Yearbooks

[naiad]

You know how in yearbooks they have a section on those who were voted most popular, most likely to succeed, smartest, funniest, etc? With a boy and a girl for each? In Laura's school, three kids are nominated for each category - Laura was nominated for smartest, most attractive, and best hair - then the whole 8th grade votes

Comments

[naiad]

It only works because she's so obviously smart. She's the one who started telling blonde jokes; I'm glad she can poke fun at herself :)

[blk]

I was voted most intelligent in my high school class. :)

[docorion]

I'm with weegoddess; it annoys me that the stereotype exists, but I still laughed.

[naiad]

See my response to weegoddess above. This is the same girl whose first boyfriend was African-American, but she didn't think that fact was significant so none of us knew until we looked him up in the yearbook. Her joke worked in our family precisely because she and her friends generally buck the stereotypes. (At least I think/hope so, maybe I'm fooling myself.)

[missionista]

An Asian girl, an Indian girl and a Blonde girl walk into an 8th grade classroom....This story is the perfect punchline.