Urban myth told as if true A well known urban myth has been circulating amongst Warwick students, some of whom are gullibly believing it to be true. The story concerns an unnamed girlfriend of one of the Rugby team. It is alleged that following the wild celebrations of a particularly great victory, the girl was rushed to hospital complaining of abdominal cramps. A stomach pump was carried out, and the contents of her stomach included a gallon of semen from fifteen different individuals. Although the image of an attractive girl's head bobbing felatially over a succession of sporting members is a plausible one, the story contains a number of points which shed doubt on its veracity. 1) The average male ejaculate is under 10ml; hence the quanity of semen from 15 individuals would be no more than 200ml, which is less than half a pint. 2) We contacted the Coventry and Warwickshire hospital. A doctor from the gastroenterological department, whilst unable to divulge any medical records, was able to confirm that no significant amount of semen has been found in any stomach pumps over the last eighteen months. 3) He added, "We are also not in the habit of DNA testing the contents of people's stomachs to determine how many people they have come from. I don't think people should really expect that level of service from the NHS." 4) A nearly identical story has been circulating on the internet for the past six years, but concerning a "sophmore cheerleader from the University of Wisconsin". Although Warwick does have an exchange scheme with Wisconsin, it is not thought that the exchange continues to this extent. In conclusion, this is clearly an untrue urban myth. We recommend that if someone tries to feed you a cock and bull story about a gallon of spunk that you do not swallow it.