# Male Question: How do you hold your Pen.. Pendulum?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913 "2009-05-19T00:25:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913/21 "2009-05-19T22:29:17Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I’m curious what clothing guys have to hold out of the way. I just hang it out through the fly on my pants- what could get in the way of the end of it? > > Genuinely puzzled. Ah, but if you don’t hold it, there might be unforeseen angles at which you end up peeing, leading to problems. I never did that again. I hold four fingers under, thumb over, right hand. Left hand may or may not be involved in the segregation of anatomy and clothing, depending on what I’m wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913/22 "2009-05-19T22:44:05Z")
The scissor hold is a good hold. Accurate, simple. What more could you want out of a penis hold? ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913/23 "2009-05-19T23:58:31Z")
No personal experience, but here’s another technique I recently ran across - note the comment, “Who holds their junk backhanded?!” [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/3099569707\_df014fc63e.jpg?v=0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/3099569707_df014fc63e.jpg?v=0) (SFW, I think - it’s an illustration and no genitals are visible.) (BTW, this is from a 1930s pamphlet warning of the dangers of that newfangled electricity. So definitely pre-Mythbusters.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913/24 "2009-05-20T01:08:42Z")
You should hold it the way you hold a pen, especially if you’re peeing words in the snow. If you’re large, I suggest using an Interlocking Grip instead. ---
**Author:** ![MarcinCiez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@MarcinCiez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcinCiez)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913/25 "2009-05-20T01:51:04Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I’m curious what clothing guys have to hold out of the way. I just hang it out through the fly on my pants- what could get in the way of the end of it? > > Genuinely puzzled. I once wore jeans with a belt (no zip, just buttons), being lazy that day freezing day, and a bit of a hurry becasue my bladder was full, i used my right thumb to pull my jeans down by the tightly fastened belt, and using the remaining free hand (the left hand) grabbed my dick out with the testies (balls) resting on top of the belt/pants. They were used as ancherage so when I started pissing, my penis wouldn’t accidentally “slip down” into the pants. Then using the left hand (now free again) grabbed my jacket at the base and held it up… anyway… this was the last time I ever took shortcuts like this… the moment I let my bladder go, the penis flipped up… oh no… once you let your bladder relax, there’s no comming back!! I couldn’t let go of either the pant, or the jacket… Oh what wet fun that was!!! :smack: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913/26 "2009-05-20T03:10:37Z")
Looks like he was peeling back foreskin and holding the waistband at the same time to keep from interrupting flow. Doubt he holds it like that most of the time. Think it was an expedience. I’ve never seen anyone do it that way, but eh, whatever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-question-how-do-you-hold-your-pen-pendulum/496913.md?page=1)