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Introducing the Average Joe, More or Less

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<i> Associated Press</i>

You’re a guy. You spend $46 a month at the convenience store, have sex seven times a month (10 minutes at a time) and sleep 7 1/2 hours a night.

Congratulations. You’re average.

Citing “reports, surveys and reams of marketing data,” Men’s Health magazine, based in Emmaus, Pa., highlights the life of the average American guy, who:

* Is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 172 pounds;

* Has 70 to 80 pounds of muscle;

* Can run a mile in 12 minutes if he’s a couch potato or 7 1/2 minutes for a jock;

* Can do 33 1/2 sit-ups in a minute;

* Loses his virginity at 17 and is married by 26;

* Lives for 72.8 years;

* Has sex with five to 10 partners in his lifetime;

* Spends 44 minutes a day arranging his hair and clothes;

* Watches 28 hours of TV a week;

* Buys frozen pizza four times a month and drinks 11 beers a week;

* Earns $29,533 annually, saving less than $3,000 of it for retirement;

* Spent $447.25 on jewelry last year.

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