Your Agony Uncle responds to queries about baked goods, snot rockets (eww) and ... we're not even sure how to define it in this week's "In Short".

Concerts: the domain of the spatially-unaware, the sweaty and the oafish. Possibly three of our least favourite things, yet we subject ourselves to them on a regular basis. Such is the price one pays to see the world’s most talented musicians on home soil, up close and impersonal. Whatever your poison, whether indie, pop, hip-hop, metal [...]

An acquaintance wet herself on my couch whilst passed out during a house party I hosted. I only discovered this later in the morning after she had left without saying anything. I have seen her since and still she has not mentioned the mishap nor apologised, although her demeanour around me is unmistakably sheepish. How [...]

Some questions whose brevity is disproportionate to their importance: In these trying times of water restrictions, is it acceptable to not shower for say, 10 days, and then blow all those 4-minute rinses on one amazing, 40-minute shower? Nicola, Box Hill VIC Wow, dear Nicola, your proposition is mind-boggling and clearly the work of a [...]

Below are responses to some of the more brief and obscure (spam, irrelevant, facetious etc.) questions we have received at Hat HQ this week: Does the guy I like like me as well? Mylei, Melbourne VIC Well if his tongue is down your throat and his hand is on your rump, then yes, chances are [...]

I have a slight problem with a work colleague. She is the sweetest girl but unfortunately the odour emanating from her armpits is not as sweet as she. How do I address this awkward hygiene issue? Rexona, Ivanhoe VIC Dear Rexona, Tackling sensitive issues is never easy, particularly when it involves those you are forced [...]