Jenson Button is like the really ugly girl at school
Posted by Simon Rice
* Tuesday, 28 April 2009 at 01:29 pm
Jenson Button's new found success is like turning up at a school reunion and finding that the girl you ignored all those years at school has turned into the most beautiful girl in the class.
Grand Prix races have their beautiful woman, Bernie Ecclestone has his tall women and all schools have their ugly girl. She may have worn glasses, read a few too many books or wore the wrong coloured socks - whatever it was, your school will have had one.
You couldn't be seen with her. To talk to her was forbidden. For fear of wedgy, bog flush or Chinese burn you stayed clear.
Instead, you spent your time pursuing the popular girl, the one who grabbed all the attention. You may have thought you were in love, but like most youthful romances, your heart would inevitably be broken.
Her popularity would go to her head. She would start to hang with the wrong crowd (like P Diddy), think nothing of the odd lie here or there and in the end, she would simply leave these shores for somewhere like Switzerland.
And then you turn up at this reunion and kick yourself. You had forgotten all about her but that ugly girl who kept herself to herself has become the greatest catch of all. Before you know it you find yourself becoming her new biggest fan.
The problem is, you can't help but feel that the years of neglect when you wouldn't give her the time of day have rendered your new found adulation very hollow
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