Isn’t it ironic that “mensa” means “stupid” in Spanish?
Stuart
Light one at both ends and one at one end.
After 1/2 hour, when the first rope is totally consumed, light the remaining unlit end of the second rope.
When the rope is consumed, 45 minutes have passed.
Yep, I know what you mean. Been a fan of both all my life, so it’s nice to see some REAL success.
Tom
…or her. 
Susan
Sorry to tell you this, but…
http://www.tall.org/
In a contest to collect bags of clothing for charity, Patty was neither first nor last, but Patty beat Jan. Rachel beat Sue. Sue beat Patty. Sally beat Rachel.
Who brought in the most clothing?
Simultaneously, light both ends of the first rope and one end of the second rope. The first rope will burn out in 30 minutes. At that time, light the other end of the (still burning) second rope. It will burn itself out in another 15 minutes.
robin
p.s. Ok I see someone else gave the same answer!
…or them!
Tom
Someone should tell those girls that it’s not how much you give that counts, but the spirit of the giving. It’s charity after all!
But anyway, it was Sally.
(Sally 1st, Rachel 2nd, Sue 3rd, Patty 4th, poor Jan 5th.)
Martin and Robin:
Ka-CHING! 
It is a weird idea. Is there a club for especially dumb people?
Yes, there is, but I don’t think you would enjoy it. We all just sort of sit around and hit ourselves over the head with it.
Will O’Ban
If it were true it would be ironic. Is this sort of like telling us that “gullible” isn’t in the dictionary?
Sally-ho. (Can you tell I’m home sick today? :roll: )
Robin
Actually, it IS true. We’ve got an interpreter who works with our division, a very nice woman from Mexico City. Anyway, we were talking the other day, and somehow Mensa came up. She said, “You know, it’s funny; ‘mensa’ means ‘stupid’ in Mexico.”
I haven’t actually verified it, but I don’t have any reason to doubt her.
Stuart
I believe you may need to get yourself a new dictionary. I checked and it’s in mine. Oddly enough, there was even a picture of me next to the definition. 
Will O’Ban
That’s really funny, Beth.
They evaluated me as ‘normal but distracted.’ I think that test is deeply ethnocentric. How was I supposed to know that baseballers misuse a simple cricket term and that dead men in California aren’t allowed to marry?
Perhaps I do need a new diccionario. My big fat LaRousse doesn’t cover that one. Shall check the alternatives at Barnes & Noble this afternoon while picking up the sequel to “Abarat” for my kid. Or could this be a Mexican
colloquialism?
It could also be slang, though; might not be in any but big dictionaries.
Stuart