# 10cc

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 14, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443 "2000-12-14T01:26:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443/1 "2000-12-14T01:26:54Z")

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Is it true that the sixties band 10cc named themselves that because that is the average output of sperm in the male orgasim?

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**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443/2 "2000-12-14T01:36:33Z")

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oh, come now!

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443/3 "2000-12-14T01:49:51Z")

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I don’t know if it’s factually correct that there are 10 cc of semen in an average ejaculation (you’d have to ask a urologist about that!), but it IS true that the members of the band THOUGHT it was true, and that’s why they adopted the name.

Incidentally, they were really a 70s band- led by Graham Gouldman (one of the most successful songwriters of the British Invasion years- he wrote a lot of hits for the Yardbirds and the Hollies, among others), and Kevin Godley & Lol Creme, who became pioneers of music video in the 80s (they produced videos for early MTV bands like Duran Duran).

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443/4 "2000-12-14T01:57:32Z")

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False according to snopes:

[http://www.snopes2.com/music/artists/10cc.htm](http://www.snopes2.com/music/artists/10cc.htm)

Anyway, if the guys in the band were a real bunch of pigs, I suppose the could call themselves “half liter”, and maybe give extra long performances …

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**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443/5 "2000-12-14T03:07:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by insider \*  
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> Is it true that the sixties band 10cc named themselves that because that is the average output of sperm in the male orgasim? \*\*

Average male ejaculate: 1.0-5.0 cc

All you ever wanted to know about sperm at: [http://www.mssm.edu/urology/infertility.shtml](http://www.mssm.edu/urology/infertility.shtml)

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**Author:** ![peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10cc/45443/6 "2000-12-14T03:30:03Z")

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They used the total volume, for the entire band. They are above using average numbers.