Facebook Tops Toilet On Recent UK Survey

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Ladies and gentlemen, Facebook has achieved a new high by completely trampling on something immensely more important – for me, at least – on a recent survey conducted by the London Science Museum. The study asked 3,000 people what the things they couldn’t live without are. Facebook came in at a mind-boggling fifth spot – four spots above flushing toilet, and a spot above UK’s National Health Security.

Even the museum’s manager, Sarah Richardson, thinks the results are “crazy.” Sunshine got the top spot as “Brits are obsessed by the weather,” Richardson says. Fair enough. But clean drinking water comes third after Internet connection, suggesting that our generation might have our priorities quite screwed up. But hey, at least clean drinking water comes before Facebook.

Other big-name internet entities also got in the list, though in lower positions. Google claims 22nd spot, Ebay is on number 35, while Twitter snags the last spot at number 50. Check out the full list below.

1. Sunshine
2. Internet connection
3. Clean drinking water
4. Fridge
5. Facebook
6. NHS
7. Cooker
8. Email
9. Flushing toilet
10. Mobile phone / smartphone
11. Tea and Coffee
12. Washing machine
13. Shower
14. Central heating
15. Painkillers
16. Fresh vegetables
17. Vacuum Cleaner
18. Kettle
19. Sofa
20. Shoes
21. Fresh fruit
22. Google
23. Car
24. Hair straighteners
25. Public transport
26. Laptop
27. Chocolate
28. DVD Player
29. Wristwatch
30. Make-up
31. Flat screen TV
32. Wedding ring
33. Tumble dryer
34. Bottled water
35. Ebay
36. Bicycle
37. Ipod
38. Air conditioning
39. Disposable nappies
40. Light bulbs
41. Spell-check
42. Sat Nav
43. Push-up bra
44. Nintendo Wii
45. iPad
46. Gym Membership
47. Season ticket to your football club
48. Freezer
49. Xbox
50. Twitter