# Why is it that the penis is funny and the vagina is not?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-penis-is-funny-and-the-vagina-is-not/581686
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 12, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-penis-is-funny-and-the-vagina-is-not/581686 "2011-05-12T18:24:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-penis-is-funny-and-the-vagina-is-not/581686/41 "2011-05-13T22:47:43Z")
> [@MacSpon](#):
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> Her verdict? “It’s funny…because it looks like a plant.”
Her reaction, on reading this post:
“Not just a plant. A tropical plant. An exotic, tropical plant, dear.”
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### Author:  [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-penis-is-funny-and-the-vagina-is-not/581686/42 "2011-05-13T22:48:38Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> I saw a TV show once where men’s pants were made to fall down in front of women (on the street, in a restaurant, etc.) and the reaction of women nearby was hilarity. Then, women were filmed in situations where their skirts or dresses flew up (standing over a grate, bent over trying to get something out of their trunk, etc.).
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> The result (as stated on the program): “When men’s pants fall down, women laugh. When women’s skirts fly up, men…don’t laugh.”
Off-topic: that has to be a Japanese show, right?
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-penis-is-funny-and-the-vagina-is-not/581686/43 "2011-05-14T02:51:45Z")
> [@MacSpon](#):
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> Her reaction, on reading this post:
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> “Not just a plant. A tropical plant. An exotic, tropical plant, dear.”
You two are going to have beautiful pods.
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### Author:  [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-the-penis-is-funny-and-the-vagina-is-not/581686/44 "2011-05-14T02:55:26Z")
> [@elmwood](#):
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> Off-topic: that has to be a Japanese show, right?
No, it was a short-lived talk show here in the U.S., hosted by some guy I haven’t seen since. I’d never seen it before due to my work hours but I was off that day.
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