This was something I ran across in the newsgroups--what say you, UK listees, any truth to this? Maybe the B&S festival will have to provide an increase in sexual activity (albeit with many other horny foreigners who also have good taste in music). Xavier -- LONDON -- British sex lives are sizzling, with people making love an average of 81 times a year, 10 more than last year, a survey showed today. The 1999 Durex Report, a survey of 8,000 love lives, also found the following: :: Yorkshire is the sexiest region in Britain, with its inhabitants making love an average of 92 times a year, more than 20% up on last year. Scotland comes second with a figure of 91, and then the North West of England with 90. :: Midlanders are going against the trend by having sex less often. Their total of 71 occasions, down from 73 last year, puts them bottom of the provincial passion league. :: People are willing to make love in a variety of places, with 50% or more respondents admitting they would consider getting down to it in a car, in the bath or shower, on a beach, or even in the woods. :: The most popular location is, unsurprisingly, at home in bed, where 92% of people would be willing. Among the more adventurous, 22% of people would consider sex in a nightclub, 29% in the office, and even, said 14%, in a taxi. :: While 79% of both men and women said they preferred making love without distraction, some admitted their minds wandered. Almost a third of adults confessed to fantasising about a celebrity during sex, and 36% to fantasising about someone from their past. :: A further 7% of people had more prosaic matters on their minds during passionate moments - they were thinking about watching television. :: The overwhelming factor to put people off sex is bad breath, with 49% of respondents saying this kills the mood for them. Some 15% say children in the house is also a turn-off. :: But people with poor memories can be reassured - perhaps surprisingly, only 14% are put off their passion by someone calling them by the wrong name. Additionally, only 1% of those polled objected strongly to bad taste in underwear. :: Some 9% of people admitted to having unsafe sex with a new partner, the same as last year, although fewer young people took risks. :: Of those who failed to use a condom with a new partner, 22% disliked using them, 30% were caught up in the passion of the moment - and 4% were simply too embarrassed to suggest using one. -- BXK M o t h e r , M a y bkim0@dept.english.upenn.edu I S l e e p http://www.english.upenn.edu/~bkim0 W i t h D a n g e r ? X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+