Are all sperm created equal?

[huellewig]

I assume the best swimmer provided half of my code. What if the best swimmer took a wrong turn? Now we have the guy that is good with directions (but a slower swimmer) winning the race. Would I be better with directions now instead of being good at swimming if the good swimmer took a left instead of a right and hit his target?

Or is the seed a photocopy of all the others?

[DemBones DemBones]

1. No, there are variations in sperm just as in eggs. nt

[huellewig]

5. Thanks...

Mom is getting a nasty phone call in the morning. Her eggs need to be more selective in the future.

</mom-stop letting skinny dorky sperm in>

[jdots]

2. wow I never thought of that.

We are all just little tadpoles in way to many dimensions to get the toaster oven of existence. " Every sperm is sacred " is a great song.

[Oggy]

3. LIke all things in life

It was down to the female side to pick the winner, i.e. for the egg to decide!

[Richard Steele]

4. Nope, no photocopies in yer papa's ballsack!

Every sperm is different, and every sperm's DNA is random!

The strongest swimmers often get the worst directions, and die while going in tiny circles.

And those who swim strongly in one direction, usually end up head-butting the uterine wall over and over...

The sperm who actually reaches the egg has a special combination of endurance and whimsy...he swims like a champ, but gladly changes direction every time he bumps into something, while his stronger brethren keep butting the wall!

Millions of sperm DIE with a purpose; but a few who don't care just keep on keepin' on, and eventually stumble across a fertile EGG...

And once they burrow into that egg, about 1 in 3 are lucky enough to implant into the wall of the womb and start growing into a fetus...

[Swamp Rat]

6. Every sperm is sacred...

Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.

:D