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> Hungarians Get Horny While Singapore Sleeps
>
> Tue Sep 23,10:09 AM ET
>
> By Kate Kelland
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - Forget Latin lovers -- horny Hungarians are now the
> most active between the sheets, leading a charge of eastern Europeans
> in the global sex charts.
>
>
>
> Condom maker Durexs annual global sex survey published on Tuesday
> showed that Hungarian lovers enjoy sex 152 times a year. The French --
> fiercely proud of their sexual prowess -- only manage 144 performances
> a year.
>
>
> The Italians and Spanish lag even further with scores of 119 and 123
> times a year, while Americans make love an average of 118 times a
> year, Germans 120 and Australians 125.
>
>
> Bedtime in Budapest is the most passionate of all, Durex said in its
> survey.
>
>
> Eastern Europe performed well, with Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia and
> Montenegro all showing above average annual ratings.
>
>
> But if you want sex in Sweden or Singapore, you may be disappointed.
> Swedes chalk up a below-average score of 102 times a year, while
> Singaporeans only manage 96.
>
>
> The survey of more than 150,000 people found lovers across the globe
> are having sex an average of 127 times a year and 73 percent of people
> say they are happy with their sex lives.
>
>
> The most sexually satisfied couples are in Thailand with 92 percent,
> Vietnam with 90 percent, China and Spain with 83 percent, and Iceland
> with 80 percent.
>
>
> Russians were the least happy with their lot. Only 59 percent said
> they were satisfied, despite having sex an average of 150 times a
> year.
>
>
> One-night stands proved relatively popular across the world with 45
> percent of people admitting to having had one.
>
>
> But Nordic nights were the most adventurous -- 71 percent of
> Icelanders, 70 percent of Norwegians and 68 percent of Finns have had
> sex with someone they had just met, compared with only 37 percent of
> Germans and 24 percent of Indians.
>
>
> Keeping up with the times, Americans are at the forefront of the
> techno trend for virtual reality sex with 54 percent saying they have
> had sex via phone, e-mail or text message.
>
>
> The French scoffed at such modern nonsense -- only 20 percent of them
> saying they could see the point of it.
>
>
> Lovers in Hong Kong are the most likely to be honest in bed -- only 15
> percent say their passion is a pretence. But many Australians have no
> such scruples -- 47 percent say they have faked orgasms.
>
> No one could be found in the United Kingdom (UK), who could remember
> having had sex since the 1940s when tens of thousand of American
> Combat troops were based there after winning the war in Europe.
>

>Hungarians Get Horny While Singapore Sleeps
>

>Tue Sep 23,10:09 AM ET
>
>By Kate Kelland
>
>LONDON (Reuters) - Forget Latin lovers -- horny Hungarians are now the
>most active between the sheets, leading a charge of eastern Europeans
>in the global sex charts.
>
>
>
>Condom maker Durexs annual global sex survey published on Tuesday
>showed that Hungarian lovers enjoy sex 152 times a year. The French --
>fiercely proud of their sexual prowess -- only manage 144 performances
>a year.
>
>
>The Italians and Spanish lag even further with scores of 119 and 123
>times a year, while Americans make love an average of 118 times a
>year, Germans 120 and Australians 125.
>
>
>Bedtime in Budapest is the most passionate of all, Durex said in its
>survey.
>
>
>Eastern Europe performed well, with Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia and
>Montenegro all showing above average annual ratings.
>
>
>But if you want sex in Sweden or Singapore, you may be disappointed.
>Swedes chalk up a below-average score of 102 times a year, while
>Singaporeans only manage 96.
>
>
>The survey of more than 150,000 people found lovers across the globe
>are having sex an average of 127 times a year and 73 percent of people
>say they are happy with their sex lives.
>
>
>The most sexually satisfied couples are in Thailand with 92 percent,
>Vietnam with 90 percent, China and Spain with 83 percent, and Iceland
>with 80 percent.
>
>
>Russians were the least happy with their lot. Only 59 percent said
>they were satisfied, despite having sex an average of 150 times a
>year.
>
>
>One-night stands proved relatively popular across the world with 45
>percent of people admitting to having had one.
>
>
>But Nordic nights were the most adventurous -- 71 percent of
>Icelanders, 70 percent of Norwegians and 68 percent of Finns have had
>sex with someone they had just met, compared with only 37 percent of
>Germans and 24 percent of Indians.
>
>
>Keeping up with the times, Americans are at the forefront of the
>techno trend for virtual reality sex with 54 percent saying they have
>had sex via phone, e-mail or text message.
>
>
>The French scoffed at such modern nonsense -- only 20 percent of them
>saying they could see the point of it.
>
>
>Lovers in Hong Kong are the most likely to be honest in bed -- only 15
>percent say their passion is a pretence. But many Australians have no
>such scruples -- 47 percent say they have faked orgasms.
>
>No one could be found in the United Kingdom (UK), who could remember
>having had sex since the 1940s when tens of thousand of American
>Combat troops were based there after winning the war in Europe.