Saturday, January 12, 2008

My Fantasy Girlfriend - Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek

It has been objected (by certain of my 'friends') that my 'fantasy girlfriends' so far have been mostly fictional characters (or, in the case of Queen Gorgo, arguably real..... but dead for nearly 2,500 years).

This month, then, I nominate an actual flesh-and-blood, living contemporary - the dazzlingly gorgeous Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek. Dauntingly smart, heart-meltingly pretty, completely unpretentious...... and adept at roughing it in the bush. Tomboyishly tough yet still super-sexy - a sort of real-life Lara Croft. She might not be much recognised outside of the UK, but over the past decade she has become one of the BBC's hottest
natural history presenters - although her primates specialism (she began her career working with Jane Goodall) somewhat limits her opportunities, and I get the impression that she really is more concerned with continuing to pursue her academic interests than with courting celebrity; so, she hasn't done very much on TV in the last few years; and there are surprisingly few pictures of her on the Internet - this is the best one I could find.

It tortures me to think that she was at University in Bristol when I was in my first job just down the road in Taunton and visiting Bristol pretty regularly..... I might have met her then if Fate had been kinder......

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

checked out her bio. she's pretty cool.

way better than, i mean, leagues above, i mean, *doesn't even compare* to your other fantasy girlfriends.

Froog said...

Yep, she's practically-perfect-in-every-way. Except that she wants to spend all her time with her bloody chimps and baboons - no time for me!

Anonymous said...

Hello Froog, You should be glad she likes to spend time with chimps and baboons, that only means that she'll enjoy spending time with you too (after all humans are very similar to the above mentioned).

Happy new year from Earthling, I am sorry for having been absent for a long time, and remaining absent for another long period. I have no internet at home where I live now, and I have no time either, so you will not be hearing from me until I have internet connection and hopefully no job, then I will have time to read your blog and comment a lot.

Hope your year has started well. When are you in UK? I hope you have my number and use it this time you cross the waters.
See you in flesh one day I hope.

Froog said...

Ah, Earthling - nice to have you stop by again.

What kind of job is this where you don't have the opportunity to fritter away half the day on the Internet? I thought that was working life in the Noughties!!

UK trip unlikely until December, I fear - maybe see you then.

It seems I don't quite do it for the lovely Charlotte somehow. Perhaps I need to do more to unchain my 'inner monkey'. Must work on my shit-flinging...

Anonymous said...

Earthling on holiday in Denmark for a week...
It must be your german blood from your grandmother's side!! Germans are not like the Italians or the French when it comes to flirting. You should try to take lessons from mediteranian men. Any of them in China??

Anonymous said...

I found your blog because I googled "Charlotte Uhlenbroek Perfect Woman" because I just saw these two clips on YouTube. Wow. She is amazing.

Brains are so sexy. And that smile... yowza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_6c8CKpXQI&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubDSQrFako

What a woman!!! I've never wished so much I was a japanese monkey in a hotspring! (i'll never say that again!)

Mark said...

Oh wow! I've just seen a doco on Baboons with the super sexy and beautiful Charlotte. And that smile' I think I'm in love! She's even made me like baboons now!!