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<h2>FEEL like you spend so long in the supermarket you're going off your trolley?
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If you're wondering where your time goes, we have the answer.
</p>
<p>
We told yesterday how women spend two and a half years in the kitchen compared
to the typical 15 months put in by fellas.
</p>
<p>
<i>But what are we doing with the rest of our days? Here, we reveal how we
while away our hours in the course of a lifetime.</i>
</p>
<p>
<b>SLEEPING:</b> When that alarm clock goes off, it may feel like you never
get enough shut-eye. But we typically spend nearly a third of our lifetime -
26 years - in the land of nod, according to research.
</p>
<p>
<b>ON THE PHONE:</b> It's hardly surprising it feels like that thing on your
desk never stops ringing.
</p>
<p>
We spend the equivalent of four years on the blower at work, according to a
study by London Metropolitan University.
</p>
<p>
<b>SHOPPING:</b> Women scour the shops for eight and a half years, according
to finance firm GE Money. And during their 74,000-plus hours of aisle
trawling, they try on more than 21,000 items of clothing - but only go on to
buy half of them.
</p>
<p>
<b>HAVING SEX:</b> Ever think you need more between-the-sheets action?
</p>
<p>
The average Brit has sex 4,239 times, according to Charlie Croker's book 8 Out
Of 10 Brits.
</p>
<p>
Assuming our amorous antics last ten minutes a session, that's just over four
weeks of passion.
</p>
<p>
Frisky fellas have nine hours and 18 seconds of orgasms but frolicking females
a less knee-trembling one hour and 24 minutes.
</p>
<p>
<b>GETTING BEAUTIFUL:</b> It's true. Women really do take ages getting ready -
136 days in fact.
</p>
<p>
Applying make-up, having a shower and dressing up for a night out takes up
3,276 hours in a girl's lifetime, according to body-wash firm Skinbliss.
</p>
<p>
More laid-back blokes, meanwhile, spend just 46 days getting ready.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
<b>WATCHING TV:</b> We watch the box for more than 11 years, given average
viewing is four hours a day.
</p>
<p>
<b>CLEANING THE HOUSE:</b> Married women waste a whopping five and a half
years making their homes spic and span. But men are by no means lazy either,
doing 676 hours a year of household chores, skincare firm Dove found.
</p>
<p>
<b>IN THE BATHROOM:</b> Women spend one year, seven months and 15 days in the
little room, says store chain Bathstore. That's a month longer than men,
despite their reputation for enjoying lengthy loo sessions.
</p>
<p>
<b>IN THE SHED:</b> The average man potters around in his garden bolthole for
almost a year, according to a poll for Cuprinol.
</p>
<p>
<b>ON THE INTERNET:</b> We surf the web for an RSI-inducing five years, says a
study by the Nielsen think-tank.
</p>
<p>
<b>WAITING:</b> We spend six months of our lives queuing, 27 days waiting for
trains and 20 weeks on hold waiting to speak to a human in call centres,
says net firm madbid.com.
</p>
<p>
<b>ON A DIET:</b> Women spend 31 years trying to slim, says spread brand
Laughing Cow Extra Light Diet.
</p>
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<img src="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01103/SNF1234FX-682_1103604a.jpg" style="width: 682px; height: 400px;" alt="Years flushed away ... men spend a year and a half on the loo and women a month longer than that - but the average person only spends four weeks of their life having sex">
<div class="padding-top-5">
<div class="small bold">Years flushed away ... men spend a year and a half on the loo and women a month longer than that - but the average person only spends four weeks of their life having sex</div>
</div>
<h2>FEEL like you spend so long in the supermarket you're going off your trolley?
</h2>
<p>
If you're wondering where your time goes, we have the answer.
</p>
<p>
We told yesterday how women spend two and a half years in the kitchen compared
to the typical 15 months put in by fellas.
</p>
<p>
<i>But what are we doing with the rest of our days? Here, we reveal how we
while away our hours in the course of a lifetime.</i>
</p>
<p>
<b>SLEEPING:</b> When that alarm clock goes off, it may feel like you never
get enough shut-eye. But we typically spend nearly a third of our lifetime -
26 years - in the land of nod, according to research.
</p>
<p>
<b>ON THE PHONE:</b> It's hardly surprising it feels like that thing on your
desk never stops ringing.
</p>
<p>
We spend the equivalent of four years on the blower at work, according to a
study by London Metropolitan University.
</p>
<p>
<b>SHOPPING:</b> Women scour the shops for eight and a half years, according
to finance firm GE Money. And during their 74,000-plus hours of aisle
trawling, they try on more than 21,000 items of clothing - but only go on to
buy half of them.
</p>
<p>
<b>HAVING SEX:</b> Ever think you need more between-the-sheets action?
</p>
<p>
The average Brit has sex 4,239 times, according to Charlie Croker's book 8 Out
Of 10 Brits.
</p>
<p>
Assuming our amorous antics last ten minutes a session, that's just over four
weeks of passion.
</p>
<p>
Frisky fellas have nine hours and 18 seconds of orgasms but frolicking females
a less knee-trembling one hour and 24 minutes.
</p>
<p>
<b>GETTING BEAUTIFUL:</b> It's true. Women really do take ages getting ready -
136 days in fact.
</p>
<p>
Applying make-up, having a shower and dressing up for a night out takes up
3,276 hours in a girl's lifetime, according to body-wash firm Skinbliss.
</p>
<p>
More laid-back blokes, meanwhile, spend just 46 days getting ready.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
<b>WATCHING TV:</b> We watch the box for more than 11 years, given average
viewing is four hours a day.
</p>
<p>
<b>CLEANING THE HOUSE:</b> Married women waste a whopping five and a half
years making their homes spic and span. But men are by no means lazy either,
doing 676 hours a year of household chores, skincare firm Dove found.
</p>
<p>
<b>IN THE BATHROOM:</b> Women spend one year, seven months and 15 days in the
little room, says store chain Bathstore. That's a month longer than men,
despite their reputation for enjoying lengthy loo sessions.
</p>
<p>
<b>IN THE SHED:</b> The average man potters around in his garden bolthole for
almost a year, according to a poll for Cuprinol.
</p>
<p>
<b>ON THE INTERNET:</b> We surf the web for an RSI-inducing five years, says a
study by the Nielsen think-tank.
</p>
<p>
<b>WAITING:</b> We spend six months of our lives queuing, 27 days waiting for
trains and 20 weeks on hold waiting to speak to a human in call centres,
says net firm madbid.com.
</p>
<p>
<b>ON A DIET:</b> Women spend 31 years trying to slim, says spread brand
Laughing Cow Extra Light Diet.
</p>
<p align="right">