How would I like my steak? Well, not on a shovel… | David Mitchell

A survey has revealed our supposed hatred of zany crockery. But it performs a useful social functionSlates have been getting a slating this week. Get it?! Slates? Getting slated? They can’t use that in the headline now – I’ve nabbed it. A lovely great big apposite yet unenjoyable pun. Stick that on your slate and eat it. Perhaps using some sort of gooey reduction as a gum, just to keep all the wrong-coloured tomatoes in position.Actually, I stole the idea from the Daily Mail wh