Pet hates - how do you like your tea?Yet another advantage of working from home is that it’s easier to have people to stay – as long as they understand you do actually work, that is, and aren’t there purely to act as their host and guide.

This week we have had a very easy guest for a couple of nights.  My cousin has been judging cheese at the Bath and West Show and over supper one night our conversation somehow turned to the subject of pet hates, a very satisfying way to spend time.  In fact I’d recommend it as a great way to get conversation and hilarity flowing, as long as everybody present understands that pet hates are so violently irrational and personal that something you loathe may be passionately loved, or never even noticed, by other people.

I’ve collected a few to give you the idea -

Boys’ jeans worn with the waistband below non-existent buttocks

Wallpaper

Builder’s tea

DIY stores

Marzipan and icing

Talk radio DJs

Honda Goldwing motorbikes

White walls

‘Going forward’

Weak tea

Moulded plastic garden furniture

Fruit cake

Once you get started, you might find it hard to stop!