# Penis measurement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714 "2011-04-01T03:01:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/21 "2011-04-01T21:29:56Z")

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GPS.

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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/22 "2011-04-01T21:48:55Z")

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> [@standingwave](#):
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> GPS.

Averaging?

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**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:** [April 1, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/23 "2011-04-01T23:13:11Z")

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And bear in mind, folks: According to Dr. Oz (and he should know), for every 35 pounds you lose, your penis appears to grow one inch.

The day after he said this on TV, gym memberships skyrocketed.

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**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/24 "2011-04-02T04:49:05Z")

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I’d suggest a 12-inch ruler. Though, for some of us, that may be insufficient. 😃

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-measurement/576714/25 "2011-04-02T05:49:22Z")

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Actually, this does speak to another advantage of the metric system. The number does just kind of sound better.

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