No Sex Please, I’m Watching Euro 2008

You know an international tournament is approaching when people start worrying about their sex lives. And you know it for sure when that information is revealed in survey form. And here’s the proof: 30% of Austrians surveyed by Vienna University expect to be have less sex than usual during the three weeks of Euro 2008. There were even about a third of people who expect the tournament to put a serious strain on their relationship, with some (though only a minority) expecting Euro 2008 to cause a break up.

But at least Austrians are committed to watching. A respectable 70% of everyone asked planned to follow the tournament, with a healthy 37% prepared to alter their daily lives in order to do so. Those are my kind of people. Apparently the study also revealed there was a niche of those planning to avoid the tournament altogether, and that they were a potential market for someone. My advice is to ignore them for three weeks. They’ll still be there when the football is finished.

Best of all are the optimists: The 14% who believe the tournament will result in them getting laid more often. Extra football and extra sex? Euro 2008 should be an excellent three weeks for those people.