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I had a sick day yesterday, which I naturally spent reading the most nonsense book I had on hand -- Cruising to Danger by Priscilla Hagon, which I bought in a used bookstore in Portland last year on the basis of a gloriously terrible cover and copy.

This brief novel begins with Our Heroine, Joanna, deciding she needs a summer job and applying to an ad that calls for a "sensible, ordinary girl" to nanny a couple of kids on a cruise ship.

When she turns up for the interview, she accidentally overhears her prospective employer talking to Someone Sinister!

SOMEONE SINISTER: Are you sure it's a good idea to bring your wife and kids AND some random girl on this very important, very sinister trip?
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER: Don't worry, I'll make sure the random girl is a very STUPID girl.

JOANNA: ....oh, gosh, I guess 'ordinary' was code for 'stupid'! What do I do? I'm going to Oxford in the fall, and I speak fluent Italian, BUT ... I really want to go on this free cruise so I guess I'll just edit everything smart-sounding off my resume and sign up! :DDD

And this, my friends, is the best possible illustration of the difference between the 'intelligence' stat and the 'wisdom' stat that I can imagine.

( The Adventures Of A Gothic Heroine Who Is Too Intelligent On Paper For Her Job As A Sinister Man's Stupid Nanny )