# Penis size - whats too much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261 "2012-07-14T23:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/41 "2012-07-16T20:48:02Z")
a large penis is like a vacation. It’s nice for a while, but then you want to go back home to your comfort zone. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/42 "2012-07-16T20:51:07Z")
And you hope you don’t get diarrhea. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/43 "2012-07-16T21:11:33Z")
The Plaster Caster rock star groupie? 🙂 She made those wiener casts in the 70’s. > [@Chefguy](#): > > My post was also a joke. I’m sure that I’m a smokin’ 5.25", but who actually measures? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/44 "2012-07-16T21:17:11Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Plaster Caster rock star groupie? 🙂 She made those wiener casts in the 70’s. [Cynthia Plaster Caster?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Plaster_Caster) She lives in Chicago, and I always wondered if she was on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/45 "2012-07-16T21:22:20Z")
For some reason, I recall a condom company with a booth on the beach at Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale to measure penises. They had a urologist and nurses to perform the measurement, and were offering a package of condoms and lubes to try to avoid self-selection bias. The average was something like 5.65". ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/46 "2012-07-16T21:39:45Z")
I dont want my partner to have a penis. I do and that is more then enough. ---
**Author:** ![BeBold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@BeBold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeBold)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/47 "2012-07-17T02:34:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I tried to word my OP as respectfully as possible. How else am I supposed to mention the gay members that post here? It’s no different than addressing a question to the women on the sdmb. So, think…Would you say “the blacks” then go on to make a generalization. That’s always a good way to tell if you are being derogatory. Instead, this is actually how you are “supposed” to address groups of people… instead of “the gays” you might try “gay men”, “lesbian women” the word “women” is NOT the same as picking out a minority. Instead of “the blacks” hopefully you would say something like “black men” or “black women”. ok, enough of a lesson. I was just saying it was not a proper thing to say if you weren’t intending to be hostile, homophobic etc. it wasn’t what you were saying but how you were saying it. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/48 "2012-07-17T02:43:40Z")
As a gay man, I took no offense to your use of the phrase “the Gays” In fact, it didn’t even register at all until the kerffufle started to crop up. In retrospect, I kind of like the idea that the Gays deserves capitalization, like we are some official organization. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/49 "2012-07-17T02:47:02Z")
> [@BeBold](#): > > So, think…Would you say “the blacks” then go on to make a generalization. That’s always a good way to tell if you are being derogatory. Maybe I wouldn’t say “the blacks”, but I do see “blacks” in the media all the time, for example “93% of blacks support Obama.” So if “the gays” is troublesome, can we say “gays”, as in “not all gays enjoy anal sex”? “Lesbian women” is redundant; I’ve never heard of a lesbian who was not a woman, and yes, “lesbian” often appears in the media as a noun. FTR, I’m an American person, but I will not be offended if you refer to me and other American persons as “Americans.” 😃 ---
**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:** [July 17, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/50 "2012-07-17T03:12:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The anus is a much smaller orifice than a vagina. Ripping and tearing are obviously a concern for anyone engaged in anal sex. That’s the only reason I brought it up in the OP. All the lube in the world wouldn’t help if J Holmes knocked on your back door. You never heard of fisting? And yes, it can be done without “ripping and tearing.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/51 "2012-07-17T13:27:09Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > And you hope you don’t get diarrhea. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/52 "2012-07-18T04:37:43Z")
Looks like the TSA found the new John Holmes. What’s that bulge you’re hiding they ask, repeatedly. How stupid can they possibly be? They can’t feel the difference in a big cock and a metal bomb _with both hands_? > **[World's most 'well-endowed' man stopped and frisked by suspicious TSA officials](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174937/Jonah-Falcon-Worlds-endowed-man-stopped-frisked-suspicious-TSA-officials.html)** > > Jonah Falcon, 41, was on his way to New York when TSA officers at San Francisco International Airport stopped and frisked him, fearing that he had a suspicious hidden package in his pants. > [@](#): > > The former computer games reviewer has previously featured in a HBO documentary about the size of his manhood, which measures 9 inches limp and 13.5 inches when aroused. > > He said: ‘I had my ’stuff’ strapped to the left. I wasn’t erect at the time. > > ‘One of the guards asked if my pockets were empty and I said ’Yes.’ I said, ’It’s my d\*\*k.’ > > He gave me a pat down but made sure to go around my penis with his hands. > > ‘They even put some powder on my pants, probably a test for explosives. I found it amusing.’ ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261/53 "2012-07-19T00:51:17Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Looks like the TSA found the new John Holmes. What’s that bulge you’re hiding they ask, repeatedly. How stupid can they possibly be? They can’t feel the difference in a big cock and a metal bomb _with both hands_? > > [Jonah Falcon: World's most 'well-endowed' man stopped and frisked by suspicious TSA officials | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174937/Jonah-Falcon-Worlds-endowed-man-stopped-frisked-suspicious-TSA-officials.html) Yeah, he’s never been measured by a reputable 3rd party. According to the Wikipedia article: When videographed improperly self-measuring during a Yanky Panky interview Falcon’s penis was less than 8 inches (20 cm) in length. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-size-whats-too-much/628261.md?page=2)