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10 Things News

Which profession cheats on their spouses most? Teachers and doctors

Best of Cheaters, Too Hot for TV
The Best of Cheaters, Too Hot for TV

By now, Web Watch is certain that our readers have heard of the “dating” website ASHLEY MADISON.  If you haven’t, then all you need to know is that the people who sign up for dating on that site are all currently married. 

Yes, there had to be a catch, right?  Speed dating is sooo 2002.

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10 Things News

11 More Surprising Sex Statistics

Woman's Day magazine

A few months ago, WEB WATCH brought faithful Web Watch readers a list of 10 SURPRISING SEX STATISTICS

Thanks to the editors at WOMAN’S DAY magazine, Web Watch is pleased to bring you the following list of 11 SURPRISING SEX STATISTICS that you knew you’ve been wondering about.

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Internet Music Websites

What is the key of YOUR favorite songs?

Sixpence None the Richer

Remember back when Web Watch told you about how THERE SHE GOES by SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER was called THE MOST PERFECT SONG EVER RECORDED?  It was called that, in part due to its ideal song length, and for other reasons as well.

While it may not be a way to tell if what you’re listening to is THE perfect song or not, if you’re a LAST.FM user than we can at least identify if the key of your favorite songs all fall into the same ballpark or not.

In other words, do you favor listening to songs that are in the same key or not?

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10 Things News

Congratulations, Fresno! You’re America’s Drunkest City!

Drinker's Beer Belt

It wasn’t officially a competition, but we do have a winner (according to the fine folks at MEN’S HEALTH magazine).

By an overwhelming margin, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN NAMED AMERICA’S DRUNKEST CITY out of 100 entries!  Time to celebrate!

Web Watch is sure that you’re asking how Fresno earned this vaulted honor.  It was quite easy, actually.

Men’s Health took into account the following pieces of information:

  • Death rate from alcoholic liver disease
  • Deaths due to DUI
  • The number of DUI arrests
  • The number of admitted binge drinkers in the past month
  • The severity — or lack thereof — of DUI penalties 

Cities were rated on a scale with 1 being the worst in the selected category.  The lower your overall score ended up, the higher your city ranked on the “drunkest city” list.   Let’s take a look, shall we? 

We already know that Fresno, California is America’s Drunkest City — but who were the 99 runners-up?

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Gadgets News

Survey says that it’s okay to send texts while in the bathroom


texting poster

Web Watch agrees with our readers that talking on the phone (whether it be via Bluetooth, hand-held cell, or corded landline) is completely inappropriate when done in the bathroom — public or private.

Nobody wants to hear your conversations while in the stall, and nobody at the other end of the conversation wants to hear the bodily functions of either yourself or your neighbors.

This is why Web Watch is thrilled that chip maker Intel decided to research and publish A STUDY ABOUT PROPER TEXTING ETIQUETTE.

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10 Things Travel

The winner of the 2010 dirtiest hotel in America is in San Francisco. Are you surprised, or not?

Hotel Sleep Sack

We’ve all been travelled a bit across the country and have been disgusted by what we’ve found in a dirty hotel room, right?

Web Watch recalls one hotel we stayed at that was so disgusting that we did everything we could to avoid touching anything in the room (we didn’t have much choice as to where else to stay, and it was only for one night – we figured we could stick it out for a few hours. Of course, we didn’t have a hotel sleep sack to use at the time — that would have been most awesome!).

One year, a travelling companion of ours found a used condom on the floor of her off-strip hotel in Las Vegas. You’d think the cleaning folks would have noticed it was there and destroyed the evidence. (She ended up getting her night comped, but not before subjecting the hotel manager with some very harsh words.)

Even the local news stations have run reports on how you’re not supposed to drink out of the in-room glassware or use the in-room coffee pot at even the fanciest expensive hotels, because those items may not be cleaned in as regular a time period (or in a sanitary way) as a guest would like.  Just saying…

The point is that TripAdvisor has released their list of the TOP 10 DIRTIEST HOTELS IN AMERICA, based on survey results they have received from world travellers.

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10 Things Websites

Think your job sucks? It can’t suck any worse than one of these (where’s Mike Rowe?)


Jobs that Don't Suck

Web Watch has long held the belief that one of the worst jobs one could have would be the editor of a fishing show:

“nothing…. nothing…. nothing…. wait, what’s that?   Oh, never mind.   Nothing… nothing… nothing…”

Yes, we stole that joke from someone, but the sentiment remains the same.  Not all cool-sounding jobs are all they’re cracked up to be. 

Some jobs really do suck.  And Mike Rowe and his DIRTY JOBS team has done a great job of showcasing some of those jobs and the people who are proud to do what other folks refuse to try.  But he may have missed one or two jobs along the way.

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How many friends do you need? When considering your salary, lots of ’em


Friends

A recent scientific study that covered 10,000 people over 35 years determined that people have, on average, 150 friends at any one moment in time.

So what does this mean to you, faithful Web Watch reader?

You’re right – on the surface, not so much.