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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: Vaquero
Half of UK women would swap UK males for American men.

That's true. They get exhausted by our enormous British genitalia. The poor girls need a night to relax with some oestrogen-loaded American man who equates gun ownership with virility.

And if that seems a little confrontational, well you started it mush.

101 posted on 02/08/2008 1:37:30 PM PST by agere_contra
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To: nypokerface
give up sex for six months

Do I get credit for time served?

102 posted on 02/08/2008 1:43:43 PM PST by Ace of Spades (Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: lowbridge
"average Brit consumer"

It takes a lot of saving that's what. My Brit in-laws pay double for just about everything you can name. After a visit to our house a few years ago, one Brit bro-in-law took advantage of our neighbors generosity and curiosity (we live a block away from a neighborhood airstrip), and received a lot of free flights during his stay. He was all enthusiastic about getting his pilots license when he returned to England. But the cost of flying lessons in Britain was so prohibitive, he had to give up his dream.

Practically everything major they buy they must save years for. Plus they must purchase a separate license for all tvs. However they never complain about high costs, and are excellent at saving money.

103 posted on 02/08/2008 2:10:51 PM PST by driftless2
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
I'm flattered and all, but I really DON'T swing that way...

LOL! Not you, your wife.......By the way, its a 60" plasma tv..........

104 posted on 02/08/2008 3:16:18 PM PST by Hot Tabasco ( Don’t go messing with Smokey Taylor. He just bought a whole bunch of fresh ammo.)
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


105 posted on 02/08/2008 4:54:47 PM PST by windcliff
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To: dead

Then you havent seen much.

We have our ugly and fat women, but plenty of cute and beautiful women and British celebs are amongst the best looking in the world...

Americans dont actually believe all British people have bad teeth and pasty skin, do they?.


106 posted on 02/08/2008 6:03:48 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: Vaquero

Why?.

Newsflash: most of you arent George Clooney or Brad Pitt, youre average looking men just like the British male.


107 posted on 02/08/2008 6:05:01 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: Spok

Yeah, just the 30 million of us or so...

????


108 posted on 02/08/2008 6:06:10 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: lowbridge

As easy as you.


109 posted on 02/08/2008 6:06:53 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: mad_as_he$$

Oh aye, and you Yanks are just all a slim, handsome bunch....


110 posted on 02/08/2008 6:07:45 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: driftless2

‘Practically everything major they buy they must save years for.’

Oh bollocks.

Britain has been a ‘buy now, pay later’ society since the 70’s and in fact we are spending so much up front our money experts are predicting a huge bust in the British economy, with rising debt and house reposessions.

Apologies,and its not personal, but some of the ‘facts’ I read about Britain and how the British people live from Americans are either way off or just myths.


111 posted on 02/08/2008 6:11:45 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Ahh, we’re just having a bit of fun goofing on the stereotypes of foreigners. It keeps our fat, crude, militant asses happy.


112 posted on 02/08/2008 6:32:38 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: the scotsman
Yup, in this part of the world!!! At least I did not diss the women!!!

Are you here or over there?

113 posted on 02/08/2008 6:39:25 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
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To: agere_contra

Seems to me I read that British males were right behind Germans in the small penis department. ;-)


114 posted on 02/08/2008 6:43:55 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
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To: mad_as_he$$

There.

Ayrshire, s/w Scotland (30m sw of Glasgow)


115 posted on 02/08/2008 7:15:15 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: nypokerface

This just shows what hermaphrodite gay-wads the Brits have become.


116 posted on 02/08/2008 7:18:10 PM PST by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: agere_contra
Right. Just squeal when it’s time for us to bail your butts out again.
117 posted on 02/08/2008 7:23:07 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Cagey; MotleyGirl70; Larry Lucido; Mr. Brightside

“Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV”

Yeah, but would they be the master of their domain?


118 posted on 02/08/2008 7:29:09 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: cripplecreek

ROTFL


119 posted on 02/08/2008 7:30:03 PM PST by ShadowDancer ( Losers always look for excuses. Winners never quit.)
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To: live+let_live
We used to do that before teenagers.

Cheers!

120 posted on 02/08/2008 7:34:51 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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