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BBC To Air First Televised Sperm Race

Posted by timothy on from the reality-teevee dept.

weekendwarrior1980 writes "BBC 3, a digital TV channel in the UK, is televising a race involving the sperm of presenters Dr Mike Leahy and Zeron Gibson. The sperm race will be part of the educational Lab Rats series. Gibson is a comedian and Leahy is a scientist. The network considers this a 'creative risk' but wants to reach out to an audience that avoids educational shows. The show will be broadcasted on April 15th at 2330 BST. Future shows will examine sleep deprivation and centrifugal force."

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  1. One of those uplifting thoughts... by Ieshan · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know those times in life when you don't think you've won at anything, when everything is dim, when life seems like it can't get any worse...

    Just remember.

    You beat ALL those other sperm to the egg.

    You won at something.

    1. Re:One of those uplifting thoughts... by boisepunk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not to troll, but this is not entirely true. Only half of yourself ever did something. Not so encouraging now, is it?

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  2. CENTRIPETAL FORCE by viperstyx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i really hope they mean centripetal force...otherwise there wont be much educating goin on.

  3. And the winner gets... by azuroff · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...18 years of child support payments!

  4. Re:One of those uplifting thoughts x2 by MachDelta · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh pshaw. You're looking at it all wrong:

    Half of you won a foot (er.. tail?) race against millions of other competetors.
    The other half of you repelled a simultaneous attack by those same millions of loosers (kinda like the burly brawl in the Matrix).

    You're equal parts Olympic 100m sprint Gold Medalist and World Champion Kickboxer.
    Whats not to be proud of?

  5. Re:BBC3 by Gossy · · Score: 4, Informative

    But I still want to be able to watch DVDs on my widescreem TV. Doh! That will make me a criminal. Because the TV will theoretically be "capable of receiving a television signal" (because I could plug a portable aerial into it) I'll be legally obliged to pay for a TV license, even though I'll never watch television.

    You'll be glad to hear then that you're wrong. :)

    Remove the aerial, detune the TV (just reset the channel data), and notify the TV Licensing guys. Tell them your TV is only being used for DVDs/games and you then you don't have to pay. This info hidden away on the TVL site somewhere, and it's what I did.

    They emailed me back to say they'd come round and check (they haven't), and that i'd be noted in the database so they don't send me letters demanding I pay up.