Firstly, allow me to pat you on the back. Well done. To make it this far you’ve literally done the impossible and won a game so improbable, it makes the lottery look like a guaranteed win.

What am I talking about? Well let’s get the graphic stuff out of the way first and then we’ll talk.

How old are you? Really? You’re doing well; what’s your secret? Anyway, lets go back exactly that many years, and then about nine months previous to that – yep, I’m taking about the moment of your conception.

Here’s the graphic bit, I’ll try and be quick. You, at one point, were two entities; sperm and egg. Now the egg bit was predetermined while you mother was still in the womb herself, however the chances of it being your egg that was fertilised was about 1:400. Now the other half of you is even more improbable. The chances of it being that sperm cell was about 1:60,000,000 at best. So already, the...