# The word is penis, Extenze **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458 "2009-04-27T02:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/21 "2009-04-27T15:24:35Z")
I was kinda confused with their commercial. (I never bothered to go to any web site.) I couldn’t tell if the product was to (1) fight erectile disfunction (i.e. giving you an erection = increase in size, like Cialis); or (2) to increase the size (either when erect, or flacid, compared to when you didn’t use the product). It was tough because the wording of the Enzyte and Extenze commercials are deliberately vague. You know what the goal is with Viagra and Cialis. I assumed it was a Viagra/Cialis knockoff in some non-perscription strength (hence actually effect #1), and let the _buyer assume_ it was going to do situation #2. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/22 "2009-04-27T15:33:26Z")
There are so many funny words for penis, and it makes “a certain part of the male anatomy” a real wasted opportunity. On the other hand I don’t think they’re saying “male enhancement.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/23 "2009-04-27T15:41:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There are so many funny words for penis, and it makes “a certain part of the male anatomy” a real wasted opportunity. On the other hand I don’t think they’re saying “male enhancement.” Judging by most of the women I know, the best way to enhance a male is to get him to stop leaving his boxers around the house and reading on the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/24 "2009-04-27T16:24:01Z")
Read an article years ago where someone took an herbal supplement of this sort and it resulted in an erection that lasted days, required draining and resulted in his penis being what amount to a limp and lifeless piece of cartilage. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/25 "2009-04-27T16:25:49Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Judging by most of the women I know, the best way to enhance a male is to get him to stop leaving his boxers around the house and reading on the toilet. You can have my bathroom books when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/26 "2009-04-27T16:28:35Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Read an article years ago where someone took an herbal supplement of this sort and it resulted in an erection that lasted days, required draining and resulted in his penis being what amount to a limp and lifeless piece of cartilage. Oh, but what a week that was! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/27 "2009-04-27T17:03:19Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > You can have my bathroom books when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Agreed, although this laundry basket thing does make it an awful lot easier to figure out where my socks and underwear are. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/28 "2009-04-27T18:34:44Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > The website seems to talk about nothing but making your penis bigger. In fact, this answer to the question “How long do I take ExtenZe” in the FAQ’s: “Take one tablet each day until you reach the size you desire. It’s up to you how large you want your penis to become.” is actually a bit scary… > > I miss Smilin’ Bob… :eek: If that was true, I think we’d be seeing a lot of gents walking around pushing crotch-level wheelbarrows in front of them. 😃 I’ll wager anything the makers of these useless pills are making a ton of money. But I’d much rather watch Smilin’ Bob far as commercials go, he is VASTLY more entertaining to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/29 "2009-04-27T18:58:11Z")
Got a buddy who sells them. He claims they work - that he tried them himself. No, I have not measured to check. The ExtenZe makers aren’t afraid to claim it is penile enhancement. They have porn stars in their ad. I suspect this is more a case of TV sensitivity than any legal avoidance on their part. ExtenZe is not to make you hard. There are other products out there that claim to do that, but not ExtenZe. They claim to make your member more memorable, your unit more u (you)\*. They claim their special blend of herbs and stuff softens the blood vessel tissue so that when you get an erection, the blood vessels stretch more, allowing more girth and length. They even have a paper ruler you can use to measure (you get one with the product). ## A newer product they developed is supposed to increase your ejaculate volume. - I made those up. I should trademark them now. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/30 "2009-04-27T20:41:14Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Read an article years ago where someone took an herbal supplement of this sort and it resulted in an erection that lasted days, required draining and resulted in his penis being what amount to a limp and lifeless piece of cartilage. If you take more than two drops of V at one time, what happens after that is your own damn fault. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/31 "2009-04-27T21:49:25Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > They claim their special blend of herbs and stuff softens the blood vessel tissue so that when you get an erection, the blood vessels stretch more, allowing more girth and length. They even have a paper ruler you can use to measure (you get one with the product). And their advertising has obviously softened the brain of anyone who actually believes this. ---
**Author:** ![rwhbyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rwhbyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwhbyu)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/32 "2009-04-27T22:27:19Z")
Knew a guy in the Army who actually tried this stuff. After a couple of weeks of taking the pills and then “milking” his penis (from his description, “milking” sounded very similar to methodically beating his meat) he was vastly disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/33 "2009-04-27T22:36:58Z")
> [@](#): > > he was vastly disappointed. He couldn’t figure out how to do it right in two weeks? By the way, please tell me I’m not the only one who read the thread title and thought “Penis is the word They think our love is just a big blue vein Why don’t they understand, It’s just a crying shame…” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/34 "2009-04-28T00:57:44Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > There’s an herbal supplement that claims it can make “a certain part of the male anatomy larger” called Extenze. Extenze generally advertizes on late night television. Now, I’m pretty sure that Extenze doesn’t work, but that doesn’t particularly bother me…I’m pretty sure Billy Mays can’t get stains out of my clothes either. What does bother me, though, is that the Extenze people, in spite of selling a product that supposedly extends the size of your penis, doesn’t say penis throughout the entire ad. Is this some sort of delicacy on their part? It seems if you’re selling a penis extender, you don’t have a right to be prudish. It’s actually a beard-growth pill, but they figured “make a certain part of the male anatomy larger” would sell better. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/35 "2009-04-28T01:12:48Z")
A guy in my hometown, Steve Warshak, was recently convicted of fraud and money laundrering for peddling a male enhancement supplement, Enzyte. His mother was also convicted. _snort_ Apparently he was the, er, brains behind “Smiling Bob.” He reportedly made tens of millions of dollars on them. (How stupid are people?) Note: They didn’t work. My favorite line of the ExtenZe commercials: “And for a limited time, we’ll double the amount of ExtenZe. If they didn’t work, could we afford to do this?” I guess people with small penises are lacking in logic, too. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/36 "2009-04-28T01:49:14Z")
So, if people with small penises have limited logical capacity, wouldn’t that mean that people with no penis _at all_… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/37 "2009-04-28T01:51:49Z")
Of course the lawsuit and conviction hasn’t kept the new owners of Enzyte from airing the Smilin’ Bob commercials once again (no new ones tho)… ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/38 "2009-04-28T02:50:52Z")
The number one, all natural way to make men’s penises instantly larger? Naked, willing sex partners. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/39 "2009-04-28T03:22:41Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Of course the lawsuit and conviction hasn’t kept the new owners of Enzyte from airing the Smilin’ Bob commercials once again (no new ones tho)… Could someone [explain this](http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/08/27/fraudulent-male-enhancement-drug-gets-company-founder-25-yrs/) please? > [@](#): > > “Today, U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel sentenced Steve Warshak to 25 years in prison after he was convicted in February on 93 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering.” Yet… > [@](#): > > “Spiegel said the company, which will likely be hit with the majority of the forfeiture, will be allowed to remain in business.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/40 "2009-04-28T03:36:03Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Could someone [explain this](http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/08/27/fraudulent-male-enhancement-drug-gets-company-founder-25-yrs/) please? It’s a business. Just because some (okay, all) its dealings are fraudulent, it doesn’t mean the judge can just tell them to close up shop. Look at it this way: if General Motors knowingly put an unsafe car on the market and got sued, and company execs were charged and convicted of criminal negligence, they’d still be making cars the next day. Of course, they might have to make some pretty sweeping changes to their business model. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458.md?page=3)