The headline of my favourite news article at the moment is a little misleading. I read it and thought, huh? One bout of sex? Impossible. Sex is fleeting; a Plasma Is Forever. (Or until built-in obsolescence kicks in.) And Gary Susman said, "Heh, I misread the headline about swapping sex for aTV and thought it meant UK men were willing to have sex in order to geta TV. (Plasma ho’s!)" Oh, total plasma ho’s. But I’d venture to say most people (including me) consider themselves some sort of specialized technology ho’ already, without any sex involved. I’m an Apple ho’. Slezak’s a TVG.com ho’. Mandi lives in 1983 with Liz Lemon’s beeper-salesman ex, so she’s actually not a ho’… Yet!
Anyway, we had to share this important UK finding. Half the men surveyed would give up six months of sex in exchange for a 50-inch plasma TV. This article raises important questions: Would you have sex for a plasma TV? (No-brainer.) But would you not have sex for a plasma TV? Let us know!
Addendum: When I e-mailed this story around the EW.com office with the subject line "Too much?", our Managing Editor Jay Woodruff replied thusly: "Way too much — I think most people would give up sex for a 27-inch plasma." The multi-talented maven then totally saved the website from international ridicule: "You’re missing a ‘t’ on ‘thought’ in second sentence."
The only problem is that six months from now, we’ll all probably be lusting after another type of TV and plasma will be six month ago’s news.
Also, I don’t even like going six days without sex.
In this scenario, do I, or don’t I, have money? Because I can legally buy a plasma.
The real headline here should be: “Women in UK celebrate husbands’ television choice”
The man is a moron and apparently not creative. Sex with the right person is artistic!
Hey, I went six months without sex when my wife was pregnant (her choice, not mine). Where’s my plasma?!
So someone caught your typo and you chose not to fix it?
I’m surprised “master of one’s domain” hasn’t raised its head on this thread yet.
Most British men aren’t having sex anyways. So…no huge loss.
I’m gobsmacked. No one at EW knew that the plural of “ho” is “heaux”? There’s no apostrophe there, people! Forget the missing “t”! You need an “x” (or three, as the case may be!).
I wouldn’t have sex with women for a plasma tv. I’m gay for plasma.
The real question is just how much these guys are getting in the first place. Depending on that answer going without for 6 months may just be the norm.
I showed my wife this article and she said she’d give up the 50 inch for an 8 inch.
Favourite? What is this word? Looks familiar and yet, I can’t place it. And how does one pronounce it?
No, I would not. End of story.
no sex for a t.v.? f*** yea id do it! where do i sign? oh this dont mean i cant take care of myself does it? does it?!