# What happens to the sperm that don't make it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-sperm-that-dont-make-it/499889>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 15, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-sperm-that-dont-make-it/499889 "2009-06-15T23:14:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-sperm-that-dont-make-it/499889/21 "2009-06-18T11:40:53Z")

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> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> …sperm corpses…

Best band name _ever!_

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-sperm-that-dont-make-it/499889/22 "2009-06-18T12:56:34Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> As Genya Ravan once sang, “I won’t sleep in the wet spot no more.”

And I hear God gets quite irate.

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