The beauty of genius

Okay, give her a simple question: Did South Africa score a goal after extra time? Yes/No or give me a bizarre answer for 2 extra points. Poor girl — that’s a very public humdinger. Let’s be honest, we’ve all lost our train of thought at one time or another. Miss South Carolina admitted her “momentarily lapse of reason” the next day on breakfast television. She even laughed about it– and all of us can laugh too. But don’t forget the lesson: simple answers, always. Original story read on The Times.