# Is it possible for a man to have two penises?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 27, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222 "2003-12-27T04:02:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/41 "2003-12-29T15:46:56Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Doctor Jackson \*
> \*\*They have an anus on their other hand? \*\*
always look before you shake someone’s hand,
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/42 "2003-12-29T16:19:29Z")
What’s worse is that there’s at least one guy out there who’s had his _split_ in two!!
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/43 "2003-12-29T16:42:29Z")
I’m sure it’s possible but rare for a man to have more than one, however a woman may have as many as she wants.
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/44 "2003-12-29T16:53:30Z")
“Diphallic Terata
What a _wonderful_ phrase
Diphallic Terata
Ain’t no passin’ craze
It means no worries
For the rest of your dayssssss…”
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/45 "2003-12-29T19:21:21Z")
That’s terrible. What if you got in a fight and someone kicked you in all four nuts at once? Man, I think I’d cough up a toenail.
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### Author:  [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/46 "2003-12-29T19:46:38Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Darwin’s Finch \*
> \*\*It’s common enough (though still rare) to have two penises that such a condition has its own term: _diphallic terata_. \*\*
OK, so which is it, really?
Common, or rare?
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### Author:  [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/47 "2003-12-30T05:27:06Z")
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> \*Originally posted by FabioClone \*
> \*\*Well, it’s a big deal to some of us…😕 \*\*
I’d sooner give up a kidney or even both kidneys.
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### Author:  [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/48 "2003-12-30T05:47:44Z")
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> \*Originally posted by netscape 6 \*
> \*\*I’d sooner give up a kidney or even both kidneys. \*\*
Reality check (or was it renality)
Last I heard renal dyalisis isn’t exactly a big boost to the sex life.
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### Author:  [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-man-to-have-two-penises/221222/49 "2003-12-30T06:14:52Z")
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> \*Originally posted by drachillix \*
> \*\*Reality check (or was it renality)
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> Last I heard renal dyalisis isn’t exactly a big boost to the sex life. \*\*
Yeah, but castration is quite worse, I´m sure. :eek:
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> \*Originally posted by drachillix \*
> **I’m sure it’s possible but rare for a man to have more than one, however a woman may have as many as she wants.**
HA! 😃
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> \*Originally posted by Doctor Jackson \*
> **They have an anus on their other hand?**
Hey!, you are the doctor here.
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