# With regards to the Breaking of Penises

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-regards-to-the-breaking-of-penises/101915>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 5, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-regards-to-the-breaking-of-penises/101915 "2002-04-05T03:18:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mistteak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@Mistteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mistteak)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-regards-to-the-breaking-of-penises/101915/1 "2002-04-05T03:18:57Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_426.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_426.html)

My brother actually broke his penis. The other female members of my family all have an idea of how this happened. BUT the official version is that while waking suddenly in the middle of a “dream” because the alarm went off. My brother jumped out of bed and got his penis cought in the bedcovers. Snapping it. He had an emergency operation that lasted nearly 3 hours.

He was told to wait 3-4 months before trying to have sex. Further rupturs could cause permenant damage.

😛 This does happen. And yes all ladies laugh at the thought 😃

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**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-regards-to-the-breaking-of-penises/101915/2 "2002-04-05T06:30:15Z")

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Yikes! **I** for one wince ever so slightly upon hearing about this…ouch!!!

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**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:** [April 5, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-regards-to-the-breaking-of-penises/101915/3 "2002-04-05T13:03:52Z")

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This is one of those things that give me great pause. Ever since I read about it (in, I think, **Everything you Ever wanted yo know about Sex, etc.** ), it has haunted me. _This_ could happen to _you_!. If anything can put a damper on sex, this is it.

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> This does happen. And yes all ladies laugh at the thought

Cruel, ladies. Think this way and you’ll get a _lot_ less sympathy from guys about things like PMS. _Then_ who’s gonna bring you those therapeutic chocolates?

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**Author:** ![Skaleen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Skaleen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skaleen)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-regards-to-the-breaking-of-penises/101915/4 "2002-04-05T18:43:27Z")

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I **don’t** get any sympathy for PMS. All the guys at work think I enjoy being bedridden with severe nausea-inducing cramps because I get to skip a day of work.

If their penises break \<snicker\> I’ll show them as much sympathy.

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**Author:** ![Castaldi\_of\_the\_Mazzharat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Castaldi\_of\_the\_Mazzharat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Castaldi_of_the_Mazzharat)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-regards-to-the-breaking-of-penises/101915/5 "2002-04-05T19:02:04Z")

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Yeah, but I thank my lucky stars that my penis doesn’t break 4-7 days out of the month. Woo-boy.

Friend of mine told me to search on Straight Dope to see if a penis is supposed to pop like a knuckle…didn’t find anything…ouch.