# Why in Og's name are there three active boner threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178 "2005-09-30T10:18:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/21 "2005-09-30T16:57:13Z")
Well, I was expecting the threads to peter out after a while, but they keep popping back up at the most unexpected times. I’m truly sorry, but I could _not_ resist posting that. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/22 "2005-09-30T17:23:30Z")
As anyone who has a “Mini Me” knows, they command a great deal of our attention. That’s just a quirk of biology. As a result, when one person starts talking about 'em, we all have a tendency to chip in with our own thoughts on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/23 "2005-10-01T03:41:57Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > I am resisting the urge to post a 6th grade response, I truly am. Oh, please DO. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/24 "2005-10-01T03:45:43Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I count four. I did a search for “boners” (if only it were that easy) and found four threads but only three of them active. Did you find another active one? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/25 "2005-10-01T04:42:30Z")
Check post #18, Winston Smith posted a link to it. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/26 "2005-10-02T05:53:29Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Check post #18, Winston Smith posted a link to it. Psst, that was a joke. It’s a link to this thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/27 "2005-10-02T23:22:04Z")
:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/28 "2005-10-02T23:45:38Z")
Ladies, a Boner has a mind of it’s own. And no conscience. I’ve taught mine to type, though I have to get in an awkard position. It should be somewhere else though. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/29 "2005-10-03T03:54:14Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > I did a search for “boners” (if only it were that easy) and found four threads but only three of them active. Did you find another active one? There was the “Worst possible time for an erection” thread, which was active at about the same time as the others. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/30 "2005-10-03T03:55:50Z")
Well, if you had an experience in your life that involved three active boners, you’d probably want to make a thread about it, too… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/31 "2005-10-03T19:13:11Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > I mean really, guys, do we need three threads about your penises and what others think of them? Two of 'em were started by a troll. Nuff said? ---
**Author:** ![6\_6\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e0b2c6/32.png) [@6\_6\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6_6_6)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178/32 "2005-10-03T22:14:01Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > Isn’t it just enough to know that you have them and we don’t? 😉 But we’re willing to share, really we are. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-ogs-name-are-there-three-active-boner-threads/324178.md?page=1)