# OK, that's it: penis poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006 "2002-05-09T02:20:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/21 "2002-05-09T13:48:36Z")
1. about 3 - 4" 2. about 7.5" 3. yes, downward 4. cut 5. shaved ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/22 "2002-05-09T14:18:24Z")
**1. How long is it flaccid?** Depends. 3 inches on average **2. How long is it hard?** 7 inches **3. Does it bend when hard? If so, in what direction?** Nope…like an arrow **4. Cut or uncut?** Uncut **5. Pubes: shaved, trimmed, or natural?** Shaved. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/23 "2002-05-09T14:28:21Z")
I wonder how many are posting measurements along the bottom. Yeah, I have a huge schlong too, if I measure from my asshole. ALONG THE TOP, GUYS. The curve don’t count none neither. Pull a tape measure taut and that’s whatcha got. And then add a couple more inches so you fit in with what people have posted so far. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/24 "2002-05-09T14:38:40Z")
1. 27 inches 2. 36 inches 3. Hi Opal 4. Cut 5. Trimmed. _note_ All measurements made from the floor up. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/25 "2002-05-09T14:41:52Z")
Not only are the people who frequent the SDMB some of the most intelligent people on the planet but it would seem that the men are also better endowed then your average male. Unless of course, one is Scottish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/26 "2002-05-09T14:45:18Z")
_ah hem_ Born in Dundee, Scotland pal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Big\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/27 "2002-05-09T14:57:41Z")
1. 3-4 soft 2. 6.5-7 hard 3. curved to the left 4. cut 5. bare balls, trimmed patch up top ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/28 "2002-05-09T15:01:49Z")
Size matters, but it’s about the girth, not the length. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/29 "2002-05-09T15:51:49Z")
Ahem… 1.) 2-3 soft, sometimes smaller and sometimes bigger 2.) 6 hard (damn Irish genes) 3.) very straight and smooth, no curves or leanings when hard 4.) cut and pierced (Prince Albert, 8 gauge) 5.) smooth as a baby’s bottom below, neatly cropped above \ Perhaps another poll thread should start on this but I’ve always wondered… If penis enlargement (length and/or girth) was as readily available to men as breast enlargement is to women, what percent of men would do it? My theory is that it would be a larger percentage of men vs. women and breast enlargement today. Discuss… \ MeanJoe P.S. - I would do it in a heartbeat, enlargement that is. Nothing grotesquely larger, just an inche or two… or three… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/30 "2002-05-09T15:56:17Z")
1. varies with temperature. Max. around 3 (maybe I’ve never actually measured it at that state) 2. varies. Max. around 6.25 (I’ve never measured while very stimulated. I would be kinda awkward to say “Honey, while your down there could you pass me a ruler.”). Max. measured 6. 3. slightly upwards 4. cut 5. trimmed right now. in a couple days bare. ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/31 "2002-05-09T15:59:28Z")
1. 3"-4", depending on the weather, etc. 2. 7" (was 7 1/2" at age 18- What happened?). 3. 20 degrees to the _left_ when erect. 4. Cut. 5. Trimmed. Plus I have to shave the base of my penis because the hair grows up the bottom 3" of the shaft. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/32 "2002-05-09T16:49:28Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/33 "2002-05-09T17:25:01Z")
Really not sure why I am posting here, but let’s be bold 1. 4 2. 9 3. Pretty straight 4. Cut 5. Natural ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/34 "2002-05-09T17:37:37Z")
I’ve never actually measured it before, but this thread made me curious enough to try but I ran into a little problem. TMI Warning! Being a really fat guy I am unsure of where to start measuring. There is enough padding at the base to seriously effect the number. If I really smush it( the fat) back and start against the bone it is about a 2.5 inch difference then the unmodified apparent start. What is proper measuring procedure? ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/35 "2002-05-09T18:17:01Z")
The correct way to measure your penis is from the TOP, not the sides or the base. Use a ruler, and I would recommend that you ‘push in’ on the ruler as hard as you can. I’m sure this is how everyone else must be measuring it. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/36 "2002-05-09T22:47:41Z")
Should we measure it diagonally like a tv? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/37 "2002-05-10T00:29:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Feynn \* > \*\*Not only are the people who frequent the SDMB some of the most intelligent people on the planet but it would seem that the men are also better endowed then your average male. > > Unless of course, one is Scottish. > > 🙂 \*\* If you had a 4 inch pecker, would you post it? 😉 Oh, and I measured from the top. The trouble is, it’s only about 1/2" in circumference. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/38 "2002-05-10T01:09:25Z")
1 - Completely average. 2 - Completely average. 3 - Straight ahead pretty much. 4 - De-foreskinated. 5 - Pleasantly disheveled. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/39 "2002-05-10T02:57:17Z")
This might give some encouragement to some of our over-weight male Dopers, but according to an article I read in _Prevention_ magazine some years back, for every 35 pounds you lose, you _gain_ an inch in pecker length. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006/40 "2002-05-10T03:36:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Surreal \* > \*\*The correct way to measure your penis is from the TOP, not the sides or the base. Use a ruler, and I would recommend that you ‘push in’ on the ruler as hard as you can. I’m sure this is how everyone else must be measuring it. \*\* Can anyone give me advice on treating a ruler-shaped puncture wound to my pubic region? I was trying to get an extra inch and well… :eek: 1. 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches 2. 6 3/4 inches 3. bends up just a little 4. cut 5. natural [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-thats-it-penis-poll/108006.md?page=3)