Confused.com

8th October, 2009

CONFUSION CONCLUSION

The reason why Cheryl Cole is still with husband Ashley is more confusing than buying a house, according to a new study.

Researchers found that the X Factor judge's decision to forgive the cheating football star is one of the most baffling conundrums of modern Britain.

It made fourth place in a list of life's 50 most confusing things, ahead of credit card interest rates and buying a house.

Foreign call centres came top, followed by 'algebra' and 'what women see in Russell Brand'.

Girls Aloud beauty Cheryl revealed this week in a magazine interview she no longer trusts the Chelsea and England defender who had a one-night stand with a blonde hairdresser.

Her devotion to love-rat Ashley was even deemed more confusing than the laws of cricket and insurance policies in the poll by price comparison site www.Confused.com.

Yesterday a spokeswoman for the company, which finds solutions for over a million confused customers every day, said: ''The nation is baffled by Cheryl's devotion to Ashley, particularly when she can probably have any man on the planet.

''Clearly everyone is wondering why she's stuck by him.

''The research shows we spend a lot of time rubbing our brows about all aspects of life from women's fascination with Russell Brand to the puzzling nature of foreign call centres.

''We help millions of confused customers to find the best solution when it comes to choosing products like pet insurance or gas providers but there are some things in life, such as crop circles and computers, that will always remain a constant source of confusion.''

Researchers polled 4,979 people between the ages of 16 and 65 living the length and breadth of the country.

The report revealed confusion also surrounds buying a house, politics, football's offside rule and religion.

Also making the top 50 was converting currency, languages, filling out insurance forms and setting up wireless networks.

Men were deemed more confusing than women with almost 17 per cent of people voting for blokes and almost 12 per cent naming ladies as the more confusing sex.

Social networking site Twitter also made the list as did Stephen Hawking's theories, Kerry Katona, poker and predictive text.

Reading a train timetable, the infamous Magic Roundabout in Swindon, London's tube network and fax machines also appeared.

LIFE 50 BIGGEST CONFUSIONS
1. Foreign call centres
2. Algebra
3. What women see in Russell Brand
4. Why Cheryl Cole is still with Ashley
5. Credit card interest rates
6. Buying a house
7. Politics
8. The laws of cricket
9. Insurance policies
10. Loan interest rates
11. Football's offside rule
12. Religion
13. Converting currency
14. Languages
15. Filling out insurance forms
16. Setting up wireless networks
17. Men
18. Stephen Hawking's theories
19. Figuring out nutritional information on food labels
20. Kerry Katona
21. All the different lottery draws
22. Fixing printers
23. Predictive text
24. Poker
25. Twitter
26. Small print
27. Automated phone systems
28. Why and how Stonehenge was built
29. Women
30. Donnie Darko
31. Filling out passport forms
32. Reverse parallel parking
33. Clocks going back / forward
34. Packaging on kids toys
35. Crop Circles
36. Computers
37. Birmingham's Spaghetti Junction
38. Train fares
39. Fruit machines
40. People who crack their knuckles
41. Reading a map
42. Re-tuning the TV
43. The M25
44. Train timetables
45. Setting an alarm on a cooker/oven
46. In the Night Garden
47. Reading a train timetable
48. Magic Roundabout in Swindon
49. The tube
50. Fax machines
ENDS

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