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14 July 2006

Average British Male Spends 5% Of Total Income on Booze And Post-Booze Snacks

post by: ericb at: 17:18 | 9 comments

Men who are in a relationship but who don't live with their partner spend an average of £23 per week, while married men say they spend just £15 on average.

You can imagine wha they're saying to their wives: "No, I only had a pint of lager. Two pints at most..."

posted by Daniel Charms 14 July | 17:25

Is that all.
Good that in one area I'm above average.

Although, working it out...
Yep - definitely spend more than 5% on booze and post booze snacks.

posted by seanyboy 14 July | 17:25

Was that just in one night?

posted by longbaugh 14 July | 17:27

This week: (excluding drinks I bought others, and including drinks others bought me because, well I guess it balances out) I reckon I've spent about £35.00 on booze.

And that isn't a huge amount.

£15.00 on average works out to about 8 pub bought pints a week (maybe 5 pub pints daaahn sarf)
That's an average of about a pint a day.

posted by seanyboy 14 July | 17:31

I estimate I spend about 43% of my income on booze, chevre, and gourmet olives.

posted by Specklet 14 July | 17:58

Ya See - I never even included the olives.

posted by seanyboy 14 July | 18:02

In my drinking days I used to spend about 94% of my income on booze. The rest I just wasted.

posted by essexjan 14 July | 18:43

*thinks Specklet knows what it's all about. thumbs up*

posted by Zack_Replica 14 July | 19:31

(oh, and I'm drinking wine right now, too. yum!)

posted by Zack_Replica 14 July | 19:31

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