Unless the Lord builds the housemate

‘Room available in shared house: would suit quiet, tidy, non-weirdo with a sense of humour. 21-year- olds, the po-faced and people who go ski-ing and have friends called Joffe need not apply.’ It’s that time of year again where someone in my house gets married and we, the remaining housemates, get to carefully craft an ad to recruit someone for the room. Ideally we’re …