An advice column in the October 3 edition of Good Weekend has offered guidance to a reader who keeps a friend's portrait of them in the garage for lack of indoor wall space.
The column, by Danny Katz, answered a question from a reader identified as P.M. of Mortdale, NSW, who worried what to say if the artist friend called round unexpectedly. Katz suggested that for an expected visit, hosts would do what everyone does when friends are coming over: find every awkward gift they have ever received and display it prominently. For an unannounced call, however, the host would need to race to the garage, fetch the portrait, and hang it while the friend waits at the door, potentially for up to three hours.
The same edition includes related lifestyle reading, including a first-person essay from a driver who admits to being unable to park a car, and a Modern Guru column on the challenge of displaying unwanted gifts.