Does Bubbly Pop Your Cork? Dust or Lust? Sex and The British Male

Let’s put this into the three typical stages of courtship shall we?  We’ll start with Stage 1, the date; swanky restaurant, dinner of oysters, steak, chocolate gateau washed down with a vintage champagne.  This then leads to Stage 2 a head-on snogging session in the back of the taxi, and then quickly following on the heels of the snog, Stage 3, a night in a five star hotel, booked in the assumed name of Mr and Mrs Smith.

Stage 1

So we know oysters are supposed to be an aphrodisiac, red meat is good for the male libido and chocolate is reputed to produce hormones in the female of the species equivalent to a sex session!  Champagne, of course, is considered as one of the most romantic alcoholic beverages by male and female alike and, according to the Daily Express, researchers have discovered what gives champagne the edge over a pint of beer!

The researchers held a slide from a microscope 2 to 5 millimetres above a glass of bubbling bubbly so that the chemicals released by the bubbles could be collected on the slide and placed in a mass spectrometer – a machine which looked at the atomic composition of the champagne and then identified it’s chemical elements.  The experiment showed that the surface of the champagne behaves like the surface of the sea, where organic chemicals are brought to the surface by bubbles and then released into the air as little droplets called aerosols.  It’s these aerosols that cause an uplift in our senses and cause the tickling sensation in our nasal passages!

Stage 2

We’ve now paid the restaurant bill and are in a taxi heading for the five star hotel and indulging in a bit of post pig-out petting!

Again the Daily Express has published an article which indicates that, following recent research, a good 20 minute session of housework produces the same level of serotonin – the feel good hormone – as a new love or a first kiss.  Apparently it makes us feel good about ourselves.  This has been confirmed by psychologist Donna Dawson.  More than half of the 2,000 Britons that were questioned by Vileda on the subject, stated that mopping was their favourite chore!!  I take it Ms Dawson and the 2,000 Brits that were questioned got in a cleaner a couple of times a week as I’d definitely prefer a hug to a hoover any day!