Aussies booziest daters in world: survey
(Wednesday Feb 8 00:02 AEDT)
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Australians are among the booziest daters in the world and least likely to say intelligence turns them on, an international survey has found.

Eighty per cent of Australian men and 70 per cent of women admitted to drinking too much to try to impress possible partners, according to the annual "Romance Report" by publisher Harlequin. The survey of 1,500 men and women on the dating scene in 16 countries, including Australia, was released on Wednesday in the lead up to Valentine's Day on February 14.

It also found Aussies, 100 of whom were included in the survey, were the least likely to nominate intelligence as their top turn on. No Aussie men and only 10 per cent of their female counterparts thought intelligence was more important than physical appearance, a sense of humour and confidence.

Romance Report spokeswoman Margaret Lawson said Australia had emerged as the nation with the booziest daters in the survey just ahead of Britain, where 90 per cent of male and 50 per cent of female participants turned to alcohol to lure a partner. "Maybe we do feel a lot more confident after a few drinks ... perhaps it loosens them up and they feel more attractive," Ms Lawson said. "A lot of people may feel it brings out the most sparkling aspects of their personality."

A sense of humour was more appealing to the Australians surveyed than financial status - a trend reflected worldwide.

( http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=85667 )

Sorry Tanaka - u snooze u lose. Gotta keep up!! :P

I won't argue with the survey either. Women lower their standards, men lower their standards. . . It's a win-win situation!!

There is a lot of sex going on in Australia, and it's largely thanks to alcohol.

i say booze on.

You just dont care what they look like when you are blind.. beer goggles ftw

nothing worse than when the other person doesn't drink and just nurses their one lemon lime and bitters the whole time

it's like, lighten up

You just dont care what they look like when you are blind.. beer goggles ftw

Damn Right! beats paying for it, oh wait you pay for it one way or the other.


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Insom the last time I drank more than lemon lime and bitters I woke up in your basement with my pants down around my ankles - can you blame me?

"Maybe we do feel a lot more confident after a few drinks ... perhaps it loosens them up and they feel more attractive," Ms Lawson said. "A lot of people may feel it brings out the most sparkling aspects of their personality."

If by 'sparkling' they mean 'loud' and 'stupid', then I'd agree.

i wonder which country boasts the most the most roofie daters?

You just dont care what they look like when you are blind.. beer goggles ftw

and then you wake up in the morning trapped under a 10-pinter and have to gnaw your arm off just to escape before 'it' wakes up...

Its bad when the first couple of times you meet a bird you are drunk, then you go out on a date with her...sober

Does she have a lazy eye?? *shivers*

Insom the last time I drank more than lemon lime and bitters I woke up in your basement with my pants down around my ankles - can you blame me?

Yeh but Jim weren't you discovered down their with Insom's pet pig? You Bourbon boy you.

:P

Hah the first night I got with my current girlfriend we were at the pub and had a drinking competition!

Its bad when the first couple of times you meet a bird you are drunk, then you go out on a date with her...sober

Does she have a lazy eye?? *shivers*

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA I f***ing warned you!!!##!!

Sometimes alcohol can lead you to making very bad choices.

One time I slept with this girl because she looked like my ex. Two major problems there. 1) My ex was a bitch. 2) My ex was no model material.

Needless to say, I regretted the next day. Drove her home as soon as I was sober enough. (5am)

Hah... as if drive them home... Your first mistake was going back to yours instead of hers, and your second was not calling her a taxi as soon as you were finished;)

I'm 1000x better at picking up when I'm sober. Maybe i'm just a messy drunk. I dunno, don't even bother trying when im drunk now.

lol agent99 i saw your pic last night... hahaha

Eighty per cent of Australians interviewed believed the best way of meeting a prospective partner was through friends.

So, 20% of the people are doing all the work.
The rest are sitting around waiting for the their friends to do it, who are waiting for their friends.
Failure.

100/~20500000 ... excellent sampling ratio! 77% of all news worthy statistics are thought to be less than 19% accurate by at least 68% of the community... 85% of people know this.

f*** booze.

ecstacy ftw.

Yeh but Jim weren't you discovered down their with Insom's pet pig?

if that's what you young people are calling them these days, so be it