# What's so bad about a 4+ hour erection? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 18, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489 "2007-01-18T19:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/21 "2007-01-19T18:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Plus, what if you have to take a pee? Men can’t whiz while they’re erect, and holding it for several hours until your boner finally goes down would be mighty uncomfortable. [/QUOTE] [Vivid, maybe TMI images] You can always sit. I can hit just under the rim if I sit and point it downwards as possible. Or if you refuse to sit you can do sort of a bent-knee crouch over the bowl. [/Vivid, maybe TMI images] ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/22 "2007-01-19T19:44:58Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] I can hit just under the rim if I sit and point it downwards as possible. [/QUOTE] You just admitted, in a public forum, to having a small penis and weak erections. Just so you know. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/23 "2007-01-19T23:21:15Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] You just admitted, in a public forum, to having a small penis and weak erections. Just so you know. [/QUOTE] Maybe he was referring to a basketball rim. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/24 "2007-01-19T23:56:11Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Maybe he was referring to a basketball rim. [/QUOTE] bDOOM _kssh_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/25 "2007-01-20T07:34:02Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] Sure you can or at least I can. It is just more difficult because the angle that it is stuck at may nor be optimal for the whole process. [/QUOTE] I can too. But I do it in the shower, where aim isn’t as crucial. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/26 "2007-01-20T13:49:41Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] I can too. But I do it in the shower, where aim isn’t as crucial. [/QUOTE] A thread about 4 hour boners ends up with _two_ Seinfeld references? Only on the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/27 "2007-01-20T15:26:06Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Maybe he was referring to a basketball rim. [/QUOTE] Rim of the **Grand Canyon.** Standing on the floor, one mile below. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/28 "2007-01-20T15:37:57Z")
It voids the warranty. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/29 "2007-01-20T16:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Keep on subject and don’t degrade to sexual inuendo’s I know it’s a problem for many posters, please remember this is in GQ where your suposed to repress that behavor. [/QUOTE] I think you mean “suppress.” _Repress_ connotes in inherent inability to participate in or appreciate something due to an inhibition of some sort. Think of it, in this case, as the inability to see the possibility that this thread might provoke several light hearted responses due to some kind of ‘repressed’ sexuality. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/30 "2007-01-20T18:36:09Z")
Priapism eh? At my age I’d give a bunch for just 15 min. of it. Hell, even 10! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/31 "2007-01-20T21:45:23Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > A thread about 4 hour boners ends up with two Seinfeld references? Who said anything about Seinfeld? Are you under the impression that people don’t actually pee in showers? ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/32 "2007-01-20T21:58:39Z")
The shower is a wonderful place to prove that men can do more than one thing at once, since I don’t have to hold it, I can pee and wash my hair at the **same time!** ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/33 "2007-01-21T01:31:18Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Plus, what if you have to take a pee? Men can’t whiz while they’re erect, and holding it for several hours until your boner finally goes down would be mighty uncomfortable. [/QUOTE] That depends on the ratio of degree of freedom allotted by your suspension ligament versus your desire to aim. If your suspension ligament is stretched or broken it should be really almost easier to aim when erect. Still not possible when sitting down, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/34 "2007-01-21T01:41:15Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Plus, what if you have to take a pee? Men can’t whiz while they’re erect, and holding it for several hours until your boner finally goes down would be mighty uncomfortable. [/QUOTE] That depends on the ratio of degree of freedom allotted by your suspension ligament versus your desire to aim. If your suspension ligament is stretched or broken it should be really almost easier to aim when erect. Still not possible when sitting down, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/35 "2007-01-21T04:09:09Z")
That’s gotta result in one nasty case of blue balls! ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/36 "2007-01-21T04:22:29Z")
> [@essel](#): > > The shower is a wonderful place to prove that men can do more than one thing at once, since I don’t have to hold it, I can pee and wash my hair at the same time! Erm, there’s nothing stopping a woman from peeing in the shower either. In fact, I know one who has said she likes to do it there since it’s pretty much her only opportunity to do so. > [@Guinastasia](#): > > That’s gotta result in one nasty case of blue balls! In the case of someone having an erection after ejaculating and having it not go down there wouldn’t be any blue balls. There is a definite possibility of that during a marathon session, though, although in those situations I guess it’s not a problem because there are small rests between ejaculations, whereas a medically induced one would be continous. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/37 "2007-01-21T22:22:07Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] You just admitted, in a public forum, to having a small penis and weak erections. Just so you know. [/QUOTE] I did? Not sure how you read that, but I’m very happy with what I have, lol. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489/38 "2007-01-22T13:55:35Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Who said anything about Seinfeld? Are you under the impression that people don’t actually pee in showers? [/QUOTE] **I saw a drain!** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-a-4-hour-erection/388489.md?page=1)