Random things I have noticed #465

Last night I noticed that my measuring jug has "approximate capacities" printed on it. What's the use of that? Measuring jugs are meant to measure stuff. It's like having a clock that tells you whether it's morning or afternoon or a weighing scales that tell you that you weigh more than a feather but less than an elephant...

The gold-digging starts here!

According to a recent survey, the average cost of a first date is £200.

"Love doesn't come cheap in Britain where the typical date costs £200, according to a survey of some of the nation's 8.6 million 'singletons'. On average, the single British man or woman goes out on a date five times a year, with the Welsh the keenest date hunters, spending more on looking for that someone special in bars and clubs."^*

Two hundred pounds? What??? Where are these people? A typical date for me is normally:

Ticket to the cinema/bowling alley (using out-of-date student card) - £3.50

Couple of pints in nearby pub - £5

Disgusting fried animal from dodgy takeaway - £3.95

Video hire - £2.50

That's £25 for two - and you'd have to fight me to get away with paying for everything by yourself. Admittedly, I'd be much happier to be taken go-karting or paintballing or monster-trucking or somewhere else loud, mucky and painful, but I still reckon that's got to be £80 to £100 tops. I'm interested now: what's your typical first date like? How much do you spend/is spent on you?

I have to stop going out with students and recently graduated call-centre operatives.

Actually, you know what? YouGov, the company who ran the survey do a lot of interesting stuff. Their website should be pretty good reading for politics and sociology students (and bored people who like filling out polls).

^*You can see the full article here. It's the only place I could find it.