Thanks for the answers, all helpful and fun. I see that nobody addressed the McDonalds issue. Guess that one's not gonna fly! I read a post from one grump who said he only got 2 days out of the game and it was a waste of his money. I am in awe of him, I've been plugging away for five/six weeks and still only have a population of 17 (this is, of course, after I had accidentally killed off six previous villages). How he finished in 2 days, I'll never know. After all this time with these little buggers, I still have about twenty five million questions.

The idea that some of you have V V Auditions is a cack. Maybe V V Popstar, or V V Idol would be a goer?