A new reaction...just when I thought I'd heard everything.

The agency I work at is on the edge of the mesa the city is on. Below are housing tracts. Kids climb the mesa to reach the elementary and high school across the street from the agency. In the process they cut through our parking lot.

So I've just pulled into the parking lot, parked my car in a space on the edge of the mesa, and am walking to the main door.

Two Navajo kids, I'd guess about 3rd or 4th grade topped the mesa when I'm about halfway across the parking lot. They're looking at me from behind. Long hair to my waist, and a kilt.

I hear one say to the other, "Its a woman." The other says, "No." So I just turned around to face them so they could see my beard, and smiled.

How could they miss the hairy calves? Maybe the swish of the kilt distracted them....and how many women are 6 foot 250 lbs??

Guess the one's mind was just programmed - unbifurcated equals female.

Hopefully it was a cultural learning experience.

Ron