Hhhmm, a classic come dine with me menu, me thinks. Am sure it will be delicious nevertheless. I had a nose around up stairs and sneak's mother in law was sitting in the spare room clutching a near empty bottle of white lightning, apparently it was meant to go in the punch, but she and her mates got to it first. Tripped over the dog on the way down stairs: looked as if he hasn't had a good walk for a long, long time, very down, so I let him out into the back yard.

Nicked a black top hat from on top of Sneak's wardrobe and we've all had a go of trying it on; Sneaks has an awful lot of black clothes up there.

The cooking was alright, if a bit burnt: Sneaks seem to have a laptop in the kitchen and kept going on these internet forum things; couldn't settle to doing any proper work or concentrate properly...

Phew, I've finally left and am in one of the rickshaws laid on by Bug, and a butler is peddling away like crazy to get me out of the grounds of her mansion asap. I offered him a large tip if he'd spill the beans and sure enough, Bug did not cook, she just wrote the fancy wording on the menu. So,the food was fab, but cooked by another's hand, I feel quite shaken up by the nudist experience, and am not keen on the servant situation. So, it's a 5 out of ten from me, unless Bug offers to write me a book chapter and mark 100 essays, then I'll bump it up to 7.

in the head and shoulders interview: oooowwwnoooowww, I don't know if I can take any more of this, she's tryimg to convert us all to nudism via the hot tub and musical cushions; if anyone else gets their kit off I'm leaving. The butlers have gone home and it's earily quiet around here..

Congratulations, that's great news8-)

Great! I'm onto winner...

Sounds alright, keeps you on your toes when you need to be; it's good to keep all your notes! 8-)

Well, I spend much of my life alternating between studying, marking, watching TV and sleeping, so I am clearly doomed.

Well, I spend much of my life alternating between studying, marking, watching TV and sleeping, so I am clearly doomed.

No Bug, I won't get in the hot tub naked, you realy should have prepared swim wear or warned us! And stop thrashing your servants...

I keep my luxuriously large bottom pert with lots of walking; but, yes, I thinking sitting all day does contribute to the chubby factor.

I think this allsounds ok, it's quite natural to have feelings of elation around someone who is changing you and your life in such a positive way. So long as it's platonic, sometimes lifes wonderfully fun and exciting.

Right, I'm going to answer this honestly now and hope be-jessus no-one susses out who I am. I have a crush on mine to: I think he's amazing, and feel like I'm going to see Take That when we have meetings, but I also know it's only in the work setting thing because he is so good at his job in terms of teaching (supervising) and as a researcher I get a huge kick out of our meetings; however, I don't see him that often and it passes. It really does feel like I'm a tenager and I have a back stage pass soemtimes.

I also love one of my undergraduate lecturers, I care about her deeply (not in a sexual way, I'm straight) and feel this great sense of reverence for her. It may sound funny but I really want to know that she's ok, esoecially now she's getting older. I'm not sure it's not normal to get caught up in these situations, so long as its not a romantic thing.

I also get teacher crushes on my students when I see them blossoming into young adults and I can see how I helped them develop, I'm marking my own student's work today and really enjoying it for that reason. I think the educational crush is a two way thing.

What an unfortunate coincidence. I know nothing of cars, but the old, I only left it there for a minute excuse sounds fishy to me, surely why and how long it's been badly parked is of no consequence to you.

Hi SK100, yeah, I agree with Bilbo, just ask straight out, you could also ask why they didn't go with your suggestion, I think that's a perfectly reasonable and professional thing to do. It's very stressful to not know why these things are hapening and to feel the loss of control in this way.

So sorry to hear about your circumstances; you've done incredibly well considering.

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You said butlers hovering in the back ground in a rather creepy invisible fashion! butlers are servants...

I'm afraid I'm not convince that you can manage the menu yourself, considering that you found chucking a pan of scouse together such a difficult prospect.

Oh noooooowwwwwooooooooo, it's a nudist do!

I hate buffets, this is meant to be a diner party...

Servers never go down well, unless they're semi naked and of the opposite sex to the voters - they usually go down badly with voters of the same sex, unless the voter is gay, of course. The only one I've seen go really well is the semi-naked fireman and that was for an all female group.