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Old 04-27-2013, 05:24 PM
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"After Curtis was released from custody earlier this week, he said he and Dutschke had had a falling out and described e-mail exchanges between them that culminated in his challenge to meet Dutschke for a fight that never occurred. “Where his anger and hate started from, I don’t know,” Curtis said of Dutschke.
Dutschke acknowledged his conflict with Curtis and told the Associated Press that their last contact was in 2010, when Dutschke threatened to sue Curtis for saying that he was a member of Mensa, a group for people with high IQs."

Only in old Miss is it grounds for a lawsuit to claim someone is smart. No offense to any Mensa member from that state.

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Old 04-27-2013, 05:40 PM
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Read that a few days ago and found it disturbing.
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Old 04-28-2013, 07:31 AM
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Actually Mensa people are just like any cross section of society except they are good at solving puzzles.
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Old 04-28-2013, 10:33 AM
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Actually Mensa people are just like any cross section of society except they are good at solving puzzles.
That could be true, but apparently they are lousy at getting away with sending tainted letters in the mail.

What a nut this guy is.
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Old 04-28-2013, 10:41 AM
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That could be true, but apparently they are lousy at getting away with sending tainted letters in the mail.

What a nut this guy is.
A think that a "Mississippi Mensa" may be an oxymoron.
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Old 04-28-2013, 03:03 PM
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A think that a "Mississippi Mensa" may be an oxymoron.
That would make a good movie title, though.

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Old 04-28-2013, 05:23 PM
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Old 04-28-2013, 07:54 PM
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Or punk rock band.
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Old 04-29-2013, 06:34 AM
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That could be true, but apparently they are lousy at getting away with sending tainted letters in the mail.

What a nut this guy is.
Like I said - just like any cross section od society - they have their share of bigots, whack jobs etc. I joined for one year and only ever found one truly sensible person in the lot and naturally she was a woman clean across the country.
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