Sperm question...

[andyp]

It's pretty wrong whichever way you look at it.

 

[PsiFox]

I don't think they're self-aware.

They can only really go in one direction - and they're given quite a healthy kick-start.

Christ, the last thing I want is a kick in the testicles at the critical moment..

 

[Booner!]

Must be annoying to have got all that way and your best mate locks you out.

Cockblocker

 

[Angilion]

How can it not have instinct? Christ, think about what you are saying. If sperm did not have instinct, just what the shuddering hell tells it to swim in the first place?

You are arguing that a single haploid cell has at least some form of mind, as that is necessary to have instincts. That is ridiculous. You should think about what you are saying.

 

[Nitefly]

Its caused by cell signalling to a positive stimulus.

[/thread]

Its odd the only time I get to come across as a know it all is on OCUK

Eisenbach, M. & Giojalas, L. C. Sperm guidance in mammals — an unpaved road to
the egg. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell. Biol. 7, 276–285 (2006).

 

[DarkShadow]

Surely a pirate would know about sea men.

Hahahahahahaha

 

[PardonTheWait]

7 months later Im walking down the corridors like john wayne with elephantitus on my privates.

Elephantiasis

*feels all clever*

*only found it was called that.. yesterday*

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

The journey of the sperm to the egg is equal to a man swimming the ocean made of treacle (apparently).

 

[Coran]

The journey of the sperm to the egg is equal to a man swimming the ocean made of treacle (apparently).

That can't be right. Just imagine it - 15 million men jump off the coast of Cornwall into the Atlantic, which happens to be full of treacle instead of water, and a few hundred make it to the US?
I guess that explains the origins of the US motto - E pluribus unum, or One out of many

 

[Metalface Mark]

You'd be wrong then.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2891349.stm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/02/030203071703.htm

Heat or smell, no mention of magnetism although it makes sense for people with balls of steel.

Smell?

If it hasnt got a nose, how does my ***** smell?

*awaits obvious joke*

 

[paddy]

Hmm, I'm not so sure. I remember one or two ladies where the vast majority of sperm ended up back on my sheets . Though that may say more about said ladies than the sperm themselves

That probably because they were on the pill, To quote wiki:

A secondary mechanism of [the pill] is inhibition of sperm penetration through the cervix into the upper genital tract (uterus and fallopian tubes) by decreasing the amount of and increasing the viscosity of the cervical mucus.

a.k.a It blocks the pipe

The journey of the sperm to the egg is equal to a man swimming the ocean made of treacle (apparently).

As far as I understood you'd swim at the same speed through a swimming pool of water or treacle

 

[DuncyBoy]

15 million sperm enter! One sperm leaves... after 9 months.

 

[spawner]

All i can think of is WHY would you start a thread like this lol

 

[Feek]

As far as I understood you'd swim at the same speed through a swimming pool of water or treacle

Brainiac tested it, it was a lot harder swimming through treacle - Just ask Jon Tickle.

 

[V|per]

Yes, for the same reason that people who can't swim also can't have children. Fact.

I can't swim.... Bonus!


But saying that, i could learn to swim, does that mean i am effectively learning how to have children?

Every swimming lesson is sex ed

 

[Jono]

Roller Derby, not Rollerball!

Although it would be even cooler if it was like Rollerball.

Roller Derby is awesome

 

[Edrof]

That's quite an interesting bump, Jono.

 

[G-MAN2004]

Roller Derby is awesome

What on earth...

 

[this_is_gav]

I was thinking about this recently and find the idea that I could be producing self aware sperm quite weird.

How did this not kill your erection?

 

[D.P.]

Roller Derby is awesome

You bump a thread from 2008 for that comment