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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: nypokerface
a 50” TV, no.
a .50BMG.. ok.
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:26:07 PM PST
by
absolootezer0
(white male christian hetero married gun toting SUV driving motorcycle riding conservative smoker)
To: mtbopfuyn
42
posted on
02/08/2008 12:26:26 PM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Point of clarification.)
To: nypokerface
Not me, baby
43
posted on
02/08/2008 12:26:34 PM PST
by
MooseMan
(Sarcasm included at no additional charge)
To: nypokerface
To: mmichaels1970
Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV And lots of them will go cheaper than THAT.
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:28:10 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: 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?
You probably have to sleep with the salesman.
To: nypokerface
half of British men surveyed would give up sex for six months in return for a 50-inch plasma TV
I'd be willing to give up my plasma for 6 months, who wants to make the trade?
47
posted on
02/08/2008 12:28:59 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
( Don’t go messing with Smokey Taylor. He just bought a whole bunch of fresh ammo.)
To: nypokerface
"It seems that size really does matter more for men than women," the firm said. Wrong! That is soooo not true! Who wants to settle for a shetland pony when they could have a stallion? LOL!
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:29:21 PM PST
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: Non-Sequitur
Well I figure I should get like 6. My 2nd anniversary of my divorce is 02/14/08 and moved out of the house a year prior to that. I am going to have to figure out how to multiplex them into 1 big TV for the rec room.
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:29:21 PM PST
by
SledgeCS
(A pacifist destroys his weapons and welcomes a non-pacifist into his home - to have it destroyed.)
To: cripplecreek
More of a home entertainment center really.
...Ya, With theater seating and a popcorn machine!
To: nypokerface
Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV
I would too, But I doubt if I can find a woman who will give me a 50 inch TV if I have sex with her.
51
posted on
02/08/2008 12:30:25 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Never say yer sorry, mister. It's a sign of weakness)
To: Slapshot68
Married with two young kids, I don’t get much sex or tv. lol ;)
Thats why the radio was invented.......
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:31:03 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
( Don’t go messing with Smokey Taylor. He just bought a whole bunch of fresh ammo.)
To: live+let_live
Have a webcam? I can run it on my new big screen TV while I wait out the 6 months of no nookie.
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:31:16 PM PST
by
Greg F
(A vote for Huckabee is now a pure vote for a contested convention. Think about it.)
To: cripplecreek
To: nypokerface
This is a sham. There aren’t that many men left in the UK.
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:33:45 PM PST
by
Spok
To: Slapshot68
Gotta have grandparents living between 1/2 hour and 1 hour away. That way you can overnight the kids.
To: nypokerface
Does it come with "dubly"?
To: Hot Tabasco
I'd be willing to give up my plasma for 6 months, who wants to make the trade? What happens to the plasma at the end of 6 months? LOL!
I think this thread went south after the first post. ;o)
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:34:19 PM PST
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: 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.
Either way, it would make a great Monty Python skit.
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:34:41 PM PST
by
Charles Martel
(The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
To: nypokerface
“Half of UK men would swap sex for 50 inch TV”
This headline is misleading; ‘’swapping sex’ and giving it up are two different things.
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posted on
02/08/2008 12:35:50 PM PST
by
Spok
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