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Author Topic: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.  (Read 7212 times)

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June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« on: June 30, 2006, 05:03:00 pm »
Got a chuckle out of this, which is actually kind of rare considering my normally unemotional expressions of humour. I didn't think it was a particularly 'good' strip; I've never enjoyed the Mensa ones.

I guess it's good satire, but not MY kind of good satire.

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=06302006

(Also, apologies for the title. I don't think today was a great one for a witty headline, but that's just me.)
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2006, 05:12:25 pm »
The generous remuneration schedule gets 'em every time.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2006, 05:12:56 pm »
I like Mr. Bear choking on his own rage in panel 8.

His speech sounds like IMAX movie narration. "Holes define who we are and where we are going..."
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2006, 05:34:35 pm »
Any Mensa members on the board?  Aug, I'm looking your way.  Like the Bear, I would only join for renumeration.  I don't know my IQ, but I'm guessing that our board members, and possibly Achewood members as a whole, have a higher IQ than the average Joe.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2006, 05:41:11 pm »
I declined joining. I think I just scrape by on their qualification. Couldn't really see the benefit of it.

Although Asia Carerra is a member. Maybe I'll join and she'll be at a mixer or something.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2006, 05:41:59 pm »
I like the fact that the gauge of intelligence involves knowing a synonym for "sad".
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2006, 05:50:51 pm »
Heh.. one can always be suckered in by their own Hubris.  I know I would be all self-righteously saying "no" until they made me feel special.

"Finally!  Someone sees my extra-special value and worth!  Truly I am the King of Today!"
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2006, 06:14:32 pm »
Why call to decline in the first place?  Why not chuck the letter in the trash with all the other junk mail?  Perhaps because one is hoping to be persuaded?
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2006, 06:15:46 pm »
Quote from: side_show on June 30, 2006, 05:34:35 pm
Any Mensa members on the board?  Aug, I'm looking your way.  Like the Bear, I would only join for renumeration.  I don't know my IQ, but I'm guessing that our board members, and possibly Achewood members as a whole, have a higher IQ than the average Joe.

I'm not really much of a joiner (all my cabinets seem to fall apart...).  My attitude is pretty much like Cornelius's.  However, I am flattered that you looked my way.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2006, 06:23:27 pm »
Raymond Smuckles, "PhDTM" is grand.

I've never had my IQ tested, because my parents did not want me to instill an excessive amount of importance in numbers and scores.  A lot of good that did me; I still base my self-worth on grades, damnit.

I do have a good friend who was invited to be a Mensa member.  He has an IQ of 190.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2006, 06:58:52 pm »
PhD in quotation marks is definitely the best part of the strip. It shows Ray is smart enough to have discovered a loophole where you can get all the benefits of looking like a doctor, without all the hassle of actually becoming one.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2006, 07:13:34 pm »
Quote from: wombat on June 30, 2006, 06:14:32 pm
Why call to decline in the first place?  Why not chuck the letter in the trash with all the other junk mail?  Perhaps because one is hoping to be persuaded?

Dear friend, I believe Mr. Bear is simply doing the polite thing.  He calls to decline pre-approved offers for credit cards, Columbia House membership, and invitations to attend financial planning seminars.  He is mindful to call Penzey's and Harry & David if they send catalogues too often for his humble needs, and he always offers telemarketers a logical but concise reason why he is not interested in further extending his supscription to Harper's.

To ignore these overtures would be outright rude, and Cornelius Bear is not rude.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2006, 07:52:25 pm »
Quote from: melack on June 30, 2006, 06:58:52 pm
PhD in quotation marks is definitely the best part of the strip.

Not just quotation marks but TM.  That's the real genius.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2006, 07:58:48 pm »
My old boss had one of those.

Paid 40k, got it in 6 months or so. It was for school administration here, not nuclear physics or anything, but still.

The worst part was when she started strutting around demanding to be called Doctor.

She sells real estate now. Sucker.
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Re: June 30th, 2006 - Yes, Mr Smuckles Is A Very Intelligent Person.
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2006, 08:01:44 pm »
Maybe Mensa membership is opt-out?
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