Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV

Reuters ^ | 02/08/08

[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.

[P8riot]

I already have

[Vinnie]

No way I’d give up sex for a 50”Plasma.

LCD 1080p, heck yeah.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“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. “

Real men make events happen, they don’t watch them happen on television.

[SoldierDad]

Married 27 years; four children, three grandchildren. Got my 52 inch HDTV, and . . . Won’t go into details.

[mmichaels1970]

Prostitution, UK style...

Now THAT was funny. I hadn't read the headline in quite that way.

[dforest]

Plasgasms. LOL

[Vaquero]

Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV.

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

[robertpaulsen]

Sex every six months? I’d have to doublecheck, but I think that would represent an increase.

[Digital Sniper]

Thank goodness I already got the 50-inch HD TV before the wife heard about this!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

If these are the same people who think Churchill was not a real person, they need to give up both TV and sex. The sooner the better.

[cripplecreek]

More of a home entertainment center really.

[sourcery]

50" TV

Size matters :-)

[Greg F]

LOL. Hello’s Bellows. I’d make the trade! I’ve been around the block enough times to give up walking it for a few months.

[live+let_live]

If they’d rather the TV, maybe they’re not doing it right.

Every night my wife and I go to bed at 8:30. We go to sleep at 10:00.

I don’t need a big TV.

[Lazamataz]

I’d swap sex for a 50 inch......

....oh wait, that won’t work at all.

[Greg F]

Married with two young kids, I don’t get much sex or tv.

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Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Sponge Bob Squarepants!

[Lazamataz]

Every night my wife and I go to bed at 8:30. We go to sleep at 10:00.

Not true. According to the last time I peeped in your windows, it's more like 10:30.

[Dumpster Baby]

The NORAD monks:

[lowbridge]

Question is, how easy is it for the average British consumer to buy a 50 inch plasma tv? What with high taxes, government regulations, what is their purchasing power? (In America we have welfare queens with big screen plasmas, never mind the average person)Over there, on top of that, you buy a tv, and you pay an annual tv tax.

http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/international/bbc.html

[Robert357]

I am not sure if this is a greater condemnation on British men or on British women.

Perhaps it is a sad statement about both.