Turning my mind back to the buffet, might their be things best avoided? Maybe stay clear of the hot dip for example? There is sure to be salad but at this event I feel sure even that will be without dressing!
Anything that might crumble and fall causing companions to follow the path of the waywood morsel, thus eyes inadvertantly to focus upon the likely miscreant of the occasion......just so much to bare in mind, what you reckon?
