# Chubby Checker Sues HP Over Penis-Measuring webOS App

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**Created:** [August 16, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubby-checker-sues-hp-over-penis-measuring-webos-app/666442 "2013-08-16T19:26:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubby-checker-sues-hp-over-penis-measuring-webos-app/666442/1 "2013-08-16T19:26:19Z")

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**Remember that time Chubby Checker wanted to sue HP over a penis-measuring WebOS app that was also called “Chubby Checker”? There’s more fun to come: ol’ Chubs just got the go-ahead to sue the pants off HP.**  
[Story here.](http://gizmodo.com/chubby-checker-singer-can-sue-hp-over-chubby-checker-1155156358) And everywhere today.

I’ve never seen such a thing. Personally, I think if you can measure your dick with anything less than an Ipad, you shouldn’t. It will just make you feel bad.

Now, a nipple-length App? I could see that supplementing a wet T-shirt contest.  
Any smart phone should work, and Og help us if you need a tablet!

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubby-checker-sues-hp-over-penis-measuring-webos-app/666442/2 "2013-08-16T19:37:39Z")

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> But now Alsup has now ruled that publishing the app in the first place was enough of a **boner** to justify the suit.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubby-checker-sues-hp-over-penis-measuring-webos-app/666442/3 "2013-08-16T19:41:04Z")

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Should the app get pulled, this could devastate the seven people who still use webOS.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chubby-checker-sues-hp-over-penis-measuring-webos-app/666442/4 "2013-08-16T20:47:46Z")

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HP is responding that this is a serious app for people that sincerely want to know if there’s anything odd about a potential partner’s genitals. So they’re continuing to sell it but have agreed to rename it the Earnest Evens app.