Paper Monitor
13:32 UK time, Thursday, 9 December 2010
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Paper Monitor has a confession - it doesn't perhaps give the Daily Star as much attention as some of the other daily papers. Followers may have noticed.
But it was reminded of the paper recently when listening to a radio show on which a waggish presenter pointed out that these days its front page features either X Factor or Jordan.
But that's not the case with today's Star - it's X Factor AND Jordan on the front.
"Jordan & Peter reunited over sick TV show" and "Dannii: Queen of X Factor"
Inside, the paper has decided to indulge in a little festive experimentation in its bid to find out "WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN WE SET OUR HEARTS ON THOSE PREZZIES".
"Scientists reckon the Christmas dash can play merry hell with your health sending blood pressure levels soaring by up to 50%"
And what better way to discover the truth than rig up a "sexy Page 3 girl" and Andy, a "self-confessed Christmas blagger" - whatever that may be - with heart monitors before despatching them to the nearest shopping centre.
To monitor a change in heart rate, one's resting heart rate first needs to be measured.
Page 3 girl Rachel comes in at 74 beats per minute. As for 70bpm Andy... "I'm already at a disadvantage. My heart rate went through the roof when I saw Rachel."
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Sure enough the pair seem to divide down gender lines with Rachel's heart rate being quickened by party dresses, shoes and handbags, and Andy's by plasma TVs, remote control cars and, yes, lingerie.
But just in case it seemed like a fruitless exercise in sex over science, the Star drafts in a GP to analyse the results. "Rachel... got a bit flustered... [while] Andy... needs a nice lie down."
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