Girls and boys have ditched the romantic approach for a more practical gift search this St Valentine's Day.

Sex toys have been the most popular internet searches according to search engine Lycos' Top 50.

Both boys and girls have been scouring the internet for the tools of love rather than trappings of romance.

Lycos' Top 50, a weekly keyword search chart, reveals that for the first time ever the words "adult toys" have overtaken the conventional "romantic break" and "flower delivery".

www.lycos.co.uk