# The Case of the Missing Penis **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845 "2003-08-13T05:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/1 "2003-08-13T05:44:14Z")
I can’t even begin to imagine what [this](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/Living/GMA030811Medical_errors.html) man is going through. This poor guy’s gonna needs lots of therapy. His wife, too. I imagine he’ll wind up getting a shitload of money out of this one way or another, but I don’t think even that can begin to make up for what those doctors did to him. I just know I’m going to have nightmares. –MidnightRadio ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/2 "2003-08-13T05:46:22Z")
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the doctor again… Good lord, that is really a pisser. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/3 "2003-08-13T05:47:35Z")
Well, it _was_… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/4 "2003-08-13T07:09:05Z")
I’m so sad for that man. So maybe they couldn’t wake him up in the middle of the badder surgery to discuss it with him, but you think they could have sent someone out to talk to his wife before they did it (or at least I’m assuming they didn’t, from his remark about neither of them being told it was a possiblity.) I can’t even begin to imagine how tramatic something like that has got to be. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/5 "2003-08-13T10:16:01Z")
I had a pretty crummy day today, but I got home, read that story and figured, heck, at least my penis didn’t get chopped off by mistake. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/6 "2003-08-13T11:48:45Z")
Was I the only one that thought they should have stopped citing examples after the guy with no dick? I have never felt less sympathy for a woman who had both breasts removed… ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/7 "2003-08-13T13:48:17Z")
**Some** men’s penises (or is it _penii_?) are practically missing already, and it’s not the doctor’s fault… ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/8 "2003-08-13T13:56:29Z")
I heard about a boy who was shot in the penis, a few weeks ago. His injuries were not fatal, but let’s face it - **he was shot in the penis.** I wonder if all the severed penii migrate? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/9 "2003-08-13T14:30:38Z")
WARNING: TMI – guys may get woozy When a friend of mine – well, acquaintance really, he dated my roommate in college – anyhoo, when “J” was a little kid, he wiped out on his bike, the seat came off and he seriously cut his scrotum – seriously enough that his little boy testicle sort of fell out (still attached to all it’s tubing, so he was sewn up and had no significant permanent damage.) When the ambulance arrived to rush him to the hospital, the driver climbed out, checked the injury with his partner, and promptly fainted. J said he _wailed_ the entire way to the hospital – not because it hurt (which it did) but because he thought the hospital would turn him into a girl. He’d heard that “that’s what they did to little boys who really seriously hurt their wee-wees.” Note: I’m not sure how accurate “his testicle fell out” may be. The memory was from J’s young perpective. Though if the ambulance driver fainted, I expect some parts that were visible that really shouldn’t have been. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/10 "2003-08-13T15:00:59Z")
It’d be kinda cool if they went in for corrective surgery (if it’s possible) and accidentally gave him two. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/11 "2003-08-13T16:44:40Z")
[les claypool] ‘i woke up this morning with a bad hangover, and my penis was missing again…’ [/les claypool] sorry 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/12 "2003-08-13T16:52:01Z")
wow. King Missile have a song for everything. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/13 "2003-08-13T16:52:10Z")
Damn you **MidnightRadio** I wanted to post this last night, but I coudlnt find a cite outside aol. My damn 56k is so slow I jsut got pissed and went to bed! [stewy] Damn you all! [/stewy] ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/14 "2003-08-13T16:52:11Z")
Damn you **MidnightRadio** I wanted to post this last night, but I coudlnt find a cite outside aol. My damn 56k is so slow I jsut got pissed and went to bed! [stewy] Damn you all! [/stewy] ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/15 "2003-08-13T16:53:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bittersweet \* > \*\ ***Some** men’s penises (or is it _penii_?) are practically missing already, and it’s not the doctor’s fault… \*\* Oh and Bittersweet, nice cheap shot at the (soon to be?)ex 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/16 "2003-08-13T17:19:09Z")
In Florida they are trying to put a $250,000.00 cap on malpractice suits. Don’t you think his penis is worth more then that? ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/17 "2003-08-13T17:23:37Z")
Now I forgot the chick’s name but she whacked her husbands off while he slept and drove the penis to a secluded area and threw it out the window. The police had to send out dogs to find it and when they did they reattached it to the guy. As I recall she was off the hook for cutting it off because he abused her. I wish I could remember her name ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/18 "2003-08-13T17:39:42Z")
Her name was Lorenna Bobbit. John Bobbit went on to star in “Frankenweiner” and other adult films. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/19 "2003-08-13T17:42:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*In Florida they are trying to put a $250,000.00 cap on malpractice suits. Don’t you think his penis is worth more then that? \*\* It’s really quite subjective. For example, _I_ think my penis is worth much more than $250,000, but what’s it worth to _you_? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845/20 "2003-08-13T18:22:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > \*\*It’s really quite subjective. For example, _I_ think my penis is worth much more than $250,000, but what’s it worth to _you_? \*\* Do you really want me to answer that? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-penis/194845.md?page=2)