# Appropriate reply to penis size bragging? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503 "2003-08-29T20:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503/41 "2003-08-30T23:27:06Z")
“I’m 8 inches deep” usually makes men walk away blushing and mumbling. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503/42 "2003-08-31T00:20:49Z")
I used to occasionally get hits on a personals site from guys who had been kind enough to specify their dimensions in their profiles. My responsive was typically “You already have a love object. Apparently it’s _N_ inches long and _M_ inches wide!” Funny, I never heard from any of those guys again…😃 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503/43 "2003-08-31T01:01:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irishgirl \* > \*\*“How nice for you.” > > If you get the tone right, you’ll scar them for life. \*\* That’s exactly my response to anyone’s inappropriate bragging about anything. The best way to impart your true message is to raise your eyebrows slightly and blink quickly while saying it in an exceptionally flat tone of voice. “That’s…interesting” is also an option, said in the same way. Immediately after saying either of those things, it’s also appropriate to look around as if searching for someone who might take you away and then to wander off. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503/44 "2003-08-31T06:56:58Z")
I’ve used this response on a couple of occasions: “Really? Can you stick it up your own ass?” No means he’s lying; Yes means… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503/45 "2003-09-01T02:25:21Z")
“If you don’t know you’re a man by the time you’re (braggart’s age,) then driving a (braggart’s car) and bragging about your shlong ain’t gonna help.” If he knew, he wouldn’t be bragging. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503/46 "2003-09-01T03:14:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*Reminds me of what I say when someone says they are a vegetarian: > "So, no oral sex? \*\* Uh… you actually _say_ that? I mean it was stupid when it became a tired, old cliché 50 years ago… I had no idea anyone was lame enough to still use that one. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503/47 "2003-09-01T06:35:27Z")
I usually tell them that my dick is only 3". ::: Pause::: Then I add But some girls like them thick Shuts them up every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-reply-to-penis-size-bragging/198503.md?page=2)