Surveys

No, not the surveys my friends seem intent on filling their MySpace blogs with, proper research.

One thing I learnt on my Research course recently was that research had to have a meaning and that people won't pay for research that won't make or save money. So Im baffled by the surveys coming up in the news lately....



There's the Mexican Survey.

Old people. Yep, we try to ignore the urine smelling, gummy people but they're there and aging gracefully. What did the Mexican over 100's put their longevity down to? No alcohol but plenty of cigars, coffee and sex - Eww, old people and sex.....




Good news for ageing hippies:

Smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
New research shows that the active ingredient in marijuana may prevent the progression of the disease by preserving levels of an important neurotransmitter that allows the brain to function. This in turn allows them to have sex - see above survey....



More than two thirds of people do not believe nurses have enough time and resources to do their job properly, according to a survey.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) study of more than 1,500 people across the UK found that 69% did not think nurses had enough time.
And less than a fifth (18%) agreed that nurses were paid well compared to other public sector workers such as police, teachers and firefighters.
Half of those surveyed said nurses were not treated fairly by their employers but 87% thought they were valued by the public.
And 81% said nurses were trusted by members of the public.


Pregnant teenagers are deliberately smoking in the hope of having smaller babies:
To make giving birth easier, it has been reported.
I had small babies. If the obviously male researcher who said smaller babies hurt less would like to visit me, I'll shove a "small" melon up his ass and allow him to pass it. Then he can tell me it hurt less..




A survey of 1,505 American adults, conducted by market research firm Harris Interactive, found that over half of the respondents admitted to "re-gifting" with passing on gifts becoming a far more common and acceptable phenomenon. You tight bastards, I ain't sending you anything for Christmas..

Motorists think about sex when driving:

Over a million motorists think about sex rather than the road ahead and millions more who don't indulge in intimate thoughts are worrying about work or thinking about their families, a survey said on Thursday.
Research from car insurer More Than found one in five drivers admit to concentrating behind the wheel less than 75 percent of the time, with 1.2 million thinking mostly about sex.



So, what does this tell us?

Researchers are pervs who think about nothing but sex, nurses are undervalued and underpaid but men like to associate sex with them and Americans are tight asses (insert own sex joke here)