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Moved sections from Hugging dot article that would be more appropriate here

Andyfarrell at 19:32, 14 August 2007

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DanTheWebmaster: New page: '''Hugging''' is a tradition at Mensa gatherings, said to have originated in the late 1970s when David Mann claimed a then-nonexistent "old Mensa tradition" of people hugging one anoth...

2007-08-14T01:16:54Z

New page: '''Hugging''' is a tradition at Mensa gatherings, said to have originated in the late 1970s when David Mann claimed a then-nonexistent "old Mensa tradition" of people hugging one anoth...

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'''Hugging''' is a tradition at Mensa gatherings, said to have originated in the late 1970s when [[David Mann]] claimed a then-nonexistent "old Mensa tradition" of people hugging one another when they meet, in order to help a shy member break the ice at a gathering. This led ultimately to hugging contests at gatherings, as well as the use of [[hugging dot]]s to specify one's preference regarding getting hugged.

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	'''Hugging''' is a tradition at American Mensa gatherings, said to have originated in the late 1970s when [[David Mann]] claimed a then-nonexistent "old Mensa tradition" of people hugging one another when they meet, in order to help a shy member break the ice at a gathering. This led ultimately to hugging contests at gatherings, as well as the use of [[hugging dot]]s to specify one's preference regarding getting hugged.		'''Hugging''' is a tradition at American Mensa gatherings, said to have originated in the late 1970s when [[David Mann]] claimed a then-nonexistent "old Mensa tradition" of people hugging one another when they meet, in order to help a shy member break the ice at a gathering. This led ultimately to hugging contests at gatherings, as well as the use of [[hugging dot]]s to specify one's preference regarding getting hugged.
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		+	Some gatherings have hugging contests, with secret judges who are grading the hugs of others for the purpose of giving awards at the end of the gathering.
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		+	[[Alan Baltis]] attempted to set a Guinness world record for the most hugs within an hour at the [[2008 Annual Gathering of American Mensa]] in Denver, but the record was exceeded by somebody else before his own claim could be verified.

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−	'''Hugging''' is a tradition at Mensa gatherings, said to have originated in the late 1970s when [[David Mann]] claimed a then-nonexistent "old Mensa tradition" of people hugging one another when they meet, in order to help a shy member break the ice at a gathering. This led ultimately to hugging contests at gatherings, as well as the use of [[hugging dot]]s to specify one's preference regarding getting hugged.	+	'''Hugging''' is a tradition at American Mensa gatherings, said to have originated in the late 1970s when [[David Mann]] claimed a then-nonexistent "old Mensa tradition" of people hugging one another when they meet, in order to help a shy member break the ice at a gathering. This led ultimately to hugging contests at gatherings, as well as the use of [[hugging dot]]s to specify one's preference regarding getting hugged.

	[[Category:Mensa culture]]		[[Category:Mensa culture]]