# Is it possible to have a wiener so large... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475 "2011-03-30T05:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/21 "2011-03-30T22:28:01Z")
Purely anecodotal and uncited, but I do recall hearing that some largely-endowed men have experienced headaches after prolonged arousal. Hardly scientific, but it’s probably the closest you’re gonna get. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/22 "2011-03-30T23:17:48Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > Purely anecodotal and uncited, but I do recall hearing that some largely-endowed men have experienced headaches after prolonged arousal. Hardly scientific, but it’s probably the closest you’re gonna get. So _that_ explains my frequent headaches! OK, alas, that can’t be it… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/23 "2011-03-31T00:41:53Z")
> [@CheeseDonkey](#): > > Side question: if a man dies while having an erection, does the erection stay or does it immediately wither away? That’s the first thing I asked myself when reading about [David Carradine’s](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31129156/ns/health-sexual_health/) death. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/24 "2011-03-31T02:58:27Z")
Am I the only one who was hoping for a Hebrew National thread? (Man, compared to a good hot dog, a weiner is such a let-down…) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/25 "2011-03-31T03:06:18Z")
> [@](#): > > But how was it done? [I found the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287527) I originally made the measurement for. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/26 "2011-03-31T03:40:41Z")
On average, large penises need more stimulation to achieve (or maintain) erections. But there are exceptions. And the only way an erection can survive death would be to apply constriction. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/27 "2011-03-31T06:03:22Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Comparison of both states using fluid displacement and a measuring cup, I imagine. I hope the water was tepid. Does Mary Roach know about this research? (and were any shouts of Eureka! involved?) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/28 "2011-03-31T10:04:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Look up Jonah Falcon. I believe this was the guy who was the subject of a documentary I saw - BBC, I think - about what it’s like to have the world’s largest penis. Kind of a sad story, really. Anyway, he said that one reason he’s never done porn is because it’s nearly impossible for him to sustain a real erection. He can’t get much past the semi-hard state, or at least not easily, not very often, and not for very long. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/29 "2011-03-31T10:57:00Z")
> [@CheeseDonkey](#): > > Side question: if a man dies while having an erection, does the erection stay or does it immediately wither away? I have no idea what causes it or whether it has a causation link with pitching a tent immediately pre-mortem, but post-mortem erections aren’t unheard of. They call it “angel lust”, and apparently it happens most often to people who died by hanging. In fact, according to Wikipedia, dead wood is an indicator of a swift, violent death. Maybe if the lady’s really enthusiastic about it, then. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/30 "2011-03-31T12:05:30Z")
They’re also called res-erections. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeper13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Sleeper13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeper13)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/31 "2011-03-31T13:47:04Z")
[www.lpsg.org](http://www.lpsg.org) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/32 "2011-03-31T13:50:38Z")
…that God couldn’t lift it? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475/33 "2011-03-31T18:33:55Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yes. Cold water would have definitely affected the data. _There was shrinkage!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-wiener-so-large/576475.md?page=1)