# Which one hangs lower? - Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533 "2001-06-12T13:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/1 "2001-06-12T13:14:01Z")
Ok, I’ve heard it said that in right-handed men, the left testicle hangs lower than the right and vice versa, is this true? C’mon guys, have a feel and let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/2 "2001-06-12T13:48:58Z")
Read the forum descriptions. Polls go in IMHO. Since it’s sunny outside, I’ll move it there for you. And there’s no way in bleedin’ hell I’m telling you about my testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/3 "2001-06-12T13:56:56Z")
Sorry, I guess I should have made it a proper question instead of a poll; I am interested in the _definitive answer_, if there is one (much more so than other people’s personal details anyway) ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/4 "2001-06-12T14:01:36Z")
That’s okay, the pictures are all over the internet anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/5 "2001-06-12T14:24:47Z")
The left. Actually, I was discussing this with **Supergirlfriend** the other night. IIRC, I read that the left hangs down farther in over 90% of all men. What percentage of men are left-handed? Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/6 "2001-06-12T14:30:11Z")
Well, since the pictures of the shorn snowballs will be available some day, I may as well tell you now: The right one hangs lower. I’m right handed, too, but I’ve got vericocele, so I think that has something to do with the matter. Happy now? ---
**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/7 "2001-06-13T00:10:15Z")
I’m left handed and my left one hangs lower. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/8 "2001-06-13T00:49:35Z")
I vividly remember the day I discovered that they _didn’t_ hang evenly. Man, was I scared. I thought something had come unattached. [sub]FTR, I’m left-handed and left… umm… testacled[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hangs-lower-poll/68533/9 "2001-06-13T01:59:29Z")
I was having a discussion with a medical student pal of mine a few years ago, and this topic came up. (I don’t remember WHY it came up, though. Oh, and pun is NOT intended!) He told me that the left one hangs lower in most men. There’s a condition where the organs may have formed on the opposite side of the body (i.e. heart slightly to the RIGHT side of the chest, apendix on the LEFT side, etc) and that if the RIGHT one hangs lower, it’s a clue for the physician to look for that condition. That is, IIRC our discussion AND he wasn’t pulling my leg.