20% of Plymouth's adults still watch cartoons in the morning
Despite legal adulthood starting at 18, the nationwide survey found that the average modern Brit doesn’t consider themselves a grown up until they pass the 30 year old mark, and a staggering 83 percent admit they find huge comfort in activities associated with childhood.
More than HALF (54 percent) of adults in modern Plymouth admit to secretly buying sweets on a regular basis for themselves. And a third admit to still playing video games.
38 percent of Plymouth’s grown-ups still eat fairy cakes, 30% find breaking wind funny, and one in five will still play on the swings.
The study, by Vue, found that Plymouth’s adults have a very childish sense of humour, with a fifth of adults surveyed in Britain confessing to finding knock knock gags hilarious.
30 percent admit to getting excited by steam trains, and a massive 20 percent still watch cartoons in the morning while they get ready for work.
The data also revealed that 35 percent of adults across all Britain prefer the taste of cake mix to a cooked cake, and duly eat mix while they bake. And one in ten admit they play with their own kids’ toys when their children are not around.
Entertainment is clearly an important link back to childhood pleasures, according to the poll, as 70 percent of adults watch family movies at least once a month, with Toy Story (34 percent), Home Alone (33 percent) and The Lion King (31 percent) emerging as the favourite kids’ movies adults still LOVE to watch – with Plymouth’s adults in particular still opting to watch The Lion King as their favorite kids movie.
With 95 percent of Brits claiming films bring generations together, it’s no surprise that 89 percent of adults love watching family films.
55 percent saying it gives them time together. 31 percent say they love having an experience which puts no pressure on anyone, 21 percent enjoy sharing popcorn and 18 percent enjoy going on an emotional journey with their family.
Food is an important factor too, as tucking in to fish fingers for tea (39 percent) and slurping chocolate milk (34 percent) also made the list.
Given all this, it’s no surprise that the average Brit doesn’t actually feel grown up until the wise old age of 32. Yet 92 percent of the 1500 Brits polled said it is a good thing for everyone to embrace their inner child on occasion.
“This research proves how much we love family films,” says Johnny Carr, Event Cinema Manager at Vue UK and Ireland. “We have a wide variety of top kids’ films on show this year including Disney’s Aladdin, Toy Story 4, and the live action remake of The Lion King, all out this summer.
“With the research showing that families love watching films together on the big screen, the next few months will be a treat for kids, and adults, of all ages.”
According to the study – and perhaps unsurprisingly – having kids is what forces Brits to grow up, with 49 percent of people saying parenthood turned them into adults.
Over four in ten said paying taxes was the task which made them feel old, 36 percent said it was having a mortgage, while 30 percent said contributing to a pension.
Interestingly, while men and women agree it is important to enjoy childish activities, they are split on what to enjoy. Women (36 percent) are over twice as likely to go on swings as men (15 percent) but 22 percent of men say they get excited at steam trains, compared to only 11 percent of women.
Regionally, Belfast is the thumb-sucking capital of Britain where nine percent of grown-ups admit they still suck away, compared to Edinburgh where only one percent will admit to it.
