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LADS PULL A SICKIE TO DITCH THEIR WAGS
NORTH West
fellas are most likely to pull a sickie, ahead of any other excuse,
to escape an evening with their partner. According to new
research, British men fib to their WAGs on average twice a day and
nearly 20% of Scousers, Mancunians and Lancashire men say they are
most likely to feign illness to avoid a date with the ball and
chain.
The independent survey, commissioned by drinks brand WKD to
celebrate the launch of the nationwide WKD Great Escape campaign,
has revealed that guys tell a shocking 730 porkies a year to their
lovers. Interestingly, the kinds of things men are most likely
to lie about to their partners tend to be false excuses that allow
them to ‘escape the missus’. “I’m not feeling very
well” was the top lie throughout the UK, with nearly 20% of
men admitting to using this line to avoid their woman for a night.
This was closely followed by blaming mobile phone problems, with
“I had no signal” and the third most likely escape excuse
is “I’m stuck in traffic.” It would seem that
some British guys have a little more imagination though, with more
inventive excuses including; “I’ve got company training”
and “I’m helping a friend move house”.
However, it’s most likely that rather than being gridlocked on the
motorway or nursing a cold they’ll really be down the pub. This
answer came out as the top choice for escaping the girlfriend,
closely followed by going to watch a football match. Even getting a
good nights kip was worthy of a little white lie, with 13% of male
respondents claiming they’ve made something up so they could have an
early night.
So, with Christmas out the way, WKD has teamed up with Yates to host
the WKD Great Escape on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 January. Men ‘on
the run’ will have the chance to win some fantastic prizes
including; paintballing from Skirmish and bottles of WKD. A
spokesman for WKD, which carried out the poll, said:- ‘’I
don’t think it will come as too big a surprise to many woman that
their man has pulled a fast one to avoid a date but to know that the
favourite reasons are based around going to the pub or the footy
with their mates may ruffle some feathers. Fortunately most of
the fibs we unearthed are only white lies and nothing too serious.
Although we have revealed that most people tell porkies quite
regularly, they’re more often than not told to spare people’s
feelings rather than to cause upset.”
The research also revealed that if someone tells you they’re fine,
chances are they are lying. ‘’Nothing’s wrong - I’m fine’’,
is the most common lie to come out of our mouths with 28% of people
saying this is the fib they tell most often. The second most
used porky pie is ‘’Nice to see you’’, followed by ‘’I
haven’t got any cash on me’’, ‘’I’ll give you a ring’’, and
‘’Sorry, I missed your call’’. Worryingly for
millions of women though, the classic ‘’No, your bum doesn’t
look big in that’’, is the 8th most common fib while ‘’Of
course I love you’’ came in at number 18.
The survey of 2,500 Brits also revealed that the average person will
tell a whopping 4 lies a day. That’s a
total of 28 a week or 1,460 every year. A 3rd of us have lied
about our weight, 25% have fibbed about the amount of debt they are
in and 30% ‘bend the truth’ about the amount of exercise they
do.
Kissing or spending the night with another person was
voted the very worst fib to tell, according to those polled and half
of Brits have been caught out telling a lie. 75% of people
think women are the better liars though, which is proven by the poll
as only 46% of girls have been caught lying, compared to 58% of men.
A brazen 66% of folk said they don't feel guilty when they tell
little white lies and 40% of people polled reckon they’re good at
lying.
For further details of the WKD Great Escape, visit:-
wkd.co.uk.
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Cheggers & Chip Inspector Hunt For Britain’s Best Chips
CELEBRATE
National Chip Week 2008 & nominate your favourite chips for the
National Golden Chip Award
lovechips.co.uk
Thick or thin, straight cut or crinkly, saucy or au natural,
whatever tickles your taste buds, cheeky Cheggers wants you to show
your love for chips by telling him where you get your tastiest chips
from!
Celebrity chip connoisseur Keith Chegwin and the British Potato
Council’s Chip Inspector today launched the search for Britain’s
best chips. “Britain! Cherish your chips!” chimes
Cheggers. “Come on, it’s time to stand up and show your love
for the nation’s tastiest dish - skinny, chunky, curly - I love ‘em
all. I’m hungry to hear about your prize fries so get voting -
everyone can chip in!”
It could be your local chippie or perhaps a posh gastro pub,
restaurant, tempting takeaway or even a mobile snack van. Nominate
your favourite chips by visiting
lovechips.co.uk
and filling in the simple
entry form. The outlet that receives the most votes will receive the
prestigious National Golden Chip Award. It’s all to celebrate
the 17 annual National Chip Week (11 February 2008 to 17 February 2008) which gives
people across country the opportunity to enjoy one of the nation’s
tastiest treasures, the chip.
And this year National Chip Week will be even more chiptastic, as
Cheggers and the Chip Inspector will be hitting the road, touring
the country, tasting and testing to reveal the Chip Inspector’s
Choice – top awards for regional chip-excellence. The chippy
contenders must not only face Keith’s tough taste test, they’ll also
have to pass the Chip Inspector’s exacting examination for prize
winning crispiness, colour and fluffiness.
The Chip Inspector, Britain’s top chip-ologist, takes his work very
seriously; “It’s only fitting that the nation celebrates its
favourite tasty treasure by letting the people decide who is worthy
of the National Golden Chip Award. It’s going to be tough but with
the help of the great British public, I’m sure we’ll unearth the
perfect specimen.”
Whether they are fresh cooked at home, from the chip shop, frozen or
microwaveable, we just can’t resist chips. So come on Britain, show
your love for chips and get voting! It couldn’t be easier just visit
lovechips.co.uk and let Keith and the Chip
Inspector know the name and location of where you get your favourite
chips from as well as why they’re the best chips in the country.
Voting closes at 6pm on 17 February 2008.
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