Seventh entry.

A brief list of things I hate.

Olives.

Novelty cufflinks.

Small dogs in clothes.

‘Princess on board’ car signs.

Malnourished cats lurking in alleyways in foreign countries.

Non-touch hand soap dispensers.

Morbid holiday reading; the sheer volume of child abuse novels found in the hotel book exchange. Examples: Please, Daddy, No; Daddy’s Little Earner; Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood.

Slow walkers.

The lone sock lurking in my wash basket, pining for its partner.

Making any form of decision.

Novelty/comedy/ironic geek-chic, non-prescription glasses.

Extreme informal contraction; combining two words that don’t quite mean the same thing, eg: guesstimate.

People who use impossible percentages; 2000%; 1000001% etc.

Cars emblazoned with Christian fish symbols.

Natalie Cassidy.