Dr Mark Tronson 2000 in Hamilton NZ
A Minister of Religion gets asked many questions. He is supposed to be modest in response and not be outrageous or volatile, and so when asked a question, the answer should seemingly be sensible and even galvanising.
However, that was somewhat an implausible situation, when as my youngest daughter some years ago now, came home from school, telling us that her friend said that all ministers are fuddy duddies .
I have thought about that image a great deal, so when writing this article all these years later, I thought it provident to check what fuddy duddy actually meant.