# Now I just have to, ahh, "measure" it with my hand **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358 "2013-02-15T02:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/1 "2013-02-15T02:48:51Z")
[Chubby Checker sues Hewlett-Packard over penis measuring app, ‘The Chubby Checker’](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trending/Chubby-Checker-sues-Hewlett-Packard-over-penis-measuring-app-The-Chubby-Checker.html) Google it, it’s on a bunch of websites. The best part is that this wasn’t done by some guy in his basement but by a major corporation & their aptly named subsidary… > [@](#): > > an app designed by Hewlett-Packard subsidiary **Palm, Inc.** \* Yes, folks, an app to estimate the size of a guys Johnson is made by a company called “Palm”. Wouldn’t palming it change the size? 😕 - Different article has that [quote] ([http://www.avclub.com/articles/chubby-checker-the-singer-who-doesnt-measure-penis,92513/](http://www.avclub.com/articles/chubby-checker-the-singer-who-doesnt-measure-penis,92513/)) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/2 "2013-02-15T13:27:52Z")
Well, I have heard the term “Palm Pilot” used in that context. So maybe it’s not that weird. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/3 "2013-02-15T13:33:22Z")
TIL Chubby Checker is still alive. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/4 "2013-02-15T13:42:42Z")
Just want to add that when using the Chubby Checker is NOT the time to do “The Twist.” ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/5 "2013-02-15T14:12:49Z")
I’ll bet Dick Armey woukld sue them, too, if they used his name in an app. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/6 "2013-02-15T15:16:44Z")
Based on shoe size? _Pff_ Real men use a laser measuring tape, accurate down to one millimeter. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/7 "2013-02-15T19:59:06Z")
Nah- real men use a ruler and can afford to round down to the inch, so as not to sound like we’re bragging. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/8 "2013-02-15T21:53:15Z")
Real men know it’s girth + (tongue strength)[sup]2[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/9 "2013-02-15T22:12:02Z")
Pales into insignificance compared to the prior story listed below it [Guy stabbed for not switching positions during threesome](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trending/Guy-stabbed-for-not-switching-positions-during-threesome.html) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-just-have-to-ahh-measure-it-with-my-hand/650358/10 "2013-02-15T22:30:43Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Pales into insignificance compared to the prior story listed below it [Guy stabbed for not switching positions during threesome](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trending/Guy-stabbed-for-not-switching-positions-during-threesome.html) Well, getting something stuck into you is one of the hazards of the activity.