# Guys, would you show it upon request? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920 "2011-04-27T17:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/61 "2011-05-01T12:52:10Z")
That’s an unrealistic scenario. Everyone knows women are only interested in seeing a cock if it’s thrust through a pizza or into the bottom of a popcorn container. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/62 "2011-05-01T22:10:00Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > That’s an unrealistic scenario. Everyone knows women are only interested in seeing a cock if it’s thrust through a pizza or into the bottom of a popcorn container. “The hell you say! THIS one’s eating my popcorn!!!” (Punchlines, again. Even in Men In Black.) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/63 "2011-05-01T22:56:52Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > That’s an unrealistic scenario. Everyone knows women are only interested in seeing a cock if it’s thrust through a pizza or into the bottom of a popcorn container. A \*lot of great answers in this thread. But this one deserved to be posted again. But like Silenus said: “It’s a trap!”. So my answer, based on the limited info given is an absolute no. Though I also like the “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!” concept, esp if she’s reasonably hot. (But then again it’s still no, because I would not be satisfied with just a quick peek.) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/64 "2011-05-01T23:05:31Z")
Not as indicated in the OP. A few friends have asked and seen it, though. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/65 "2011-05-01T23:07:52Z")
That happened to me a few days ago. A famous Hollywood sex symbol came up to me and said… No, wait, it didn’t happen at all. My mistake, I was thinking about the total stranger that asked for directions to the cinema. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/66 "2011-05-01T23:22:38Z")
Barring the obvious doctor/nurse/wife qualifications, a strange woman asking to see my penis is, _by definition_, someone I don’t wish to show it to. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/67 "2011-05-01T23:30:43Z")
Nope, no, nadda. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/68 "2011-05-01T23:31:33Z")
Man, I wouldn’t show her \*your \*cock. (It dawns on me that the OP is most probably female considering the handle. Fuck it, it’s a passable line and it’s not going to waste.) ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/69 "2011-05-02T00:27:52Z")
I’m a grower, not a shower. Even when I’m grown, there’s not much to show. My answer is no. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/70 "2011-05-02T01:11:42Z")
> [@BomTek](#): > > Grower here. . > [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I’m a grower, not a shower. What does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/71 "2011-05-02T02:55:36Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > What does this mean? A grower is a penis that is small when flaccid but becomes much larger when erect. A shower is a penis that’s big when flaccid yet doesn’t get much bigger when erect. Both kinds generally end up having the same dimensions _in media res_, but of course growers look far less impressive at PENCON 5. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/72 "2011-05-02T05:55:17Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > Why would there be a plastic rooster in your pocket? Tonight I was hanging out with the guys when the impulse struck me. I said “Anybody want to see me play with my cock?” Jeremy had just headed for the restroom but was in earshot and yelled “Unless he pulls a plastic rooster out of his pocket, that is SOOOO wrong!” ---
**Author:** ![Inthewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Inthewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inthewater)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/73 "2011-05-02T21:24:24Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > What does this mean? Proving my theory that many women don’t know this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inthewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Inthewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inthewater)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/74 "2011-05-02T21:26:59Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > A grower is a penis that is small when flaccid but becomes much larger when erect. A shower is a penis that’s big when flaccid yet doesn’t get much bigger when erect. Both kinds generally end up having the same dimensions _in media res_, but of course growers look far less impressive at PENCON 5. Hehe…PENCON 5…that got a good snortle out of me, it did. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/75 "2011-05-02T21:39:38Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > A grower is a penis that is small when flaccid but becomes much larger when erect. A shower is a penis that’s big when flaccid yet doesn’t get much bigger when erect. Both kinds generally end up having the same dimensions _in media res_, but of course growers look far less impressive at PENCON 5. If it’s still not making sense, consider that one type _grows_ larger and the other type _shows_ itself all the time. I seem to remember the _grower/shower_ terms causing confusion here before because people were misreading the former term as in “take a shower.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/76 "2011-05-03T16:14:39Z")
PENCON 5 made me snort my pasta, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/77 "2011-05-03T16:36:15Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > PENCON 5 made me snort my pasta, too. 🙂 Is that a euphemism? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/78 "2011-05-04T09:34:12Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > PENCON 5 made me snort my pasta, too. 🙂 The both of you are quite welcome. I long hesitated before leaving it, wondering if maybe it was too obscure a joke to work (that and people often mistake which way the DEFCON scale works). Glad to know it isn’t :). ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/79 "2011-05-04T10:59:33Z")
I have never taken it out and not used it, so to simply satisfy someone’s curiosity? No, I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/80 "2011-05-04T14:19:10Z")
Heh. “Once unsheathed, my blade must taste blood. Well, not blood, actually, other fluids. The good ones.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920.md?page=5)