked by some degree of eccentricity.

[Gaffers]

21 out of 30, with some silly mistakes so should have been higher.  I blame the people at home pestering me every 2 mins  

[Tony H]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

[waspy]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

I thought they where from a chinese menu

Intelligence comes in many forms. I worked for a Jobbing Builder when i first left school. We lived near Oxford at the time. Some of his clients where Oxford University Lecturers, he got a phone call from one of them asking him if he could come over & put a plug on the new kettle he had just bought. The guy paid Chris an hours time plus call out fee which came to more than the kettle cost. He honestly didn't have clue how to wire up a plug, but was outstanding in his field of expertise.

[Tony H]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

I thought they where from a chinese menu

Intelligence comes in many forms. I worked for a Jobbing Builder when i first left school. We lived near Oxford at the time. Some of his clients where Oxford University Lecturers, he got a phone call from one of them asking him if he could come over & put a plug on the new kettle he had just bought. The guy paid Chris an hours time plus call out fee which came to more than the kettle cost. He honestly didn't have clue how to wire up a plug, but was outstanding in his field of expertise.

You tend to find also a lacking in common sense. I had an occasion when a solicitor turned up to collect a large food order, only to find when I opened the boot of his Bentley to load up it was full of golf clubs

[STMO999]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

I thought they where from a chinese menu

Intelligence comes in many forms. I worked for a Jobbing Builder when i first left school. We lived near Oxford at the time. Some of his clients where Oxford University Lecturers, he got a phone call from one of them asking him if he could come over & put a plug on the new kettle he had just bought. The guy paid Chris an hours time plus call out fee which came to more than the kettle cost. He honestly didn't have clue how to wire up a plug, but was outstanding in his field of expertise.

You tend to find also a lacking in common sense. I had an occasion when a solicitor turned up to collect a large food order, only to find when I opened the boot of his Bentley to load up it was full of golf clubs

And when some people open their big, fat gobs, all of their posts fall out of it.

[Tony H]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

I thought they where from a chinese menu

Intelligence comes in many forms. I worked for a Jobbing Builder when i first left school. We lived near Oxford at the time. Some of his clients where Oxford University Lecturers, he got a phone call from one of them asking him if he could come over & put a plug on the new kettle he had just bought. The guy paid Chris an hours time plus call out fee which came to more than the kettle cost. He honestly didn't have clue how to wire up a plug, but was outstanding in his field of expertise.

You tend to find also a lacking in common sense. I had an occasion when a solicitor turned up to collect a large food order, only to find when I opened the boot of his Bentley to load up it was full of golf clubs

And when some people open their big, fat gobs, all of their posts fall out of it.

Is that why yours is taped up on your avitar?

[jereboam]

I just did that Mensa test.

25 out of 30.

Couldn't do the anagrams, got the one about the potato wrong, miscounted the boxes (got fed up and guessed) and failed on the last pattern match, which I always fail.

On the 11+, I think I scored 129, and a few years ago they did one on the TV and I got 141, which annoyed my wife, as I was allowed to add 5 at the end for being ancient, and she wasn't, 'cos she's not quite as ancient as me.

It's a load of rubbish!

[STMO999]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

I thought they where from a chinese menu

Intelligence comes in many forms. I worked for a Jobbing Builder when i first left school. We lived near Oxford at the time. Some of his clients where Oxford University Lecturers, he got a phone call from one of them asking him if he could come over & put a plug on the new kettle he had just bought. The guy paid Chris an hours time plus call out fee which came to more than the kettle cost. He honestly didn't have clue how to wire up a plug, but was outstanding in his field of expertise.

You tend to find also a lacking in common sense. I had an occasion when a solicitor turned up to collect a large food order, only to find when I opened the boot of his Bentley to load up it was full of golf clubs

And when some people open their big, fat gobs, all of their posts fall out of it.

Is that why yours is taped up on your avitar?

 

[KillerWatt]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

I thought they where from a chinese menu

Intelligence comes in many forms. I worked for a Jobbing Builder when i first left school. We lived near Oxford at the time. Some of his clients where Oxford University Lecturers, he got a phone call from one of them asking him if he could come over & put a plug on the new kettle he had just bought. The guy paid Chris an hours time plus call out fee which came to more than the kettle cost. He honestly didn't have clue how to wire up a plug, but was outstanding in his field of expertise.

You tend to find also a lacking in common sense. I had an occasion when a solicitor turned up to collect a large food order, only to find when I opened the boot of his Bentley to load up it was full of golf clubs

And when some people open their big, fat gobs, all of their posts fall out of it.

Is that why yours is taped up on your avitar?

That would be avatar, so I wouldn't be so quick to take the piss when you can't get it right yourself

[Tony H]

Just for fun....

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php

and post you're results

1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
I don't even understand the 1st question!  :-?       

Aren't those position numbers from the kalma sutra?

I thought they where from a chinese menu

Intelligence comes in many forms. I worked for a Jobbing Builder when i first left school. We lived near Oxford at the time. Some of his clients where Oxford University Lecturers, he got a phone call from one of them asking him if he could come over & put a plug on the new kettle he had just bought. The guy paid Chris an hours time plus call out fee which came to more than the kettle cost. He honestly didn't have clue how to wire up a plug, but was outstanding in his field of expertise.

You tend to find also a lacking in common sense. I had an occasion when a solicitor turned up to collect a large food order, only to find when I opened the boot of his Bentley to load up it was full of golf clubs

And when some people open their big, fat gobs, all of their posts fall out of it.

Is that why yours is taped up on your avitar?

That would be avatar, so I wouldn't be so quick to take the piss when you can't get it right yourself

That was a deliberate spelling mistake to see if Steve was paying as much attention as he usually does 

[bertiecbx550]

Yeah but why is Mensa`s head office in Wolverhampton? I mean ave yow met sum of the prats round ere??? Bugger i`m from wolvo!!!

[KillerWatt]

Yeah but why is Mensa`s head office in Wolverhampton? I mean ave yow met sum of the prats round ere??? Bugger i`m from wolvo!!!

Frosty comes from Wolvo, and he ain't daft by any stretch of the imagination.