Modest

I usually wear shorts in Saudi, even though they could be considered (er ... are considered) culturally inappropriate. At the dentist though I have felt rather naked, lying in the chair surrounded by as many as half a dozen pretty young women. For a week now I have been changing into long trousers in the car before going in for treatment.

One day, after almost an hour in the chair, I drove back to An Nassim to pick up LuAnne. I was still wearing my long blue trousers. At the traffic lights I looked down at my feet. It was then that I realised I had forgotten to fasten my flies.

I might just wear shorts to the dentist in future.