# What's the strangest misuse you've seen or heard of for a vape pen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173 "2019-05-19T01:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/1 "2019-05-19T01:36:19Z")
Someone on another website said they were out hunting, and put deer pheromones in his vape pen, because he thought it would make more deer come out of hiding. He immediately regretted that decision. Since I do not hunt or use a vape pen, I’m posting this here because I know there are people who do, and am wondering if this sounds plausible. I also heard about some kids who were at a party, and a girl asked a boy if she could have a vape, after seeing a similarly-sized cylindrical object in his shirt pocket. He replied that he was diabetic and that was his insulin pen. That, I find much more believable. Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/2 "2019-05-19T02:40:17Z")
Not trying to be snarky here, but probably the worst way you could misuse one is to use it as intended. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/3 "2019-05-19T03:51:36Z")
Since the OP is asking about personal experiences, let’s move this to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/4 "2019-05-19T04:08:16Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Not trying to be snarky here, but probably the worst way you could misuse one is to use it as intended. True, especially if you’re a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/5 "2019-05-19T14:09:41Z")
At least one of my patients has inserted vape pen parts into his urethra. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/6 "2019-05-19T14:45:25Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > At least one of my patients has inserted vape pen parts into his urethra. Is that what O’l’ BagelDog has been up to? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/7 "2019-05-19T14:51:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Is that what O’l’ BagelDog has been up to? I lost track of him well over a decade ago. I think he learned the lesson: “If you want to fuck with your dick, don’t fuck with your dick”. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/8 "2019-05-19T15:14:31Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Someone on another website said they were out hunting, and put deer pheromones in his vape pen, because he thought it would make more deer come out of hiding. He immediately regretted that decision. Why did he regret it? Was he trampled by a herd of deer? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/9 "2019-05-19T15:54:29Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Why did he regret it? Was he trampled by a herd of deer? You have to suck to get the vapor out. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/10 "2019-05-19T16:53:10Z")
I don’t understand how an insulin pen in someone’s pocket being misidentified is a misuse of a vape pen. Nor why anyone could have “heard about” that rather short nothing-happened story. Did some details get omitted? One of the opening gags of Seth Rogen’s “Hilarity for Charity” Netflix special has him vaping pot through his urethra. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/11 "2019-05-19T17:18:09Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I don’t understand how an insulin pen in someone’s pocket being misidentified is a misuse of a vape pen. Nor why anyone could have “heard about” that rather short nothing-happened story. Did some details get omitted? I’ve been accused of vaping because I carry an insulin pen. This is not uncommon. > [@](#): > > one of the opening gags of Seth Rogen’s “Hilarity for Charity” Netflix special has him vaping pot through his urethra. Yeah, but my patients really do this sort of thing. Most comedians are not telling the strict truth, IME. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/12 "2019-05-19T18:00:14Z")
I carry a insulin pen pretty much everywhere I go. Usually it’s in a bag. Occasionally I have it in a back pocket. Once a guy(usher?) at movie theatre felt compelled to tell me not to vape in the theatre. I showed him it was a insulin pen. Later I thought, man, he was looking at my butt pretty hard to see it.😉 ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/13 "2019-05-19T18:01:18Z")
It’s just that mistaking an insulin pen for a vape pen, safely in someone else’s pocket, isn’t a misuse of anything. Unless the untold part of the story is that she jammed it in her mouth and gave herself a shot before party boy was able to mention it wasn’t a vape pen. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/14 "2019-05-19T18:16:57Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > It’s just that mistaking an insulin pen for a vape pen, safely in someone else’s pocket, isn’t a misuse of anything. Unless the untold part of the story is that she jammed it in her mouth and gave herself a shot before party boy was able to mention it wasn’t a vape pen. I see your point. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/15 "2019-05-20T01:07:29Z")
In the butt Bob… ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/16 "2019-05-20T02:04:31Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > You have to suck to get the vapor out. “Oh, dear. Your breath smell like a doe.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173/17 "2019-05-20T05:53:35Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > It’s just that mistaking an insulin pen for a vape pen, safely in someone else’s pocket, isn’t a misuse of anything. Unless the untold part of the story is that she jammed it in her mouth and gave herself a shot before party boy was able to mention it wasn’t a vape pen. Not so much misuse as mistaken identity, I guess. People who don’t deal with insulin pens every day probably wouldn’t know the difference; they would just see something in a pocket that was the approximate size and shape of a cigar, and think “Oh, vape pen.” As for the OP, apparently he put some deer attractant into his vape pen, and vaped it. He had to let the smell wear off, both internally and externally. Qadgop, is there anything guys WON’T shove up their urethras?!?!?!