a shit life, though.
surely nobody can be so obsessed with money that it would make that life worth it?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:34, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

it's not just the money though is it - her parents are loaded enough
it's the life of a princess. not everyone would want it and i remember as a small child reading something about diana where the article ended "but would you swop places with her, in her gilded cage".

i don't think i'd like it, no. but if i had a sister, and she'd managed to nab the most eligible prince in the world - yeah, i think i'd be bitter!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:36, Reply)

really?
I couldn't think of anything I'd want less in life than being the constantly harassed centre of attention. I think it's a very odd thing to be in the least bit jealous of. It'll be a horrible life.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:38, Reply)

i think she'll find it v different to diana
william is much more modern and grounded than his dad
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:39, Reply)

yeah, but William is nothing to do with it. I'm sure he's a perfectly nice bloke
But her life is now entirely dicated by the public, protocol and the press. She can't do anything at all without considering how they will react. Can you seriously imagine the hell that is going to be her life? Having to consider the impact on 60 million people of what colour her fucking lipstick is every day?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:42, Reply)

59,999,999 actually.
I really couldn't give a flying fuck about the bint.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:45, Reply)

true enough.
same for most of us, I imagine. But I'd hate to live knowing that if I accidentally fuck something up I'd be all over the front pages for weeks
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:48, Reply)

she will
they will love her for the next 2 years, then everything she does will be wrong, because that sells papers to the gawping vacuous masses. the same morons who rushed tesco and bought every last copy of the blue engagement dress within 1 hour of its release...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:53, Reply)

This is why I fucking despair of humanity.
that, and Shit Factor and Britain Must Be Stopped.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:56, Reply)

give them an iq test at 5
sterilise anyone whose iq is under 140.

sorted.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:57, Reply)

This is the kind of right-wing policy I can work with.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:58, Reply)

it's not even right wing
it's just common sense for the survival of the human race

/iq of 182
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:00, Reply)

yet you became a lawyer?
what a fucking waste.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:03, Reply)

i am joking
i have no idea what my iq is, prob much nearer 82.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:08, Reply)

I realised that
182 is going to be high-functioning Aspergers, to be honest.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:09, Reply)

I have never tested mine.
Oddly, I have no desire to.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Depends how much wine you've drank
I'd say you're probably averaging out at not a complete mong though :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Cheeky badger.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:15, Reply)

I only know mine at the age of 10
because the 11+ is a direct IQ test.

I suspect years of alcohol abuse have lowered it somewhat.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I once managed to get a score of 163 on an online thing
I ran to Mensa and they told me that was impossible as the scale only goes to 161
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)

They're talking arse
depends on the test used of course, but the standard Stanford-Binet scale techincally has no limit, but a practical limit of about 200. anything above 164 is the technical definition of genius.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I've just realised you got 163
SO CLOSE, badge. SO CLOSE.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Story of my life

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:22, Reply)

I think it's reckoned statistically
that the highest IQ person living must be about 195-200.

But you can prove anything with statistics. Incidentally, I googled, you're correct, MENSA don't record IQs over 161. Not that you can't have one, but 161 is their "max" so you are recorded as 161 or over. No idea why.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:25, Reply)

i am guessing
that the founder/chairman has an iq of 161
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:28, Reply)

hahaha

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:30, Reply)

haha
I think it's because IQs are based on a standard distribution, and standard distributions are inaccurate outside 3 standard deviations, and the stadard deviation of the IQ distribution is about 15, so an IQ test is only really accurate between 55 and 145.

fucking hell, I could be in my pants drinking G&T and I'm at work debating the SD of an IQ test? I'm going to kill myself.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:33, Reply)

are you serious?
182??
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:10, Reply)

i did a mensa test once
which said it was over 150, but it was an online thing, so i highly doubt its accuracy
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:12, Reply)

probably.
I mean, it wouldn't necessarily surprise me of you, but these things need to be quite highly regulated to be accurate.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)

i'm v bright
i'm nowhere near ridiculously clever or a genius.

i know my limits!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:18, Reply)

150 is merely "very superior intelligence"
don't get ideas about your station, miss.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I know what I know
and what I don't know probably isn't worth knowing about. Or summat.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:20, Reply)

anyone that has time to test their IQ
and then join MENSA and bang on about it, is wasting the intelligence they have.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:22, Reply)

that's a paul simon song isn't it?
i know what i know... dammit it dg that's right in my head now!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:27, Reply)

I dunno, I thought I'd just made up some profound shit or something.
Damn you, Simon! *shakes fist*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:32, Reply)

You extremist bastards.
Who will be left to clean my house and make me sandwiches? Huh?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:01, Reply)

sexbots.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:04, Reply)

i think it's 50/50
i can think of things i would love and things i would hate.

when harry finally proposes, i'll let you know.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:46, Reply)

excellent
does he wear his nazi uniform in the bedroom?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:48, Reply)

funnily enough
he had a brief fling with one of my colleagues a few months ago. so i'll ask her.

she couldn't come into work because of the paparazzi outside her flat... BEST EXCUSE EVER.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:50, Reply)

Is he going bald yet?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:56, Reply)

no
he has a full head of ginger hewitt hair
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:57, Reply)

I can just imagine it...
"One would like awfully to give one one. Achtung! Schnell!"
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:00, Reply)

"ve haff vays of making you squeal"

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:02, Reply)

"For you, svipey's colleague, ze relationship iz over".

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:09, Reply)

I always thought that Will Carling appeared quite down-to-Earth.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)