# Poll: Show-ers vs. Grow-ers (it's about penises, people) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2001, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938 "2001-07-10T10:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/21 "2001-07-12T15:23:39Z")
I always would’ve said I’m a grow-er, but a couple of weeks ago at a pool party I stepped out of the pool, my wet swimsuit clinging tightly to my naughty bits, and several people gaped and said “get that thing out of my face!” So I don’t know, but I invite y’all to help (at the risk of seeming like an exhibitionist). I have “before” and “after” photos I’ll happily email to anyone who asks. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/22 "2001-07-12T18:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*As for me, none of your damn business, except to say that I get no complaints…😉 \*\* Me either! Wait…I read that wrong. I get no **compliments**! Drat! Of course, that’s what my prehensile tongue is for. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/23 "2001-07-12T19:36:18Z")
Definate grower here. Depending on conditions, mine can be practically non-existant but can become at least twice as long. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/24 "2001-07-12T21:22:37Z")
Of course, non-exisitant X twice as long = ? ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/25 "2001-07-12T21:41:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*I always would’ve said I’m a grow-er, but a couple of weeks ago at a pool party I stepped out of the pool, my wet swimsuit clinging tightly to my naughty bits, and several people gaped and said “get that thing out of my face!” > > So I don’t know, but I invite y’all to help (at the risk of seeming like an exhibitionist). I have “before” and “after” photos I’ll happily email to anyone who asks. \*\* _blink_ So…um…do you often photograph yourself naked and compare? Or was this a scientific study done for just this purpose? Wait. Don’t answer. I don’t think I need/want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/26 "2001-07-12T22:54:30Z")
I don’t criticize your hobbies, **Medea’s Child**. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/27 "2001-07-12T23:53:37Z")
Just last night I was commenting to \*\* Drachillix \*\* that I start out working with a set amount of area and end up working with three times the area before I’m done. I think that deserves at least three times more icecream that was initially agreed on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/28 "2001-07-13T08:07:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I have “before” and “after” photos I’ll happily email to anyone who asks. That’s not necessary (though I don’t mind staring at penises). I just think I now know where you got the screen name “ **Fiver** ” from. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/29 "2001-07-13T10:29:22Z")
SPOOFE; I thought you must be kidding about TADGER, until I Googlized it and found it in THE PROBERT ENCYCLOPAEDIA under slang. I’m gonna use that. Gadjer badger’s got a tadger! Those things are suppposed to grow? When I was thirteen, I chopped off those unsightly baggy things under it with a steak knife. Everyone in the sanitorium said it looked much less cluttered down there. No one would sit next to me at meals, though. But I did get complete privacy in the showers, except for two big guys who couldn’t seem to take their eyes off me. They were in awe and whispered their compliments so as not to embarrass me. If I fit into one of your categories, I guess I would be a grower. Sometimes I pretend it’s a rabbit and I tend it. And I pet it and hug it. It won’t let me kiss it, though. It always backs away. However, if I could grow it enough…Mmm, rabbit! ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/30 "2001-07-13T10:52:02Z")
Anyone see ‘Lucas’? In that movie some jock makes fun of a nerdy kid’s penis size in the locker room, and the nerd replies that it’s the number of wrinkles in it that matter, not the non-erect length, and implies that a guy who walks around the locker room with a semi may have some homosexual tendencies. I thought that was pretty funny and this thread reminds me of it. I’m a Grower too, and since I’m uncircumcised Mr. Happy pretty much disappears at times, when he pulls his head into his turtleneck. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/31 "2001-07-20T14:10:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manda JO \* > \*\*Of course, non-exisitant X twice as long = ? \*\* Well, I did say “practically”. 🙂 Sometimes it appears I have less than an inch down there. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938/32 "2001-07-20T16:43:05Z")
Both. Noticeable in not-tight jeans when soft; “awe-inspiring” (to quote **racinchikki** ) when hard. **racinchikki** and the poster formerly known a **ssskuggiii** can verify. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-show-ers-vs-grow-ers-its-about-penises-people/71938.md?page=1)