man or woman?

Today I was in one of my CLP communities, getting pictures of a certain participant that we are doing a story on. She was inside the house looking for something, and I was standing in front of the house, talking to two of my coordinators. About 25 feet away were three men standing on the road (I had my back to them).

What they didn't know was that I could hear and understand every word they were saying.

While I was trying to have a conversation with my coordinators, these guys on the road were debating if i was a man or a woman!

Half way through my conversation I just had to stop, and said to my coordinators, "do you hear them debating if I am a man or a woman?" Their facial reactions were priceless! "Oh! You are a real journalist if you heard that!" (they weren't really talking THAT quietly!)

Pretty soon the two guys who were debating were moving closer to me... really looking me over. They got about ten feet away when I turned to them and said, "I'm a woman, thank you very much."

They completely froze! One guy turned to the other and said "I told you so!"

Oh Liberia...