Sunday, March 01, 2009

Gail Trimble

She is a very bright third-year undergraduate at Corpus Christi, and was leader of their team in the TV quiz programme "University Challenge". Not only did her team win the final, but she answered more questions correctly than any other contestant in the history of the programme. Not only is she bright and knowledgeable, she is also very attractive, both physically and as a person. Since the victory, and her amazing performance, she has been the object of abuse and scorn. See this article for examples.
Why this vilification? I guess because people who are not as bright and attractive as she is feel that nobody should be better than themselves. In other words, because everyone cannot be clever, nobody should be clever, or at least, should ever show that they are clever.
Gail Trimble, you are stunning, you are amazing, I have lost my heart to you, and I want you to do me a favour: go on being clever, and go on showing that you are clever with the same demure and modest demeanour that you have shown throughout the programme. And your detractors can go to hell.

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