# Guys: Shower or Grower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256 "2010-06-15T03:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/21 "2010-06-15T21:56:16Z")
Uh, it depends on the temperature actually. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/22 "2010-06-15T22:51:43Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > look like a baby when soft 8 pounds and 22 inches long? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Wunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@Wunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wunky)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/23 "2010-06-16T01:34:59Z")
I used to be on [LPSG.org](http://LPSG.org) and was always amused when guys would post a single dimension for their flaccid size, as if it doesn’t vary depending on the temperature, stress level, etc. etc. I highly doubt a guy’s flaccid measurement is exactly the same when he’s sitting relaxed in shorts on a beach in Miami and when he’s fallen through the ice in Nome and is being attacked by a polar bear. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/24 "2010-06-16T01:53:22Z")
> [@Wunky](#): > > I used to be on [LPSG.org](http://LPSG.org) and was always amused when guys would post a single dimension for their flaccid size, as if it doesn’t vary depending on the temperature, stress level, etc. etc. I highly doubt a guy’s flaccid measurement is exactly the same when he’s sitting relaxed in shorts on a beach in Miami and when he’s fallen through the ice in Nome and is being attacked by a polar bear. [Suck or be fucked by the cock above you?](http://www.lpsg.org/177498-suck-or-be-fucked-by.html) Gayest website ever. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/25 "2010-06-16T01:56:08Z")
Currently 92.5% of respondents self-identify as a grower. Which means 92.5% of respondents didn’t like what they saw in their high school locker rooms. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/26 "2010-06-16T01:57:49Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Currently 92.5% of respondents self-identify as a grower. > > Which means 92.5% of respondents didn’t like what they saw in their high school locker rooms. So 7.5% of respondents were gay? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/27 "2010-06-16T09:02:56Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > So 7.5% of respondents were gay? You can be gay and not like what’s on display in locker rooms. Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/28 "2010-06-16T13:57:40Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Currently 92.5% of respondents self-identify as a grower. > > Which means 92.5% of respondents didn’t like what they saw in their high school locker rooms. I think you’re missing a few things there between point A and point B. I mean, I recognize that there is a Doper Cock Inflation Effect, but last I checked we can all look up the average size on any website and decide where we actually are on the bell curve. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/29 "2010-06-16T14:04:31Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Uh, it depends on the temperature actually. Bingo. At regular room temp, it’s small. But when I get out of bed in the morning and I’ve been relaxed in a warm environment, it’s long and soft. Then I pee, and then get back in bed and spoon my wife, and it’s long and hard. Grower. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/30 "2010-06-16T19:43:12Z")
So who are the Dopers who claim that when the sit on a toilet, their dicks are touching toilet water? Must be that other 7.5%. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/31 "2010-06-16T19:49:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > So who are the Dopers who claim that when the sit on a toilet, their dicks are touching toilet water? > > Must be that other 7.5%. I just always (tongue-in-cheekly) assume their toilets are improperly configured and overfill, myself. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/32 "2010-06-16T19:59:02Z")
Grower. Like Apache Chief, yo. Inyuk-chuk! Not for nothin’, **Rand** , but what prompted you to start this poll? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/33 "2010-06-16T20:43:18Z")
> [@Enfant Terrible](#): > > Grower. Like Apache Chief, yo. Inyuk-chuk! > Not for nothin’, **Rand** , but what prompted you to start this poll? It’s because I teased him about his cock size in another thread, but context is highly important. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/34 "2010-06-16T21:11:29Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > It’s because I teased him about his cock size in another thread, but context is highly important. 😛 Context? You mean, like, pubic hair? Well, I try to keep the lawn well-maintained but cutting down to the soil is right out! ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/35 "2010-06-16T21:14:42Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > So who are the Dopers who claim that when the sit on a toilet, their dicks are touching toilet water? Maybe they just get reaaaaaaaaaally excited about being in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/36 "2010-06-16T21:21:14Z")
I marked grower. And while I have always assumed I am slightly smaller than average (haven’t taken a ruler to it, but I do know the average), I have recently been complimented on girth, which surprised me. Meh. Never had a size based complaint yet, so I don’t let it bother me. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/37 "2010-06-16T23:35:11Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > I marked grower. > > And while I have always assumed I am slightly smaller than average (haven’t taken a ruler to it, but I do know the average), I have recently been complimented on girth, which surprised me. > > Meh. Never had a size based complaint yet, so I don’t let it bother me. All girls will compliment you on size. The first few times it happened I was jubilant. Turns out it’s standard operating procedure. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/38 "2010-06-17T02:35:03Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Maybe they just get reaaaaaaaaaally excited about being in the bathroom. You know, you always hear the cliche that men don’t know shit about women’s anatomies, but the same really is true in the opposite direction. This post provides a nice illustration. Here’s the low-down: If a guy is sitting on the toilet with an erect penis, said penis will be nowhere near the water in the normal course of events (indeed, it will point toward the ceiling). The only way for it to get near the water is if the guy is leaning forward so far that his head is on the floor or he is using his hand to severely force his penis toward the water. > [@Zeriel](#): > > I think you’re missing a few things there between point A and point B. > > I mean, I recognize that there is a Doper Cock Inflation Effect, but last I checked we can all look up the average size on any website and decide where we actually are on the bell curve. I googled, and it turns out my penis is way above average. You’re supposed to measure starting from where it leaves the pelvis way back by the asshole, right? > [@corkboard](#): > > Bingo. At regular room temp, it’s small. But when I get out of bed in the morning and I’ve been relaxed in a warm environment, it’s long and soft. > > Then I pee, and then get back in bed and spoon my wife, and it’s long and hard. > > Grower. Guess you’re not a morning wood kinda guy, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/39 "2010-06-17T12:55:21Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I googled, and it turns out my penis is way above average. > > You’re supposed to measure starting from where it leaves the pelvis way back by the asshole, right? Rand, the ONLY way to measure your penis is from where it touches the asshole. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256/40 "2010-06-17T12:59:38Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > You know, you always hear the cliche that men don’t know shit about women’s anatomies, but the same really is true in the opposite direction. This post provides a nice illustration. Oh, so true. If I’ve got wood and I need to poo, I have an interesting dilemma. Pee all over the floor, or pinch it shut? Ain’t no way it’s fitting in the bowl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-shower-or-grower/543256.md?page=3)