# Big Balls, Small Balls, All Balls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 8, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985 "2010-07-08T17:32:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/21 "2010-07-08T20:17:55Z")
> [@0\_Gravity](#): > > . I also prefer sacs that are a little snug looking, instead of hanging like an overly loose plastic bag. You do know about _shrinkage_, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/22 "2010-07-08T20:18:18Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I didn’t realize that they move until a few years ago. Did you know that? They kind of sit there and _writhe_ amongst themselves. It’s fascinating. The use of the word “amongst” implies that there are three or more. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/23 "2010-07-08T20:23:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > You didn’t ask me… I did TOO ask you! Last line of the OP. Now if you wanted to accuse me of marginalizing you and treating you like an afterthought, well, I guess that would be fair. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/24 "2010-07-08T20:25:33Z")
> [@Q.N.Jones](#): > > The use of the word “amongst” implies that there are three or more. :eek: I have an odd number of testicles. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/25 "2010-07-08T20:28:15Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > I don’t particularly care for really low dangly ones Slap slap slap ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/26 "2010-07-08T20:46:53Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > [QUOTE=Zsofia] > I didn’t realize that they move until a few years ago. Did you know that? They kind of sit there and writhe amongst themselves. It’s fascinating. Yeah, but guys get all freaked out if you spend too much time staring at their testicles. Explaining that they move about and the scrotum changes texture and whatnot so it is kind of like watching a lava lamp doesn’t convince them to be less freaked out either. ☹ [/QUOTE] This quote and reply made me giggle a lot. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/27 "2010-07-08T20:51:06Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Gay guys: What do you prefer? Big. But not just big . . . they have to hang down low and bounce around when he walks. My partner has to arrange all his junk when he sits on the toilet . . . or everything gets wet . . . and cold. :eek: I don’t have that problem. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/28 "2010-07-08T21:24:36Z")
I prefer mine chocolate and salty. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/29 "2010-07-08T21:36:03Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You do know about _shrinkage_, don’t you? Also, room (and pants) temperature. The difference between “snug” and “low dangley” is a few degrees - they’re trying to snug up to or dangle away from one’s body heat. Clever little rascals! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/30 "2010-07-08T21:37:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I have an odd number of testicles. Ironically, I would find four to be an odd number of testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/31 "2010-07-08T22:01:33Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I did TOO ask you! Last line of the OP. Now if you wanted to accuse me of marginalizing you and treating you like an afterthought, well, I guess that would be fair. 😛 Sorry, I didn’t notice then (hangs head, but not balls, in shame). Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/32 "2010-07-08T22:02:20Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Ironically, I would find four to be an odd number of testicles. conjoined twins? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/33 "2010-07-08T22:06:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Well that tends to depend on the weather. The hotter and more humid it is, the further the balls will sink Sorta like one of them home weather stations you hang on your living room wall. “Ayep, looks like it’s gonna be a humid one today…” ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/34 "2010-07-08T22:11:09Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I didn’t realize that they move until a few years ago. Did you know that? They kind of sit there and _writhe_ amongst themselves. It’s fascinating. They don’t, the scrotum does have a mind of it’s own though. You’re seeing the contraction of the outer sac. ---
**Author:** ![DivineComedienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/35 "2010-07-08T22:28:12Z")
Hetero woman here. Okay, I admit it…I really never noticed that they came in sizes! I thought they were all about the same size (much like any other organ), I never saw much discrepancy in the men I have known. Is “big” better? Does that mean you have more sperm or something? Make a guy more “manly”? Or are you referring to the size of the scrotum holding the testicles, rather than the testicles themselves? Does that vary? Does it matter? Perhaps I should pay closer attention… ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/36 "2010-07-08T22:33:27Z")
To paraphrase the great Mr. Lincoln: long enough to reach the ground. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/37 "2010-07-09T02:23:43Z")
I just like average size. Big would be uglier and more intrusive, unusually small would probably look weird. Firm and high is also cuter (less intrusive) than dangly. But I think increased dangle is an inevitable part of aging. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/38 "2010-07-09T02:28:14Z")
It’s not the size that matters, it’s…what the hell are they used for? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/39 "2010-07-09T02:29:54Z")
Brass. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985/40 "2010-07-09T04:17:56Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Yeah, but guys get all freaked out if you spend too much time staring at their testicles. I’m a straight guy so I have no place responding to the poll. But I popped in to say that you’ve been looking at the wrong guys’ testicles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-balls-small-balls-all-balls/545985.md?page=3)