# "Penii"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penii/375717>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 8, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penii/375717 "2006-10-08T15:32:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penii/375717/101 "2006-10-10T17:57:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Polycarp]  
[Hectocotyli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectocotylus)

From your link:

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> **During copulation, the hectocotylus breaks off from the male.**

Ouch! Not much fun being an octopus. :eek:

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**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:** [October 10, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penii/375717/102 "2006-10-10T18:01:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> From your link:  
> Quote:  
> During copulation, the hectocotylus breaks off from the male.
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> Ouch! Not much fun being an octopus.

How do _you_ know? Maybe, to an octopus, it feels _GREAT_! That’s why they have sex more than once. You might get into it, too. if your penii grew back afterwards.

Apropos of nothing, _octopii_ might not be a word, but _genii_ is.  
Do genii have penes?

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penii/375717/103 "2006-10-10T22:08:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Excalibre]  
Actually, the name she gave was the Spanish word. I don’t remember what the Galego word for “pulpo” is or I’d tell you the native name for it.  
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Pulpo = Polbo in Galego.

But forget the name, [try the dish](http://www.globetrotters.ch/rezepte/globrezept_generierung_en.asp?func=8)! Make sure you soak some crusty bread in the left over sauce after you eat it.

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[QUOTE=CalMeacham]  
How do you know? Maybe, to an octopus, it feels GREAT! That’s why they have sex more than once. You might get into it, too. if your penii grew back afterwards.  
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Hmm…doubt a female octopus could get me all that horny :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penii/375717/104 "2006-10-11T01:13:44Z")

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[QUOTE=CalMeacham]  
Do genii have penes?  
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Well, you rub them and it comes out…

No. Wait. That’s _lamps_ I’m thinking of. Never mind.

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**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penii/375717/105 "2006-10-11T01:42:09Z")

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[QUOTE=RedFury]  
Pulpo = Polbo in Galego.

But forget the name, [try the dish](http://www.globetrotters.ch/rezepte/globrezept_generierung_en.asp?func=8)! Make sure you soak some crusty bread in the left over sauce after you eat it.  
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I’ve tried it, actually, when I was in Galicia.

Sorry, everybody. As far as I’m concerned, octopus is octopus. I’ve had it a few times, and whatever they do to it, it’s like trying to eat an old tire.

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