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almostwitty ([personal profile] almostwitty) wrote2009-08-07 05:09 pm

Want some sex? That'll be £105,210 please...

Aiming to show that there's more to life than money (there is?), a book conducted some market research trying to equate various activities to a lottery windfall. Via this very shaky methodology, they have also concluded that:

- love is worth £154,849
- a night with your mates is worth £63,256
- reading a book? £53,660
- being happy at work? £37,229
- looking forward to the weekend? £49,764

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[identity profile] hellmutt.livejournal.com 2009-08-07 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone trying to suggest that reading a crap book is 1.4 times worse than having a miserable job: priceless.

[identity profile] anivair.livejournal.com 2009-08-07 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
What the hell? Are these retail values? I mean, you might convince someone to trade love for that much, but I'm pretty sure that I'd never pay 63,000 for a night with anyone who isn't blowing me.