# Whats The Straight Dope On Early Morning Boners? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 3, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144 "2008-02-03T21:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/21 "2008-02-04T11:10:26Z")
Although it’s _possible_ to pee with an erection don’t you find it’s a lot harder? I do, if I pee after sex (while still tumescent) it’s a lot harder than when you are sans ‘lob-on’ although technically still possible. I always assumed that the ‘piss-boner’ was natures way of stoppimg you pissing the bed, the reason it doesn’t happen when you are awake so much is that you can go for a wee before it gets too bad. This is all anecdotal and I have no evidence to support this but it seems to make sense to me, I only ever get the full-on ‘morning wood’ situation when I also really need to pee and it makes peeing just that bit more difficult. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/22 "2008-02-04T11:10:29Z")
heh heh heh… [Memories!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440333) ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/23 "2008-02-04T13:19:19Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] heh heh heh… [Memories!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440333) [/QUOTE] For one horrible moment I thought it was going to be a photo of your boner…I still clicked on it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/24 "2008-02-04T13:29:51Z")
> [@](#): > > I used to get six-hour boners when I rode the Greyhound or sat in a confined position on other road trips. Not good. “If Erection persists longer than four hours, discontinue use. And Get Off the Bus.” ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/25 "2008-02-04T14:52:12Z")
Nothing to add other than I’ve long thought “Morningwood” would be a great name for a housing estate. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/26 "2008-02-04T14:59:36Z")
\*Ah, the morning hard-on. I’ll put that up against the Ginsu knife any day. Yeah, it’ slice, it’ll dice, it’ll jack your car up if you got a flat tire. Go ahead, honey, hang your laundry. \* – Andrew “Dice” Clay. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/27 "2008-02-04T14:59:56Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Nothing to add other than I’ve long thought “Morningwood” would be a great name for a housing estate. [/QUOTE] And why is the name “Cockburn” usually pronounced “CO-burn”? Is it what I think it is? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/28 "2008-02-04T15:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Nothing to add other than I’ve long thought “Morningwood” would be a great name for a housing estate. [/QUOTE] And I think someone should create a newspaper called The Morning Erection. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/29 "2008-02-04T15:48:41Z")
The problem with boner peeing for me is hitting the target. I find you have to either piss in the sink or get down on your knees to make sure the pee goes into the toilet. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/30 "2008-02-04T17:54:53Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] The problem with boner peeing for me is hitting the target. [/QUOTE] It’s not a problem for me, but then I really enjoy peeing up my own nose. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/31 "2008-02-04T18:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] If you hang by the toes from the shower curtain rod. [/QUOTE] 😕 Some erections point upward, some point forward, some point downward. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/32 "2008-02-04T18:15:03Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Nothing to add other than I’ve long thought “Morningwood” would be a great name for a housing estate. [/QUOTE] Greensboro, NC has a Morning Wood subdivision. I guess it’s for early risers. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/33 "2008-02-04T18:15:08Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] 😕 Some erections point upward, some point forward, some point downward. [/QUOTE] weirdo ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/34 "2008-02-04T18:53:05Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] It’s not a problem for me, but then I really enjoy peeing up my own nose. [/QUOTE] I suppose there’s no medical reason a bladder couldn’t double as a neti pot. Hitting the target while boner peeing isn’t that difficult. It’s just like basketball where you’re doing a granny shot instead of a jumper. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/35 "2008-02-04T19:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] It’s just like basketball [/QUOTE] Except that I don’t need two hands to get a good grip on my basketball. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/36 "2008-02-04T20:15:13Z")
Really? Sounds like you’ve got a pretty small basketball, then. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/37 "2008-02-04T20:19:05Z")
Agreed. I don’t know too many people who can hold a basketball with one hand, palm down, much less have a good grip on the basketball. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/38 "2008-02-04T20:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Really? Sounds like you’ve got a pretty small basketball, then. [/QUOTE] You’re missing the point, which is that I have a _huge_ set of hands. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/39 "2008-02-04T20:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=Carson O’Genic] Hearing the term from non lettered people ( and personal experience) leads me to think it is a body defense mechanism. [/QUOTE] Defense mechanism? You mean, to scare away the bears when you wake up and go to the cave entrance in the night? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144/40 "2008-02-04T20:40:01Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] 😕 Some erections point upward, some point forward, some point downward. [/QUOTE] A fifty year old guy goes to see the doctor. The doctor comes in and asks him what the problem is? “Well Doc”, the guys says, “when I was 20 years old I’d wake up in the morning with an erection, and try as hard as I could, I could only push it about a quarter of the way down to point at the toilet”. “When I was in my late thirties, I found that I could push and strain and get it down about half way. And now that I’m fifty, if I try very hard, I can push it down almost two thirds of the way”. “So what’s your question?” the doctor asks. “Can you tell me how much stronger I’m going to get?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-early-morning-boners/436144.md?page=3)