AS THE elections draw near, my friend Don has started to keep his “hat and coat on in the house”.

When asked for the reason behind his hat and coat fetish, he said: “When there’s a knock on the door, if the caller is welcome I say “I’ve just arrived home” and if not, “Sorry, I’m just on the way out”.

It works every time.

D M Deamer, Penley’s Grove Street, Monkgate, York.