Karl Pilkington, aka Mr ‘idiot abroad’ has beaten typical ‘hard men’ Daniel Craig, Jason Statham and Bear Grylls to be named the person Brits would most like to be with, if the world was ending.
The nation’s favourite travel personality, only just beat clever man Stephen Fry to the number one spot, indicating that when doomsday arrives, much of the nation would rather finish up on a good laugh than an intellectually stimulating conversation.
Other respondents were clearly more concerned with aesthetics, with beauty Mila Kunis and heartthrob Ryan Gosling sharing third place. Tulisa may have been named 2012’s sexiest woman in the world, but she failed to even rank on the list of chosen celebs to spend doomsday with.
With the Mayan calendar predicting the world will end on 21 December this year, my Travel Cash, the prepaid currency MasterCard, conducted a survey to find out where in the world people would most like to be on doomsday, and which celebrity they would most like to be with (granted their nearest and dearest were already with them).
With the majority of Brits choosing to flee Blighty, a quarter of respondents wished to spend their last moments in the lap of luxury at sumptuous celeb haunt, the Maldives.
The City of Sin, Las Vegas, and family favorite Disney World, Florida took joint second and third spot, splitting the nation as to whether to blow their life’s savings at the roulette table, or enjoy a day of thrills on the rollercoasters with the kids.
Despite choosing to see in the end of the world in an exotic location, 13 per cent of respondents opted for a traditional homely Christmas dinner with all the trimmings as their last supper. However for a tenth of respondents, a greasy Chinese takeaway proved too much to resist, as did a spicy curry, letting our taste buds enjoy one last treat.
In the throws of such a crisis it seems we turn to last chance saloon of all the things we possibly should have done in life but stereotypes prevented us. A surprising yet pleasant role reversal was found, as romantic Venice came in second place for male respondents and tellingly, it was the females who opted for Sin City.
Pulling back the manliness, men typically wanted to devour a full English and in close contest to Hollywood starlet Mila Kunis, they’d most like to spend their last moments with Olympian beauty, Jessica Ennis.
Which celebrity would you most like on your doomsday party list? Tell us in the comments below or tweet us @FemaleFirst_UK
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