March 14th, 2008
Tickets for sperm, so why not eggs?
After picking up the Guardian yesterday for the third installment of The Great Poets series (Sylvia Plath, with a wonderful intro from Margaret Drabble), I spotted this this story:
“For men across Europe there is now an alternative to waiting in line, wrestling with a telephone operator or double-, triple-, quadruple-clicking on an unresponsive website. Yes, there IS another way to get hold of festival tickets, and all without spending a dime (or euro or pound).
You can donate sperm.
The opportunity comes via the self-explanatory Irish website Sperm For Tickets.”
The site does exactly what it says on the, em, small plastic cup and seems like a fair enough proposition. But is it a little one-sided? I’m sure there’s just as much of a demand for donor eggs.
March 14th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Yes, but in fairness, for every one egg donor they get they need about a billion or so sperm donors
March 14th, 2008 at 11:44 am
“Yes, but in fairness, for every one egg donor they get they need about a billion or so sperm donors”.
I’m confused. Surely it’s the opposite? ie one woman, one egg, but one guy, billions of sperm?
Either way, bet loads of studenty blokes sign up for it!!
March 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am
It’s a hoax…
http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/03/funky-spunk-sperm-for-tickets-is-a-hoax/
March 14th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Ah Niall, you’ve burst the bubble. A nation of “studenty blokes” must be very disappointed at the news.
Aine, JL, looks like we’ll have to save that debate for when someone sets one up for real.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
It’d have to be a bloody good concert to be worth one of my eggs, I tell you!
It’s giving me funny images of the tout guys shouting ‘buying or sellin?’ outside the point. Shady exchanges of small plastic cups…
March 15th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Bad news for all those spunk rockers out there…er, I mean, punk rocker.