Clever Girl

I was listening to Broadcasting House on the radio this morning - I've been known to do this if I get up early enough - when I heard mention of a familiar name; Gail Trimble. She's the very clever girl captain of the Corpus Christi College, Oxford University Challenge team, and she's become the focus of attention amongst chattering journalists, bloggers, and tele watchers. She's been described as the female Stephen Fry, and the new Joan Bakewell, and has been admired and, sadly it has to be said, resented for her cleverness.

I'm a fan of University Challenge and other television quiz programmes and she has come to my attention as she and her team progressed through the rounds. I can usually answer approximately 10 to 15 questions, and have managed to get 22 one week when the questions fell right. Not bad, I hear you say.

Anyway, I hereby declare myself an admirer of this bright young thing; she's not bad looking either, I love the way she flicks her perfectly brushed hair behind her shoulders. She can carry my school satchel any day of the week, and anyone who says anything nasty about her is gonna get a bunch of fives. Oh, and I hope she likes Marmite, so I can say we have something in common.