08.01.05
UK: ‘Wossy’s home is where the happiness is’
UK: ‘Wossy’s home is where the happiness is’
The ‘Quote Me Happy’ insurance people Norwich Union have come up with some amazing facts regarding the way we feel about the home lives of the rich and famous. Asked which celebrities we thought had the happiest homes, two TV presenters were clear winners: Jamie Oliver with over one-fifth of votes and chat-show host Jonathan Ross was way ahead with nearly one-third. The multi-millionaire Beckhams’ home however was judged as being unhappy with a tragic 1% rating.
In the survey of 2000 men and women, cartoon favourites Homer and Marge Simpson beat the likes of Richard and Judy in the happy home stakes. Madonna and Guy Ritchie were also overtaken in the poll by our yellow friends.
If you think your home has what it takes to outdo Wossy et al, log on to www.norwichunion.com/happyhomes between 7 July and 31 October 2005 to enter the ‘Happy Homes’ competition. The winner will receive an £8000 prize (monetary or vouchers) to help make their happy home a dream home, with 20 runners-up obtaining £100 prizes.
The survey also revealed which celebrities aren’t considered to be so happy at home. Predictably the miserable fictitious Slater family from BBC TV’s EastEnders scored the lowest figure.
Off on holiday? Who would you be most happy looking after your home while you’re away? Maybe high-scoring Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen would get busy around the place while another favourite Prince William would certainly add a touch of class. Meanwhile child “Home Alone” star McCauley Culkin was considered a pretty poor bet, after his character trashed his family’s home in the movie.
But way ahead of these was Big Brother presenter Davina McCall with over one-quarter of the votes. Is everyone mad? Wouldn’t she immediately invite a dozen total strangers over and start filming them asleep in your bed?