Re: Asleep at the idiot box

athel...@yahoo wrote:
Peter Moylan wrote:
Robert Bannister wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote:

I'm hopeless at television: I forget to watch even when I intend
to.

I always intend to watch, but my eyes fall shut.

Why is it that men frequently fall asleep in front of the television
set, but women rarely do?

I wouldn't dream of doubting your statistics, which are, I'm sure,
based on careful evaluation of many thousands of questionnaires, but
in our house it's my wife who frequently falls asleep in front of the
television set, whereas I rarely do.


Same here.
--
John Dean
Oxford


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