# If you could shove your head up your ass how far could you go **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189 "2016-02-05T01:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/1 "2016-02-05T01:30:23Z")
Before you were stopped by your own body? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/2 "2016-02-05T01:35:55Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Before you were stopped by your own body? Unless you were ultra limber most people would suffer bones breaking, spines snapping and muscles tearing off attachment points before you got close enough to worry about the head into ass thing. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/3 "2016-02-05T01:37:19Z")
I’m not sure I understand. My body is ALREADY preventing from shoving my head up my ass. If I hypothetically COULD shove it up my own ass, then hypothetically I could shove my whole body up my ass until I disappeared into a singularity… So to answer your question, 5.3 centimeters. ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/4 "2016-02-05T01:38:34Z")
Assume your bones are made of rubber. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/5 "2016-02-05T01:40:10Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Assume your bones are made of rubber. OK now we’re in superhero comics territory [Hancock - Your head goes up his ass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z51e45W0Tdk) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/6 "2016-02-05T01:40:11Z")
Well, okay, but to get with the spirit and intent of OP’s question (I think), let’s ask: How far could any-generic-body shove his/her head up any-_other_-generic-body’s ass? (Let’s assume that the coming generation of microcephalics don’t count for this investigation.) ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/7 "2016-02-05T01:42:45Z")
If the rubber is infinitely ductile, I could nest myself inside myself in infinitely many layers. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/8 "2016-02-05T01:49:02Z")
**Moderator Action** We get hypothetical physics type question in GQ all the time, but this is well beyond even “assume a spherical cow” types of reality. I think we’ll punt this one over the IMHO where everyone can give their own interpretation of the make-believe physics involved and their opinions of how it should all work. Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/9 "2016-02-05T01:50:22Z")
Not a General Question. Moved to MPSIMS. **samclem** , moderator. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/10 "2016-02-05T01:52:13Z")
Was that a mod vs mod ninja’ing? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/11 "2016-02-05T01:59:20Z")
I’d think if you tried to shove your head up someone else’s ass, that would be about the same measurement. Do we have any volunteers? ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/12 "2016-02-05T02:08:55Z")
I’ve been a 2nd Lieutenant. I’m pretty sure I could manage almost but not quite above the shoulders based on that experience. ---
**Author:** ![Toastmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Toastmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toastmaker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/13 "2016-02-05T02:16:38Z")
Why do you need to know this. . .are you planning on becoming a progressive liberal ? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/14 "2016-02-05T02:18:58Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > **Moderator Action** > > We get hypothetical physics type question in GQ all the time, but this is well beyond even “assume a spherical cow” types of reality. > > I think we’ll punt this one over the IMHO where everyone can give their own interpretation of the make-believe physics involved and their opinions of how it should all work. > > Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion. > [@samclem](#): > > Not a General Question. Moved to MPSIMS. > > **samclem** , moderator. I got $5 on **samclem**. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/15 "2016-02-05T02:25:13Z")
> [@Toastmaker](#): > > Why do you need to know this. . .are you planning on becoming a progressive liberal ? This is why this board needs a “Like” button. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/16 "2016-02-05T02:25:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’d think if you tried to shove your head up someone else’s ass, that would be about the same measurement. Do we have any volunteers? Can we nominate? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/17 "2016-02-05T02:32:10Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > This is why this board needs a “Like” button. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/18 "2016-02-05T03:32:40Z")
Are you on a conveyer belt? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/19 "2016-02-05T03:39:55Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Before you were stopped by your own body? Dunno; do we get to work our way up from gerbils and light bulbs first? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189/20 "2016-02-05T03:51:58Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > **Moderator Action** > > We get hypothetical physics type question in GQ all the time, but this is well beyond even “assume a spherical cow” types of reality. Okay, assuming a spherical cow, if she could she shove her head up her ass, how far could she go? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-shove-your-head-up-your-ass-how-far-could-you-go/745189.md?page=2)