NO NAME, NO PACK DRILL (but there are times when the cold officiousness of NC human moderators - not challenge hosts, please note - can be overwhelming, even intimidating; a friendlier communication style would be greatly appreciated)

Kudos to you for the way you set about gathering your information, very diplomatically done and the very thoughtful way you summarise it all, it has given me a new understanding of the system behind the system and something I had not thought about before. There were some interesting answers given, one that jumps up down for me was the one about the crew members coming on board when one of the NC staff went on maternity leave - I understand now why the safety nets have been strung, electrical sockets baby proofed and the fleet of prams deployed on standby as one would with vehicles ready to be dispatched when s ituation reaches 'high alert' status. I am disturbed by the notion that challenges are planted with 'spies' who (who could have many ulterior motives influencing their reporting on) and I am frowning at the idea that the hosts don't have access to viewing the prompts - it implies making judgements on incomplete evidence. I say a BIG Thank-you for all this info.

"... and rejected (possibly because sabre toothed tigers were mammals, not dinosasurs?" said with such subtle sardonic innocence that no one would assume anything other than the complete utter naivity of this sweet granny making pretty pictures on NightCafe. The way you let them off the hook dismisses any suspicion that there are hidden intentions in your words and that you might be 'on to them'. Slowly the activated prickle of hair standing on edge subsides and noticeable strands of salliva begin to drool from corners of the wry smiles that begin to twitch, on one side. She is so far out of touch with reality, these streetwise wolves think, our next prey is a sitting duck - they salaciously conclude