It has been a silly day even by our standards.

The first count of silliness was news that less than four hours after BB announced that housemates could no longer talk about nominations, Caroline and Conor talked about nominations. They discussed Becky last night at 11.57pm and a transcript of their indiscretion was read out to a sofa full of housemates this morning. As a penalty the HMs were denied hot water. As a special penalty, Benedict tore into Caroline for which she later thanked him.

The nominated housemate had a fire in his belly and Ashleigh was the next to feel it. Catching the animosity in the air were Arron, Conor, Deana and Sara who secretly dissed Luke S over his alpha style. Luckily, a little sunlight cut through this stormy weather via the news that Scott and Sara had both been awarded 2.1s in their degrees.

Education continued to be the theme with nominated housemates Lauren and Benedict assigned a Mentor task. Cue a lesson in sex education for Caroline, Sara and Scott and a karate class for Becky, Deana and Arron. Ha, hoo, ha!

Silly season began in earnest in the evening. First there was the mystery of the curry powder. Poor Luke S. He averted his gaze from a burlesque dancer only to have the resulting protein prize contaminated. And who was the culprit? Only today's king of sass. Next chronologically and in ridiculousness was the dinner mess as Lydia and Shievonne saw red over Deana's "period" reference.

As night closed in and the drinks from task success flowed, our housemates cooled off in the pool. Will it wash off the thick coatings of silliness leaving pure and sensible people? Will it, 'eck. Arron has already outlined a prank for tomorrow and Luke S is still to discover the dastardly protein mixer.