# Penis Q (Maybe TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 22, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057 "2002-04-22T21:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/1 "2002-04-22T21:47:19Z")
I really never _wanted_ to ask this, I swear, but the curiousity is killing me. My penis has an upward angle while erect, perhaps 50 degrees (rough estimate). Once in a while (i.e., maybe once every 10 erections) I have the strange ability to “crack” my manhood, for lack of a better term. When I mean crack, I mean the type that resembles that when you apply pressure on your knuckles, etc. The way I do this is by pressing down with moderate force on the organ, and I feel a knuckle pop in the base of it. It’s not audible, but it feels exactly like the type I feel in my fingers. What is this? Is it normal? What’s its medical name? Anyone else have the ability? I’m going crazy over here… ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/2 "2002-04-22T23:53:10Z")
I can do the cracking thing too. I wonder if it’s weird… ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/3 "2002-04-22T23:53:12Z")
:eek: I can’t answer your question, but careful there! You have read [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_426.html), haven’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Spider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Barking\_Spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Spider)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/4 "2002-04-22T23:57:12Z")
I can do that too, but I havent for a long time, since I don’t want to break anything down there. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/5 "2002-04-23T00:01:42Z")
Hey, call a urologist. They know. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/6 "2002-04-23T00:20:25Z")
I’ve done it before. It doesn’t **seem** to have caused any permanent damage. As for the feeling … it’s fun? It doesn’t really hurt, but it doesn’t feel spectacular. And of course I can’t do it as reliably as I can crack one of my knuckles:). No idea what the term for it is, though. ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/7 "2002-04-23T02:43:25Z")
It’s possible to [break your penis!](http://www.mypleasure.com/education/qanda/questions/19.asp) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/8 "2002-04-23T02:49:22Z")
I dunno, but I think penises that curve up are way sexy. ---
**Author:** ![winkie45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a3d4f5/32.png) [@winkie45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winkie45)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/9 "2002-04-23T05:17:12Z")
What about penises that curve to the right? ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/10 "2002-04-23T06:23:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by winkie45 \* > \*\*What about penises that curve to the right? \*\* start jackin’ left. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/11 "2002-04-23T07:06:01Z")
I mentioned “cracking my penis” to an ex-girlfriend once… she asked a doctor about it and he said it was normal, but I shouldn’t do it. The reason wasn’t given, but if it has any chance at all of causing a fracture, I think my penis-cracking days are over. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/12 "2002-04-23T09:20:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by winkie45 \* > \*\*What about penises that curve to the right? \*\* Could be sexy, I guess. Is it veiny? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/13 "2002-04-23T12:10:41Z")
You do know that, with time, all peni point to the floor. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/14 "2002-04-23T15:18:56Z")
There was a recent topic on penises that lean or are crooked, whatever ya want to call it. ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/15 "2002-04-23T21:31:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\*I dunno, but I think penises that curve up are way sexy. \*\* And you have to live in Tokyo! Alas, I’m jailbait anyway. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/16 "2002-04-23T22:25:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\*…Is it veiny? \*\* Just a quick thank you for even implying veiny ones are sexy. I get so many yucks about my “arterial abundance” that I beginning to get a complex. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/17 "2002-04-23T22:58:22Z")
What about circumcised penises that have had little mottled lighter-colored areas on the glans (and one on the upper part of the sheath) for over three years, even though the owner has tested negative for all the common sexually-transmittable diseases? Er, hypothetically, of course. :o ---
**Author:** ![sandalfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sandalfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalfeet)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/18 "2002-04-24T01:59:33Z")
mmmmmmmm… veins on the penis are sooooooo sexy ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-q-maybe-tmi/105057/19 "2002-04-24T02:10:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sandalfeet \* > \*\*mmmmmmmm… veins on the penis are sooooooo sexy \*\* Well, if you didn’t have them, you couldn’t get an erection. I always wish mine bent up a little. Makes it look like a buckin’ bronco. Neeeiiigggghhhh…