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Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV
Reuters ^ | 02/08/08

Posted on 02/08/2008 12:10:42 PM PST by nypokerface

LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of British men surveyed would give up sex for six months in return for a 50-inch plasma TV, a survey -- perhaps unsurprisingly carried out for a firm selling televisions -- said on Friday.

Electrical retailer Comet surveyed 2,000 Britons, asking them what they would give up for a large television, one of the latest consumer "must-haves."

The firm found 47 percent of men would give up sex for half a year, compared to just over a third of women.

"It seems that size really does matter more for men than women," the firm said.

A quarter of people said they would give up smoking, with roughly the same proportion willing to give up chocolate.


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To: Slapshot68

Well you obviously found time for it at least twice!


81 posted on 02/08/2008 1:08:15 PM PST by SoftballMominVA
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To: cripplecreek

LOLOL!


82 posted on 02/08/2008 1:11:01 PM PST by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: nypokerface

And most Liberal women would swap sex for another toke on a bong. Or a fifth of Sloe Gin.


83 posted on 02/08/2008 1:11:57 PM PST by Ignatz ( RENT THIS SPACE)
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To: live+let_live
Riiiiight toe Mate
I think your story is a bit pumped up.



J/K
84 posted on 02/08/2008 1:12:32 PM PST by Global2010
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To: nypokerface; pandoraou812

When British women make that offer let me know.


85 posted on 02/08/2008 1:14:36 PM PST by TigersEye (I'm a maverick. I'm sticking with conservatism.)
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To: mtbopfuyn
What’s the number of women who would give up sex with British men for a 12 inch B/W tv?

Well, they'd HAVE to give up sex with British men if they want 12 inches.

86 posted on 02/08/2008 1:17:21 PM PST by Richard Kimball (Sure, they'd love to kill me, as long as they can do it without admitting I exist)
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To: TigersEye

Well I would but I don’t know any British women, TE.


87 posted on 02/08/2008 1:19:26 PM PST by pandoraou812 (Out, damned spot......)
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To: nypokerface

Half of the worlds men would swap sex for a coke.


88 posted on 02/08/2008 1:20:36 PM PST by DungeonMaster (WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
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To: SoftballMominVA

“Well you obviously found time for it at least twice!”

TV, you mean? ;)


89 posted on 02/08/2008 1:20:37 PM PST by Slapshot68
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To: Slapshot68
**badda bing!!**

Be sure to try the veal and tip your waitress!

90 posted on 02/08/2008 1:21:21 PM PST by SoftballMominVA
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To: DungeonMaster
Half of the worlds men would swap sex for a coke.

"Have a Coke and a Smile"
91 posted on 02/08/2008 1:23:17 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: mmichaels1970
Half of the worlds men would swap sex for a coke.

"Have a Coke and a Smile"

LOL

92 posted on 02/08/2008 1:24:14 PM PST by DungeonMaster (WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
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To: pandoraou812

I’m not that nationalistic. I have the TV on hold. They can even play with the remote. ; )


93 posted on 02/08/2008 1:26:43 PM PST by TigersEye (I'm a maverick. I'm sticking with conservatism.)
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To: live+let_live
Are you bragging, or complaining. As for me ...once a King always a king, but once a “knights” enuff.

And on that note .... the disapointed Wave (female sailor) found that an 18’ Admiral was a TV set.

94 posted on 02/08/2008 1:28:42 PM PST by HiramQuick
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To: live+let_live
Are you bragging, or complaining. As for me ...once a King always a king, but once a “knights” enuff.

And on that note .... the disapointed Wave (female sailor) found that an 18’ Admiral was a TV set.

95 posted on 02/08/2008 1:28:49 PM PST by HiramQuick
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To: nypokerface

You mean in exchange for giving up sex for 6 months I could have gotten a 50” TV rather than married? Why the heck didn’t someone tell me!


96 posted on 02/08/2008 1:30:54 PM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation from the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible.)
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To: nypokerface

Apparently, a lot of U K men already have given up sex at least heterosexual sex. I was reading a story in a British tabloid the other day about a woman who was charged with sexually harassing a co-worker. The problem was the guy she was harassing was openly gay and they were both in security at the airport. You cannot make these things up, it is one thing trying to get a guy to change teams like Elaine did in Seinfeld, but the image of desperate middle aged women faced with pickens so slim that they are begging gay men for sexual favors is just pathetic. I am glad Sir John Gielgud did not live long enough to see himself become the unwanted target of heterosexual advances. Elton will probably leave the country, he will not stand for that kind of abuse either.


97 posted on 02/08/2008 1:30:56 PM PST by Biblebelter (I will NEVER EVER vote for McCain or any other current Senator.)
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To: Slapshot68
And I’d give up tv for six months in return for sex. :)

It would depend entirely on the Brand of TV and where the woman ranked on the Laetitia Casta-Rosie O'Donnell Scale.

98 posted on 02/08/2008 1:31:54 PM PST by CholeraJoe (Super What? How much longer until Nascar starts?)
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To: Hot Tabasco
I'd be willing to give up my plasma for 6 months, who wants to make the trade?

I'm flattered and all, but I really DON'T swing that way...

99 posted on 02/08/2008 1:33:34 PM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation from the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
I think I'll stick with my big 10-inch...

(record of the band that plays the blues!)

100 posted on 02/08/2008 1:34:30 PM PST by Jagman (Lapdogs rule!)
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