# 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:** 3
**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, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/41 "2009-04-28T03:44:16Z")
“Not your father’s Buick! Because that one was wrecked when he got killed!” ---
**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:** [April 28, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/42 "2009-04-28T04:45:19Z")
My favorite line in the ad is when the marginally ugly model says, “If it didn’t work, could we afford to make this offer? (sending a bunch of free sample out)” Well, yeah, you could. Because if it had any actually value, you wouldn’t do that. Goddamn Business School! Fucked up my Wang Jimmy! ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/43 "2009-04-28T04:49:52Z")
This is a little off-topic, but this kvetching reminded me of those enlarged prostate ads: “Are you GOING all the time? Do you have trouble GOING? Missing important innings of the baseball game because you were too busy GOING?” I always sit there screaming “Just say ‘pissing’ goddammit. Or ‘urinating.’ Or ‘going to the toilet.’ Or fucking ANYTHING other than ‘going’” Am I alone on this? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/44 "2009-04-28T04:59:48Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > 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…” No, I didn’t, but your post did remind what the word really is. I’m sure you know what the word is. A-Well everybody knows about the bird. b-b-b bird bird bird the bird is the word. Since you gave me the earworm, I thought it was the least I could do to return the favor. Papa-oom-mow-mow… ---
**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, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/45 "2009-04-28T05:50:30Z")
You really think a username and board anonymity means we can’t track you down? ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/46 "2009-04-28T14:07:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > 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. They could have charged the company with fraud, like Arthur Andersen. It wouldn’t even be as big a deal since presumably Enzyte doesn’t have 80,000 employees and $10bn in sales. (or do they?) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/47 "2009-04-28T15:01:41Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > My favorite line in the ad is when the marginally ugly model says, “If it didn’t work, could we afford to make this offer? (sending a bunch of free sample out)” > > Well, yeah, you could. Because if it had any actually value, you wouldn’t do that. My wife, God bless her, tolerates me saying “Could you afford to give away your dryer-lint-and-sawdust pills? Probably.” each time this comes on. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/48 "2009-04-28T15:05:45Z")
Why do you want to hear the word “penis” said aloud so badly? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/49 "2009-04-28T15:17:52Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Why do you want to hear the word “penis” said aloud so badly? Because coyness gets on my nerves, and because you don’t get to sell your body and then blush if someone calls you a whore. ---
**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/50 "2009-04-28T15:29:47Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > They could have charged the company with fraud, like Arthur Andersen. It wouldn’t even be as big a deal since presumably Enzyte doesn’t have 80,000 employees and $10bn in sales. (or do they?) Andersen was convicted of obstruction of justice, not fraud. There’s no point in charging Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals with fraud because the Wagner guy who was convicted held controlling interest. Andersen was different, in that it was a publicly traded company. Strictly speaking, there was no reason Andersen couldn’t have continued to do business after its conviction; the problem is that convicted felons aren’t allowed to be outside auditors under the SEC rules, so they didn’t have any business left to do. They’re still around, mostly as a holding company, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/51 "2009-04-28T22:01:54Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Just a WAG but they probably would get nailed for false advertising if they were too specific. This way, when it doesn’t work, they can claim that’s not the body part they meant. > > It is funny to see those hot hot hot women talking like Victorians. 😃 What women might those be? The TV ads I’ve seen barely feature room temperature women, and I’m not just referring to intellectual capacity. > [@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. I believe this was a rare event linked to Viagra, and doubt highly that any commercial “herbal” supplement\* is capable of this effect. The only “part of the male anatomy” that grows larger in the case of Extenze is the noses of the male announcers (Pinocchio-style) who promote this crap. \*A number of so-called herbal sexual performance enhancers have been found to be adulterated with prescription meds like Viagra (including supplements imported from China). This could be especially stimulating for users for whom Viagra is contraindicated due to pre-existing medical conditions. ---
**Author:** ![FrustratedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@FrustratedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrustratedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/52 "2009-04-28T22:37:19Z")
Does anyone think flaccid size actually matters? Many of us are growers and not showers. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/53 "2009-04-29T18:13:52Z")
They’re claiming erect size changes. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/54 "2009-04-29T18:59:48Z")
Let’s keep in mind a basic fact of marketing. The number of unsatisfied customers who **actually demand a refund** is very small. On the balance sheet, you can sell a completely useless product and still make money.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/55 "2009-04-30T14:48:05Z")
That whole" making that special part of a man’s anatomy bigger" always brings up images of the _Beavis and Butthead_ plastic surgery episode. Whenever it comes on the TV, I ask my wife if she thinks I need a bigger nose, “heh heh, heh heh”. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/56 "2009-04-30T15:17:12Z")
This always reminds me of Lewis Black’s skit on this: "The only people that could believe in [penis enlargement pills] have to be the ones that are feeding it to their penis. ‘I guess I wasn’t feeding him enough. I didn’t know his mouth was so small.’ " ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/57 "2009-04-30T21:30:18Z")
[quote=“Irishman, post:29, topic:494458”] ## A newer product they developed is supposed to increase your ejaculate volume. QUOTE] I assume these products are to help men impress women. As a woman, I can’t imagine what the turn on of this would be. A bigger cold wet spot on the bed? Thanks hon, you sleep in it. I get to drain more yucky smelling fluid in the morning? We can go back to using condoms, then. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/58 "2009-04-30T21:53:10Z")
[quote=“I\_Am\_The\_Lorax, post:57, topic:494458”] > [@Irishman](#): > > ## A newer product they developed is supposed to increase your ejaculate volume. > > QUOTE] > > I assume these products are to help men impress women. As a woman, I can’t imagine what the turn on of this would be. A bigger cold wet spot on the bed? Thanks hon, you sleep in it. I get to drain more yucky smelling fluid in the morning? We can go back to using condoms, then. It’s a self image thing. One of the things attached to our basic self-identity and feelings of self worth is our wangs, and it’s functionality. _Some_ men may feel that if they cannot get an erection, then they “fail” as a man. Hence, treatments for ED, even if, on the rational side, the man does not intend to have any more children. For some women, is it their breasts that make them feel like a “real” woman? Mastectomy can be a traumatic thing, I assume, to someone’s self image/self identity. Also, volume of ejaculate typically decreases with age for a particular individual. When one used to be able to ejaculate enough to paint a living room, noticing now that you usually only do a couple teaspoons makes you feel old. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/59 "2009-05-03T00:08:13Z")
What creeps me out about one ExtenZe comercial is the married couple talking about extended performance. The two of them actually look more like brother-sister than husband-wife. Maybe I watch too much “Law & Order:SVU”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/60 "2009-05-03T01:10:47Z")
Penis is a Latin word. Cock is the English word. I suppose dick would be fine too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458.md?page=4)