# Pity the fraus & frauleins **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263 "2000-03-02T22:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/1 "2000-03-03T06:39:00Z")
## BERLIN (Reuters) - A study has found that the standard European Union size of condom is often too big for German men, a magazine reported Sunday. Focus magazine said a study by leading German condom manufacturer Condomi found standard-sized condoms falling off half of the men studied. “The average German penis is about 3.5 to 4 millimeters (0.13 to 0.15 inches) too narrow for the standard EN 600 condom,’’ the magazine wrote. The EU set the EN 600 guidelines for rubber condoms in 1996 to establish a uniform standard across Europe.” * * * **SDMB’s oldest living female!** Acclaimed author of: _No Bad Brontosauri 365 Ways to Cook Sabertooth Tiger The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Wheel_ ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/2 "2000-03-02T22:59:00Z")
Thought sure the TM would have a field day with this. Maybe I should have titled it “Krauts have tiny dicks” This’ll run it back up the flagpole anyway (hope it’s not a German flagpole). * * * * * * **SDMB’s oldest living female!** Acclaimed author of: _No Bad Brontosauri 365 Ways to Cook Sabertooth Tiger The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Wheel_ ---
**Author:** ![Disputin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Disputin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disputin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/3 "2000-03-02T23:32:00Z")
Hey, I bet Michael Masterson could be the new condom model for the Germans! * * * **Disputin** _Flagrantly ignorant statements cheerfully crammed right back down your neck._ ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/4 "2000-03-02T23:35:00Z")
Ooh, .15 inches too small. Big problem. What’s the average size of the mating part. Smaller or larger, that’s what matters. * * * I’m only your wildest fear, from the corners of your darkest thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/5 "2000-03-02T23:44:00Z")
I think the funniest thing about this is that there is actually a _European_ condom standard. First the metric system, and now this. They’re really trying to make up for that Dark Ages thing. * * * _A hush fell over the courtroom, killing six._ ---
**Author:** ![GrammarNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@GrammarNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrammarNinja)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/6 "2000-03-03T04:03:00Z")
So why does there need to be a uniform standard size for CONDOMS across Europe? Most Europeans I’ve known struck me as not too suave or sexy. Does everybody in Europe get laid so much that they need to leave their country for a change of scene? * * * “Now you pissed me off. You and I? We’re NEVER gonna be friends.” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/7 "2000-03-03T09:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by GrammarNinja: > **Most Europeans I’ve known struck me as not too suave or sexy.** _cough_ We obviously haven’t been introduced. The name is Coldfire. As for the change of scene, most people choose Amsterdam for that. But I already live there 😃 FWIW, I didn’t even know we had a uniform condom size here. But I must admit I chuckled when I read the OP. First we beat them in the war, then at soccer and now this! Poor Gerries eh 😉 * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![jwg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@jwg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jwg)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pity-the-fraus-frauleins/14263/8 "2000-03-04T06:16:00Z")
I don’t remember where I read it, but I did read a story once about Stalin and Roosevelt. At whatever conference it was, Stalin complained that he wasn’t getting enough supplies. He added that condoms were scarce. As a joke, Roosevelt asked what size was needed? Stalin responded 16 inches (expressed in metric, I am sure), “the standard Soviet Army issue.” Roosevelt had one made up 16 inches long, stamped “size -small” and sent it to Stalin. * * * what?