Canine dining | Pet skunks | ‘Former’ crooks? | Biblical piss-take | Habits of only kids
Nell Frizzell’s post proved out in every regard (Why are pet owners more popular than parents?, 4 April). I value that food outlets have actually suffered or closed considering that the pandemic, however dogs of any size are obviously now invited in a lot of. I tread warily through coffee shops, concerned I will step on a dog’s tail or paw and sustain the owner’s fury. And trouble betide you if you challenge a coffee shop owner or dog owner – completely frightening.
Julia Edwards
Winchester
• A friend from the United States participated in St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, in the early 1970s. He and his better half began the QEII and brought their family pet skunk (Pass notes, 29 March). It had actually been de-skunked – that need to have been legal then. I presume it required to be rabies-free.
Sheila Bradford
Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
• Your footnote on Terence Smith’s post (4 April) explains him as a “former armed robber”. Does that indicate, then, that we should explain all founded guilty crooks in the previous tense, eg a “former murderer”?
Ken Pugh
Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan
• The war versus wee (The war against wild toileting: is there any way to stop people weeing – and worse – in the street?, 5 April) has scriptural authority. See 1 Kings 21:21: “Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall…” There are numerous other recommendations in Samuel and Kings.
Meic Goodyear
Lewes, East Sussex
• Next time you fulfill somebody who doesn’t like “sharing plates”, or tapas-style meals, ask if they are a just kid (Letters, 4 April). They generally are.
Davina Jones
Durham
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