Ok,Ok...Let's settle down, class. Please settle down. Thank you. OK. Now, this is the class entitled "The Blondness of Being". It will be held Mondays and Thursdays at 7:45 pm, in room number....Yes, Jeffry?

"I'm sorry, sir...but the title of this class..."The Blondness of Being"...I'm not really understanding that...I mean...there's a blonde I wouldn't mind being...with, if you catch my drift, but that title..."

Cut me a little slack, Jeff. The title came to me at about 3:00 am. If I think of a better one, I"ll change it, OK?

"Thank you, sir."

Of course...if I change it, I"ll have to edit this, and you'll lose your speaking part in this dialogue, but I"ll see what I can do.

"You know, sir, "The Blondness of Being" is starting to grow on me...maybe we should keep it."

Thank you, again, Jeff. Now, the lesson...What we are discussing today is the stereotype of the "dumb blonde" and why it's the stereotype that is actually dumb. Now, the first thing I've noticed is that, these days, anyone can be a blonde. Nice "N Easy, Clairol, you name it, and they sell it, usually in a blonde color. So, how do you know who's a blonde and who isn't? One obvious way is to simply look at a baby picture. BUT, does that work? I started out as a complete blonde. Blonder than blonde...almost white. But, by the age of five, my hair had darkened to a deep red. By the age of ten, I was light brown, and then it got darker until the gray and silver took over. So, since I was born blonde, am I a blonde? I was only blonde for about three years.

I've also noticed that most of the "Dumb Blonde Jokes" seem to involve only Pretty Young Thangs, as opposed to older women or even men and from this I surmise...yes...oh, I don't have my seating chart, so I'm not sure of your name...yes, the brunette there.

"Rose, sir. I noticed that you remembered Jeffrys name"

Jeffry has a reasonably strange foot condition, and an extremely warped sense of humor that make him somewhat memorable. What was your question, Rose?

""Thangs", sir?"

Well, yes, that started out as a typo, but now that you've mentioned it, I suppose it will have to stay that way.

As I've said, I'm wondering if people aren't jealous of young blondes, because they are "Pretty Young Thangs" and because for some reason young blue-eyed blondes seem to be the ultimate, the Everest of women as it were. This would probably be cause for jealousy. But there is also the fact that the "Pretty Young Thangs" are always female. There are no jokes about blonde men. Could it be that people are intimidated by women, and therefore want to put them down?

There are a lot of true blondes in the world, and not all of them are dumb. In fact, I would venture to say that very few of them are. Some examples of blondes that no one could possibly classify as unintelligent follow. This list, I must warn you contains a couple of names that no one would figure to appear on a list of blondes. Yes, Jeff?

"Will you be providing references, sir?"

Not right off the bat. There are references to these people in the Wikipedia, and I have found other links as well...but I forgot to note them. If anyone wants to leave a comment about this, I will be glad to find the links again and provide them. So,...here we go...

Men:

Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
Robert Redford
T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

As I've said, no one could say these people are stupid in any way. To continue...

Women:

Margaret Thatcher (Past Prime Minister of Great Britain)
Diana, Princess of Wales
The Virgin Mary
Grace Kelly (Former Princess of Monaco)
Marilyn Monroe
Cleopatra (Last Pharaoh of The Ptolemy Dynasty)

Can anyone dispute their intelligence? I think not. So, is the dumb blonde joke just a jealousy of blondes? A jealousy of young blondes? A jealousy of women in general? Please form your own opinions. But, please note that hair color has no bearing on intelligence, and in fact blonde may actually be a way of life rather than just a hair color...and, let's face it...there's more than a few dumb brunettes and redheads out there...and a lot of dumb men, too.

Cali, I notice that you're looking a bit skeptical about all this. Are you not satisfied with the course?

"I'll let you know, sir."