# Sex Ring Removed from Penis with Bolt Cutters, Hacksaw **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670 "2016-11-05T05:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/21 "2016-11-06T23:23:43Z")
Y’know what? This reaffirms my position: brothers, let your faithful friend stand on his own and do not resent him when he wants to take rest breaks during the festivities. Better settle for what you can get than risk losing all. If any participant in the event wants something that will remain 100% unyieldingly rigid for the entire work shift, there is a variety of artificial items on sale that have that characteristic. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/22 "2016-11-06T23:30:53Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Y’know what? This reaffirms my position: brothers, let your faithful friend stand on his own and do not resent him when he wants to take rest breaks during the festivities. Better settle for what you can get than risk losing all. If any participant in the event wants something that will remain 100% unyieldingly rigid for the entire work shift, there is a variety of artificial items on sale that have that characteristic. I believe that, Viagra et al notwithstanding, if there is any body function people really shouldn’t mess with, it’s this one. Men need to be VERY cautious if they’re going to alter anything regarding it. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/23 "2016-11-07T05:32:04Z")
I saw a medical TV show once where a fellow got his stuck in one of the ventilation holes in his Coleman stove. They had to call in a urologist with a large hypodermic needle to drain it. (The penis, not the stove). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/24 "2016-11-07T06:48:40Z")
Since most links don’t work for me, I’m not even going to bother. Thank goodness. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/25 "2016-11-07T07:15:21Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > I saw a medical TV show once where a fellow got his stuck in one of the ventilation holes in his Coleman stove. They had to call in a urologist with a large hypodermic needle to drain it. (The penis, not the stove). This is my first thought - the problem is too much blood past the ring.\* So why not drain the blood until it deflates? I am going to guess that this is NOT a DIY project, unless you are done with sex and will never wish to partake again. But in a hospital? There has to be someone who can insert a needle into the correct vein. Of do we just love to humiliate guys who screw up? - - Yes, this is unique tissue - is there any other part of any human body made of erectile tissue? ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/26 "2016-11-07T09:19:38Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > - > - Yes, this is unique tissue - is there any other part of any human body made of erectile tissue? The turbinates, in your nose, contains erectile tissue. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/27 "2016-11-07T15:55:08Z")
As is the clitoris. Er, no, we don’t humiliate guys in the hospital, what a shitty thing to suggest. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/28 "2016-11-07T21:14:20Z")
If you like it then you shouldn’t put a ring on it, If you like it then you shouldn’t put a ring on it… ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/29 "2016-11-07T21:49:15Z")
I laughed at the first picture. What did they hope to accomplish with those puny wire cutters against that industrial strength ring? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/30 "2016-11-08T05:56:56Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I’ve done this before on a pretty baroque device, used a power cutter, a bit like a dremel, had to cut through in 2 places, it’s not a sterile procedure. Doctors could barely contain their laughter? Fucking amateurs. To be fair, they _are_ Thai. Those guys will giggle at just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/31 "2016-11-08T06:25:16Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > This is my first thought - the problem is too much blood past the ring.\* > > So why not drain the blood until it deflates? > I am going to guess that this is NOT a DIY project, unless you are done with sex and will never wish to partake again. > But in a hospital? There has to be someone who can insert a needle into the correct vein. > Of do we just love to humiliate guys who screw up? > > - > - Yes, this is unique tissue - is there any other part of any human body made of erectile tissue? Sometimes the blood has to be drained out of it, if lesser measures fail. “Lesser measures” is defined as multiple injections of phenylephrine, the same thing that makes your nasal passages open if you spray it in your nose, and it’s what is done if a man has an erection lasting more than 4 hours. :eek: Truthfully, from what I’ve heard, they usually want something done about it long before 4 hours, because it gets awfully painful. Not having a penis myself, I wouldn’t personally know. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/32 "2016-11-08T17:41:48Z")
So doctors in Thailand wear backwards Nike baseball caps? Or did they bring over a mechanic from next door? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/33 "2016-11-08T19:35:14Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Sometimes the blood has to be drained out of it, if lesser measures fail. “Lesser measures” is defined as multiple injections of phenylephrine, the same thing that makes your nasal passages open if you spray it in your nose, and it’s what is done if a man has an erection lasting more than 4 hours. :eek: Truthfully, from what I’ve heard, they usually want something done about it long before 4 hours, because it gets awfully painful. Not having a penis myself, I wouldn’t personally know. I wouldn’t expect phenylephrine to be effective in this case, decreasing flow into the penis is not the problem, it’s improving outflow. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/34 "2016-11-08T19:43:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Since most links don’t work for me, I’m not even going to bother. Thank goodness. Not missing nothing:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/35 "2016-11-08T19:49:23Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > So doctors in Thailand wear backwards Nike baseball caps? Or did they bring over a mechanic from next door? Coulda been the EMT that brought him in. What I noticed just now was the angle that they’re working on him. Look at the pictures again. Remember, he’s rock hard under there. Can you get your erection, under normal circumstances, to point straight left or right and lay against your leg? Now think about it being so hard and in so much pain that you had to go to the hospital? Why wouldn’t they work on it with it up or down? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/36 "2016-11-09T00:03:42Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I wouldn’t expect phenylephrine to be effective in this case, decreasing flow into the penis is not the problem, it’s improving outflow. That’s done in the absence of, ahem, known blockage. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/37 "2016-11-09T01:52:38Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > That’s done in the absence of, ahem, known blockage. Not sure what your point is here. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/38 "2016-11-09T09:43:56Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Coulda been the EMT that brought him in. > > What I noticed just now was the angle that they’re working on him. Look at the pictures again. Remember, he’s rock hard under there. Can you get your erection, under normal circumstances, to point straight left or right and lay against your leg? Now think about it being so hard and in so much pain that you had to go to the hospital? > Why wouldn’t they work on it with it up or down? Not really, the erection is only going to be distal to the constriction ring (I’m assuming no viagara); in the ones I’ve seen, it’s wood on a hinge. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/39 "2016-11-10T17:23:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > …Metal should never be used unless it’s accurately > sized. 😕 How would it work then? If it does its job at restricting outflow enough to maintain an erection, then it’s dangerous. If it doesn’t restrict outflow, then it won’t work. Sounds like a lose-lose situation! BTW - on that last photo, there’s something that looks like an industrial-strength condom, which made me giggle until I realized it was just the rubberized handle of one of the tools used. Same tool as in the first photo actually, but in the bottom photo it really looks dildo-esque. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670/40 "2016-11-12T06:11:02Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > 😕 > > How would it work then? If it does its job at restricting outflow enough to maintain an erection, then it’s dangerous. If it doesn’t restrict outflow, then it won’t work. Sounds like a lose-lose situation! > > BTW - on that last photo, there’s something that looks like an industrial-strength condom, which made me giggle until I realized it was just the rubberized handle of one of the tools used. Same tool as in the first photo actually, but in the bottom photo it really looks dildo-esque. “Tool.” Hehe. Indeed. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-ring-removed-from-penis-with-bolt-cutters-hacksaw/770670.md?page=1)