I Thought I Knew the World's Smartest Man

At a very early age I decided that My Dad was the World's Smartest Man. He knew Santa Claus personally. He also was in business for himself. He was so smart, that he didn't have much patience for non-smart people. So he didn't have many friends. His children also hid from him from time to time but oh...never mind!

My Dad had a really smart friend named Mr. Saccas. He worked at the Smithsonian Institute. He also had the most amazing basement full of tools and work benches and he made things. He also knew Santa Claus personally and would come over every Christmas Eve and drink Scotch with my Dad and wait to share some Scotch with Santa. I worried about Santa drinking and having to drive afterwards but as far as I know, there were no mishaps with the reindeer or the sled. There certainly were some mishaps with my Easy Bake Oven and other toys that Santa left for me though. I swear one of the cake pans had already been used. But I never said anything to anyone. Santa's drinking problem was safe with me. Anyway, Mr. Saccas smoked big fat cigars and held them in his teeth as he talked. He was Greek and Gregarious. I was in awe of him as a kid and still am (even though he's gone). From time to time, I secretly wondered if he was the World's Smartest Man.

As time went by and I began my career in corporate America, I met many men who thought they were, and even told people they were the World's Smartest Man, but they were all sadly mistaken. Since I was a technoid geekathonic girl, I wondered quietly (because girsl shouldn't be LOUD you know) if either Bill Gates or Steve Jobs was the World's Smartest Man, but I was getting a little older and started thinking that there was probably a little more to life than just being inventive and getting rich.

So there's Mahatma Ghandi. He could qualify. He's kind, and wise, but he also lost his country. Hmmm. There's that sweet little guy named MUHAMMAD YUNUS who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for lending little bits of money to poor people so they could start their own little businesses. Now that's a damn smart guy. Damn smart.

But then there's my boyfriend. I have, up until today, believed that he was the World's Smartest Man. Ask anyone who knows him, he's a walking encyclopedia. We'll be in some remote backwater town (like Paris), in a tiny little couscous restaurant and a man will walk in and Bart will strike up a conversation with the man and will say, "Oh, you're from Senegal, aren't you?" I think, How he know dat? Then he'll say, "Then you probably know about Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba?" Oh my. The guy bows down and kisses Bart's hand and can't stop smiling and bowing and kissing. It was then that I knew that Bart was the World's Smartest Man. After all, he knows all the local Gods.

But just today, just a few minutes ago, I was surfing the Internets, and I stumbled upon a man who claims that HE is the World's Smartest Man. HA! Now I know! I'll be darned.

But of course, smartieness comes and goes, as I have witnessed with my Dad...and my boyfriend. So for now, I will just let the World's Smartest Man, whoever the hell he is, think he is, for a while, because it doesn't hurt to pretend (oh yes, yes, YES! You're so SMART, yes, YESSSSS!), now does it girls?

Now, I hear that there are a whole lot more contenders for this World's Smartest Man thing. You might be wanting to see the line-up and join them. I'm going to try, even if I am a girl. Here's the lineup:

Greg's Brain - Thought for the Day - Cultural Subterfuge - The Thinking Blog - Charles Sheehan-Miles - Discover Something Every Day - Baja Energy Blog - The Rain in Spain - The Thinking Blog
Blogging Demo - Canadian Political Perspective - Backwoods Drifter - 500 Pound Gorilla
Mattress Police - Money Blog Site - A Frog to Kiss - Tasty Booze - Goldy World
Barstow Mama - Monster Truck Man - The West Virginia Blogger - Bob Meets World
Brakar.com - Decipher Wealth - Market to the Mobile Masses - Views of the All Seeing Eye
Bowrag's Blog - Fat Aussie - Filtered Design News - The Rag Box - Speedcat Hollydale
Rich Gentleman Hide - Semantic Drift - Why Go Solo - What a Weenie - Magazine 13
Debo Hobo - Bobbarama - Blog Slut - Horndog - Hammer Uncut - Random Content and More
Terrence Culkin - The Psychic Guy - Dirt Exposed - 2Perfect - Bolt Mountain, WV
Secure Your PC - Earn Online Money - World's Smartest Man

Including some bad bad porn porn sites (no clicky if no wanty lightening strikey):

Bodistry - Fetish Links and Reviews - Gothic Alternative - Celebrity Buzzsaw
We Hate Porn - Sin Eater - Creemed

Your Site here

(Now, is that enough links for your experiment Mr. Hammer Man?)