The saying goes like this: Blondes have more fun.
And that’s the excuse the Blondes are giving for losing — year after year — in the annual Blondes vs. Brunettes Powderpuff football game, a popular charity event that benefits the Alzheimer’s Association.
“Honestly, I think there’s a difference in how the teams approach it. Many of the blondes in the past year have been about having fun, and the brunettes have been all about the win at the end,” Ryan Triplette, 2009 chairwoman and co-creator of the event, told Yeas & Nays.
“This year, both of the teams are all about the win,” she added.
Unfortunately for the Blondes, that didn’t mean their team pulled through. They lost to Team Brunette, which consisted of 27 brown-haired, red-haired and dirty-blond-haired women, 13-0.
This is the fifth year that Washingtonian women — including “Blonde Charity Mafia’s” Katherine Kennedy and Krista Johnson — have come out for the teams, with 120 trying out and only 54 making the cut. The selection process begins in August, and a mix of professionals and socialites raise cash and practice their skills until the November game.
Triplette said she was confident the girls met their fundraising goal of $100,000 for Alzheimer’s.
In that case, everybody won.
