# Having a boner in public is illegal. Just thought you'd like to know. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593 "2000-11-24T23:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/21 "2000-11-25T17:01:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \* > \*\*I used to work for a legal tech firm that processed transcripts from a malpractice lawsuit involving inflatable penile prostheses. One of the most common complaints was “spontaneous inflation” – usually triggered by coughing or sneezing. > > One wonders how the courts in Indiana would deal with that one. \*\* _ **snort** _\* [vague memory zone, but along the same lines] Wasn’t their a headache medicine or something like that that women took and one of the _side effects_ oif they yawned or sneezed was an orgasm? This wasn’t that long ago, say in the last year that I read this…really…somewhere. [/vague memory zone] ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/22 "2000-11-25T17:39:08Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* \*\* > [@](#): > > [vague memory zone, but along the same lines] > > Wasn’t their a headache medicine or something like that that women took and one of the _side effects_ oif they yawned or sneezed was an orgasm? This wasn’t that long ago, say in the last year that I read this…really…somewhere. > > [/vague memory zone] \*\* If this drug is still being made I want it ! Now ! ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/23 "2000-11-25T17:44:39Z")
I know what _I_want for Christmas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/24 "2000-11-25T17:47:51Z")
gee, is that a **felony** or **misdemeanor** or are ya just glad to see me? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/25 "2000-11-25T17:58:24Z")
Magdalene: Yep. That was my first thought too. Thought for a second there we’d have to start an SDMB Erection Defense Fund. Then I thought “wait, we’d _never_ be able to keep enough cash in the coffers for that.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/26 "2000-11-25T21:28:04Z")
Um… _schwing_? ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/27 "2000-11-25T21:34:23Z")
wonder how many people they have detained for that. wait, let me re-phrase that. Wonder how many 15y/o’s they have detained for that. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/28 "2000-11-25T22:12:03Z")
I could like S0 break Indiana law. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![madmark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@madmark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmark)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/29 "2000-11-26T00:25:02Z")
Well, at least we know Mr. Bobbit won’t be breaking that law 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/30 "2000-11-26T00:27:44Z")
I suppose if I _must_ I’ll do my civic duty that I’ve solemnly sworn to \ uphold. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/31 "2000-11-26T02:13:10Z")
boy, those standards are pretty High for a hormone-enriched teen as myself; but I always do… Arise… to meet a challenge 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/32 "2000-11-26T02:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silo \* > \*\*I could like S0 break Indiana law. 😃 \*\* I don’t think Indiana cop cars come equipped with microscopes 😉 Keith ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/33 "2000-11-26T02:55:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dpr \* > \*\*And is making it go away then the equivalentof a citizen’s arrest. Or civic duty perhaps… \*\* Well, technically the procedure required to make it go away involves another illegal action: indecent exposure. Down here [Florida] it results in a $200 fine for each person involved. [Don’t ask how I know, I wasn’t caught being involved like that.] ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/34 "2000-11-26T03:40:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, technically the procedure required to make it go away involves another illegal action: indecent exposure. Down here [Florida] it results in a $200 fine for each person involved. Boy, that just sucks! Oh come on. Someone had to say it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Talkinsquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@Talkinsquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talkinsquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/35 "2000-11-26T05:38:49Z")
I for one will not partake in such juvenille humor… What? I wont! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/36 "2000-11-26T06:48:29Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Ayesha \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > [vague memory zone, but along the same lines] > > > > Wasn’t their a headache medicine or something like that that women took and one of the _side effects_ oif they yawned or sneezed was an orgasm? This wasn’t that long ago, say in the last year that I read this…really…somewhere. > > > > [/vague memory zone] \*\* > > If this drug is still being made I want it ! Now ! \*\* That reminds me of an old joke: 1st Woman: “I went to the doctor because every time I sneeze I have an orgasm!” 2nd Woman: “What are you taking for it?” 1st Woman: “Pepper!” I heard it was an anti-depressant, an SSRI, like Zoloft or Paxil. They usually reduice sexual feelings but for some people they have a paradoxical effect. What do you say to someone who’s troubled(?!!) by this after they’ve sneezed? – “Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Oh God bless you!”? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/37 "2000-11-26T08:13:14Z")
> [@](#): > > (Or, in Mr. Cynical’s case, “Move along, folks. Nothing to see here.”) Those of us with small penises need love too. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/38 "2000-11-26T11:28:33Z")
as long as they’re citing the discernably turgid, they sjhould just go out of their way slightly and cite every man who wears sweat pants in public. ---
**Author:** ![nebuli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/0ea827/32.png) [@nebuli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebuli)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/39 "2000-11-26T14:57:11Z")
By the way, anyone else wonder what would have happened if the GOP convention had been in Indianapolis? Remember this threat- [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33366](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33366) ? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593/40 "2000-11-26T15:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*Um… _schwing_? \*\* Just in case this was a real question, plus it allows me to tell a story: The word “Schwing” I believe, when used in this context was a reference to an ongoing gag on “Wayne’s World” both SNL version and the movie. The lads would say the word “Schwing” loudly while moving their pelvic areas in response, generally to either visual stimulus or verbalization of a “babe” (ie, really good looking woman), suggesting verbally, that the penis had become erect. My very, very proper sister in law (she refuses to mention things like underwear in mixed company), loved the Wayne’s World scenes, and thought “Schwing” was just the funniest line she’d ever heard, so she’d repeat it, a lot, in front of various folks, including her minister. Of course, this was **before** she found out what it referred to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-boner-in-public-is-illegal-just-thought-youd-like-to-know/42593.md?page=3)