Sir, - There are about 250,000,000 sperm in the average ejaculation, only one of which, God willing, shall unite with a woman's egg and give life to a new soul.
Couples think they can decide between March and July, or between 1999 and 2001 - but God always picks the tadpole. - Yours, etc., Robert Duffy,
Woodside, Hacketstown, Co Carlow.