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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:38 AM Original message |
Jayne Mansfield claimed to have an IQ of 163. She spoke 5 languages. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yet she is remembered for being stacked |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well she was and that we could actually see. ;) |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. from wiki |
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ReliantJ (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. and that picture. Is it her head? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The beautiful and (incidentally and barely worth mentioning) talented Jayne Mansfield. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Was her brain in her boobs? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. If it were, it might have survived the accident. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Hedy Lamarr was a brilliant scientist |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. she was fascinating INDEED |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Hedy Lamarr was my first crush |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. My family wasn't much for movies |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I don't know who could play her |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
86. Natalie Portman |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Catherine Zeta Jones.... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I think you've mixed Hedy Lamar and Dorothy Lamour |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. No. Lamar was also in some popular film |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I liked Hope. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Absolutely. Thanks for bringing this up.... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 05:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. That's "Hedley" you idiot!!!11!! |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. That's HEDLEY! |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. "That's HEDLEY!!!!" |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. She came up with frequency-hopping, a form of spread spectrum |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. Many people link her unfortunate decapitation to LaVey. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. she wasn't decapitated |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. great website (goes into favortites) |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. Did you ever see that really bad tee vee movie about her life? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I saw that movie... |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. the one with Loni Anderson as Jayne? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yes, that's the one. Ahhhnold plays Mickey Hargitay. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. We need a pic: |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. . |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Reminds me of Kim Kardashian |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. Some people have it all. Looks, smarts, and beautiful children. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Her career was on the skids. She was washed up at 34. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well I guess I am learning as much about her as you are!!! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Less than hours. More like twenty minutes. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Wow! Are you still in that area? I remember you saying you were |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No, I'm in Austin. We moved to Gulfport after Camille. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I grew up in the delta. So I am technically an upstater I suppose. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Everybody north of the coast are upstaters. Yankees, we used to call y'all. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Me, too. What town? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Brandon/Flowood |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Check your PMs. :) |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. Where in the Delta? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Don't down play Gus Stevens Supper Club, it was a hot spot |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I know nothing about him or the club. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I was almost 7 when she died |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I think so. Around the amusement park and the Flamingo Motel? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I think that was it. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
29. Lise Meitner is probably not as well known |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Nice to know about her... thank you for posting that. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Hedy and Lise were both from Vienna |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I'm glad you mentioned her. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
84. I do the same with my nieces |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Was she killed near my house? No. Was my mother sending me late night emails |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. A brief bio as an alternative to the wiki entry |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Thanks. |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
87. Rosemary Brown, Crystallographer |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. If only she'd gotten breast enlargement surgery and died her hair blond |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
38. ^ would hit it like the fist of God |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Who's ^ ? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. ME |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. HE |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. What? Who's fisting God? |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
49. Fascinating. I never knew. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. I always admired her intellect. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
56. Did she do anything constructive with that IQ? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. You know her name, so she did something. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. None of that relates to her IQ |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You're giving male examples only. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Yeah, I'm probably a sexist |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Did I say you were a sexist? No. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. Actually Aung San Suu Kyi fails the test as well |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. You don't think the arts are a worthy pursuit for an intellect? |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Arts are a great pursuit |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. she was only 34 when she died, who knows what she could have accomplished. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Could be |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. She invented a number of wardrobe malfunctions: it seems that a plunging neckline |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
85. Was it ever proven that they were the same men? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
68. Her daughter is on that Law & Order Special Victims Unit show |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Yes, she's battling her own health issues now. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. But couldn't figure out a way to keep her career out of the toilet. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Society changed its preferences. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
75. Marilyn Monroe wasn't really a dumb blonde either. Thank god we have left the 50s behind! |
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LNM (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
77. and Geena Davis is a Mensa member |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I don't think any thinks of her as dumb, though. And if they did |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
78. Carol wayne- the 'tea-time movie girl' on johnny carson was a total brainiac... |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
82. Mischa Auer was fluent in 5 languages, played piano beautifully (his grandfather was Leopold Auer, |
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