Sometimes I bump into a genial older gentleman at the gym and this week we got chatting. The conversation went something like this:

Older gentleman: So what is it you’re involved with?

Me: A project to train churches on the Coast to look after the children in their communities.

OG: Oh, very good. And you’re teaching them values, good things like that?

Me: Yes, that they have value, that their lives have a purpose.

OG (Without missing a beat) You’re naturally blond, aren’t you?

Me: No, this is more or less my natural colour.

OG: Oh, you should dye your hair blond. Light eyes and blond hair, you’d look lovely.

Me: I don’t think I could cope with the extra attention in the streets.

OG: Oh, you should do it.

Me: Maybe one day.