Just nice

Well, I'm a bit late with it, but there's a video of a 47-year-old Scottish woman who is arguably one of the coolest people in the world. She's auditioning for Britain's Got Talent, which apparently is like American Idol/Pop Idol only marginally less tedious because people do things other than sing.

Ms. Boyle sings, though. I didn't want to watch it at first, because I hate it when they're mean to people, and...well, she's twice the average age on that show, never married, lives alone with her cat, has never performed, is not stylish, etc. She walks out on stage and you just know it's going to be painful.

Here it is.

When she starts (around the 2 minute mark if you want to skip the crap at the beginning), everyone seems to take a moment to go...'oh, hey, hold up.' Because she's good. She's not a perfect singer, she certainly doesn't sound like a pro, but - well, she sure as hell is better than I am, if nothing else.

And then at about the four minute mark, you can absolutely see Simon suddenly realize how much they can market her for, and he just swoons. Literally, he swoons like a lovestruck 16-year-old girl who just got asked to the prom.