# If you'll smear your penis with mustard will it get burnt?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 25, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024 "2003-12-25T17:39:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![eyeamflesch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b2d939/32.png) [@eyeamflesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eyeamflesch)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/1 "2003-12-25T17:39:29Z")

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?

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### Author: ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/2 "2003-12-25T17:49:04Z")

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Why don’t you try it and let us know.

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/3 "2003-12-25T17:51:19Z")

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:dubious:

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### Author: ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/4 "2003-12-25T17:51:26Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by eyeamflesch \*  
> \*\*? \*\*

But of course.🙂

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### Author: ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/5 "2003-12-25T17:52:19Z")

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Yeah, man. Only one way to find out.

It’s probably going to hurt like hell, but it all depends on the spiciness of the mustard.

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### Author: ![Slartibartfastt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Slartibartfastt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slartibartfastt)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/6 "2003-12-25T17:55:52Z")

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Only if you then put it into a hot bun 🙂

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### Author: ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/7 "2003-12-25T18:01:34Z")

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This sounds like a job for **[mangeorge](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=198659)**!

😃

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### Author: ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/8 "2003-12-25T18:53:13Z")

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Ask SPOOFE.

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### Author: ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/9 "2003-12-25T19:06:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by XWalrus2 \*  
> \*\*Ask SPOOFE. \*\*

He used toothpaste.

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### Author: ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/10 "2003-12-25T19:08:04Z")

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I know, but I was thinking maybe he’d be willing to find out for us.

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### Author: ![RyanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@RyanV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyanV)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/11 "2003-12-25T19:19:40Z")

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Dude I think your dog would prefer peanut butter.

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### Author: ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/12 "2003-12-25T21:59:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RyanV \*  
> \*\*Dude I think your dog would prefer peanut butter. \*\*

Maybe he has a pig.

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### Author: ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/13 "2003-12-25T22:13:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Chandeleur \*  
> \*\*This sounds like a job for **[mangeorge](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=198659)**!
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> 😃 \*\*

Grey Poupon. 😛  
It burns a little, esp under the glans.

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### Author: ![gubernator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@gubernator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gubernator)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/14 "2003-12-25T22:21:18Z")

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> It burns a little, esp under the glans.

You made me whimper…

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### Author: ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/15 "2003-12-25T23:03:01Z")

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My question is this:

Where would I find enough mustard?

: ducks and runs :

Tripler  
I really would run, but I’d trip over myself, and that would hurt like hell. 😉

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### Author: ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/16 "2003-12-25T23:22:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mangeorge \*  
> \*\*Grey Poupon. 😛  
> It burns a little, esp under the glans. \*\*

I nominate you for the First Annual "_Anything to Fight Against Ignorance, Lifetime Achievement Award"_  
You da man, george!

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### Author: ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/17 "2003-12-26T00:13:10Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Chandeleur \*  
> \*\*I nominate you for the First Annual "_Anything to Fight Against Ignorance, Lifetime Achievement Award"_  
> You da man, george! \*\*

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  
And I’d like to thank all the little people who helped get me where I am today;  
My ex-wife.  
My ex-girlfriends. Even Kim.  
The nuns at St. Joseph’s primary school.  
And a really skinny, totally hairless guy in Salt Lake City.  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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### Author: ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/18 "2003-12-26T00:18:24Z")

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Some kraut and relish for me, thank you. Light on the onions.

…hey, you gonna finish that?

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### Author: ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/19 "2003-12-26T00:20:24Z")

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It took until the 18th reply for someone to ask…

WHY?!

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### Author: ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youll-smear-your-penis-with-mustard-will-it-get-burnt/221024/20 "2003-12-26T01:01:31Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \*  
> \*\*It took until the 18th reply for someone to ask…
> 
> WHY?! \*\*

I’d guess the “why” was answered in the 10th reply.

😉

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