Sex and our city: Seattle's not doing it often unless it's outside

We aren't a sexy bunch.

Perhaps it's the Scandinavian rectitude. Maybe it's the recreational activities. That is, the other recreational activities.

Maybe socks and sandals have the same effect as a cold shower.

But our couples just aren't coupling very much. Our favorite oral contraceptive may be "no."

A new survey says folks in Seattle have sex less often than the national average, are more likely to avoid sex in hot weather and less likely to have sex outside in the rain than folks in other cities.

Then again, Seattle folks lead the nation in having sex outside.

You have to figure that means there are trysts aplenty on sunny days since, let's face it, it rains outside often here.

All this and more on habits sexual come from Trojan, the condom maker. It had an online survey of 1,000 adults taken. And 150 surveys were also conducted online among 10 large cities.

So here is the tale of the tape:

Doing it

Not often. An average of 75 times year, the survey says, compared with a national average of 82. Thank God for the Norwegians and Swedes of Minneapolis, who managed only 64 times a year.

Not long. An average of 27 minutes per. That's on par with the national average.

But those people in Miami, do they every sleep?

They did most often -- 102 times a year -- and longest -- 35 minutes.

Guess they must not have cable.

It's the weather

Are we picky or what? Of 10 cities, Seattle placed dead last in the category "always up for sex regardless of temperature."

(OK, quit snickering.)

A mere 56 percent of us were. Denver was tops with 72 percent.

Forty-three percent of us were more likely to say "not tonight" because it was too hot. The national average was 35 percent.

At least we know enough for us to get out of the rain. In Houston, 47 percent of the folks had sex outside in the rain. They were No. 1. We were last at 26 percent.

But, hey, we were way above average in having sex when it's foggy. A display of modesty, no doubt.

The birds and the bees

Be careful on your hikes this holiday weekend. You don't know what you might disturb.

The survey says we are No. 1 in having sex outside. Seventy-seven percent of those question said they had.

Pity poor Chicago, dead last at 67 percent.

Toddlin' town indeed.